Wayne Bowers: Advice for Greenville’s Leaders
Our five-part discussion with former Greenville City Manager Wayne Bowers concludes. Click the links for earlier installments. Part one Part two Part three Part four By Anthony Noel GREENVILLE GUARDIAN: Is staying in Greenville something you’re interested in, or are you willing to pick up and move? WAYNE BOWERS: (smiling)We’re planning on [...]
Wayne Bowers: We Need a Transformational Project
Part four of our discussion with former Greenville City Manager Wayne Bowers. Click each link for previous installments: Part one Part two Part three Series schedule By Anthony Noel GREENVILLE GUARDIAN: If you could wave a magic wand and change one thing about Greenville – physically or organizationally – something that’s a [...]
Exit Interview: Wayne Bowers
From the Editor: During a two-week period in mid-January, three of Greenville’s key municipal managers announced their resignations: Police Chief William Anderson on January 13; Public Works Director Wes Anderson (no relation) on the 27th; and in between, on the 20th, City Manager Wayne Bowers. With interim appointees now in all three positions, it is [...]
Exit Interview: Wayne Bowers (schedule)
The Greenville Guardian’s in-depth interview with former City Manager Wayne Bowers begins Monday, March 19 with the first of five parts. Bowers, Greenville’s top manager for the past nine years, retired February 29. He was the last of three city managers whose resignations took effect that month, all of whom submitted their resignations in [...]
Bowers on Management
The nearly simultaneous resignations of City Manager Wayne Bowers, Police Chief William Anderson and Public Works Director Wes Anderson stunned Greenville residents and political observers alike. One day before his last as the city’s top administrator, Bowers sat for an in-depth interview with The Greenville Guardian. It provides a fascinating perspective on the role of a city [...]
Letter from the Editor
Welcome to The Greenville Guardian! I’m so glad you’re here! To set the mood for the in-depth journalism you’ll find when you visit The Guardian, I’ll give you the who, what, where, when, and why of it. Who? First, who is involved in creating The Greenville Guardian? It was created after three citizens eager to [...]
We’ll be here soon – spread the word!
Welcome to the future home of The Greenville Guardian, a new media project for a new Greenville, North Carolina. At this site you will soon find original journalism addressing key issues too long ignored by Greenville’s legacy media – and legacy leaders. Once little more than a crossroads “down east,” Greenville now stands at a crossroads [...]