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This is just a horrible idea. How many drug stores do we need within a 1 mile radius.

Is this what electing "pro development" councilmen gets us? If so, I am officially against any more development.

Of course Greensboro residents don't "need" another drugstore at the corner of Cornwallis and Lawndale.

Win or loose, the best thing that will come out of this situation is that a growing number of Greensboro residents will become experienced in advocating their position to city government leaders. Posting signs, writing letters to the editor, organizing neighborhood meetings, petitioning, and attending frustrating but valuable city council and zoning meetings, are required to slow or stop needless development at the corner of Cornwallis and Lawndale.

Only with increasing civic engagement can Greensboro become what residents say they want. Hopefully, public officials will gradually learn to respect increasing levels of civic engagement, not dismiss it as "naysaying", which only disengages citizenry and has a long-term negative effect on our community. Hooray for residents of Cornwallis and Lawndale who have the courage and develop the skills to engage in outcomes they prefer!

I would be interested to hear the logic of the council members that support this rezoning. I can think of no good reason, except personal financial gain.

No and heavens no. The residential section is the ideal buffer between residential and commercial and if Walgreens wins on this one, the whole block to the Target ctr will be lost. As someone has already said, how many drug stores do we need? Kerr, CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens - all within 1 mile of this location. Housing market is down so Commercial must take it's place.

Nobody loves another free standing drug store except the developer and the customers.

However, that area between Lawndale Shopping Center and the Target Center could be a fantastic mixed use "new town". I would argue that several blocks on both sides of the road should be rezoned to some sort of urban district, requiring transitional residential uses against the neighborhoods behind. Higher density multi- and single family residential. including affordable units, would add a buzz to a part of Greensboro that was once strong but is now fraying.
The infrastructure to make such an evolution work is in place. The final chunk of the old Sears distribution center could be reused for "better" purposes if there was sufficient momentum in the neighborhood to justify it.