Greensboro Economic Development Alliance Board Of Directors

Well I struck out on finding out who sits on the board of directors of Action Greensboro so I decided to checkout the Greensboro Economic Development Alliance to see who their board members are. First stop, the Greensboro Economic Development Alliance website.

It was in their 2011 Annual Report that I found a list of directors and staff but for the life of me I can't be sure if I'm looking at the Greensboro Economic Development Alliance, Action Greensboro, the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce, the Greensboro Partnership or any of a dozen or more non profits who all appear to be the same people. Have you ever seen a for profit business that is constantly changing its name? That usually happens when the old name doesn't have a good reputation with its customers.

So I popped on over the NC. Secretary of State website and popped Greensboro Economic Development Alliance into the search box and nothing, nada, zip, no results was the best I could come up with. Could it be the Greensboro Economic Development Alliance is a figment of my imagination? Did I imagine their website too?

So how is it that the Greensboro Economic Development Alliance can have a board of directors if they do not exist as a corporation? Is that legal? Is that something you and I can do? Why would we want to? Why does the Greensboro Economic Development Alliance have a board of directors if they don't have a corporation? They have a staff of no less than 8 people-- are they all being paid under the table? Is this how economic development works in Greensboro?

I decided to do a whois search. For those who might not know, a whois search will sometimes tell us who owns or manages a website. The results turned up a Beverly Brewer of 342 N Elm Street, Greensboro, NC 27401. Beverly's e-mail address (bbrewer@greensboro.org) is connected to Greensboro.org aka, The Greensboro Chamber of Commerce. I don't know about the 200 plus Greensboro readers who have viewed this website in less than 36 hours since I launched it but I'm confused.

And finally, who is TBD, Director, Marketing & Communications at the Greensboro Economic Development Alliance and is TDB his or her real name?

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