Greensboro Community Trust Board hold first Annual Meeting

Pictured left to right: Jane Johns, Diane Cloutier, Michael Malick, Liz Steel, Nick Wright, Ornella Matta-Figueroa, Leanne Harple, Alexis Mattos, Chris Leary, Johanna Polsenberg, Naomi Ranz-Schleifer.

GCT members not pictured: Davis Barnett, Judy Carpenter, Cathy Donnelly, Nancy Hill, Kristen Leahy, Jan Lewandowski, Annie McLean, Lisa Sartorius, Jan Terwiesch.

The Greensboro Community Trust (GCT) has grown from idea to an organization over the past few months. Building on the work of the Bend Revitalization Initiative, GCT has:

• Built a Board representing a diverse cross-section of community members

• Created an Advisory Circle with deep local knowledge and state-wide connections

• Enhanced operational capacity and organizational reach

• Hosted events, open houses and community surveys

• Stewarded the enhancement of existing community spaces

• Conducted project feasibility assessments

The mission of GCT is to create strong social infrastructure and enhance opportunity through the acquisition, transformation, and sustained management of spaces and places within the greater Greensboro community. This includes projects in both Greensboro Bend and Greensboro villages, as well as the wider community. 

In May 2026, GCT held our Board’s first Annual Meeting and strategic planning conversation aimed at identifying priorities for the near future. The group participated in a visioning exercise imagining Greensboro in 2033 and discussed key needs and wants. 

The goal continues to be to inform and involve all members of our community as much as possible along the way, through communications, events, volunteer opportunities, listening sessions, focus groups, and more.