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WUNC reports from Greensboro about Guilford County and surrounding area.

Greensboro Pushes "One Job" Initiative

The city of Greensboro is taking a lesson from Atlanta on how to help spur job growth in its community. 

Deborah Hooper is president of the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce.  And she says the feed-back has been positive since announcing the new initiative – "One Job For Greensboro.”  The idea is for all 16-thousand employers in the city to add at least one full-time worker to their rolls in the next year.

Deborah Hooper:  "I literally get some emails that say they loved the state of our community luncheon. Just to let you know we plan on hiring four people as part of the jobs initiative.  And so, I am very encouraged by this."

The city of Greensboro and the Guilford Merchants Association are also involved with “One Job For Greensboro.”  “Hire One Atlanta” has already produced 13-thousand new jobs.

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of WUNC's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at WUNC as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda’s work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital News Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.
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