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Stop the Steal
Lock'em Up:
UNC Board of Governors Public-Private Partnership Corruption
- Greensboro's
Union Square Campus
Michael Pippen Sr. updated 04.14.22 |
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  UNC
BOG Public-Private Systemic Corruption:
Board of Governors, complicit with NCA&T and UNCG Chancellors,
unlawful leases relocate taxpayer and student supported nursing
programs from state own facilities off campus to private facilities,
allegedly creating for Greensboro a competitive advantage for
business growth.
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 Created by Action Greensboro, Union Square Campus is a
key initiative of Opportunity Greensboro, a working
group of leaders from Greensboro businesses, foundations
and higher education institutions. This
national model of collaboration is identifying and
acting on opportunities to transform our wealth of
educational assets into economic success—creating for
Greensboro a competitive advantage for business growth,
emphasis added. The
first campus building will focus on training and
education for healthcare professions. Nursing education
at Union Square Campus will engage student sat every
level: 2-year Associates Degree, RN to BSN and
accelerated BSN programs, Doctor of Nursing Practice,
and continuing education certificate programs. The
space would house expansion of the university nursing
programs, community college nursing programs and
training facilities for Cone health. Projected student
enrollment indicate Cone Heath, which has the least
expensive lease, 2,800 staff training is 500 % of
projected 527 public education student enrollment. *link |
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Notwithstanding Union Square Campus, Inc.
(Landlord) and NCA&T and UNC-G (Tennant) leases, were not
approved by the State Property Office nor pursuant UNC
President delegated authority, UNC Greensboro and NC A&T
Chancellors fraudulent alleged to be
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 authorized to execute leases on behalf of the corporation,
signed Leases relocated
State funding Nursing programs from State owned facilities
to Union Square Campus leased facilities, which in addition
may have been conduit for fraudulent conveyance
of land, improvements, loans, and lease fees to Union Square
Campus, Inc. |
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Agreement The University of
North Carolina
at Greensboro (UNCG) Tenant and Union Square
Landlord indicate UNCG chancellor Dr. Linda
Brady signed lease agreement January
14th , 2014 prior to submission to UNC Board
of Committee for Budget and Fiancé April
10th 2014 for approval of lease agreement. |
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UNC Policy Manual 600.1.4{R}
amended 06/08/01 [4] All real property instruments are
to be entered into in the name of the State of North
Carolina, not the constituent institutions, regardless
of whether sighed by the Governor, the chancellor, or
some other official. |
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Non-delegated Acquisition
Campuses, such as NC A&T and UNCG, lease
requests must go through the Department of
Administration and Council of State
Source: University of North Carolina Lease
Approval Process November 7, 2013. |
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Smoking
Gun: UNC
Greensboro request for addition Delegated
Authority for Real Property acquisition by
lease for less than $750, 000 per year for
10 years on 02.22.22,
before UNC Board of Governors
Committee on Budget and Finance to increase
current lease
authority from $500,000 to $750, 000. |
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Unambiguous demonstrating UNC
Greensboro Chancellor Linda Brady in 2014 and NC A&T
Chancellor Harold Martin in 2015 did not have lease
authority to sign Union Square lease for $775,000 and
$587, 000 in name of UNCG and NC A&T
Video |
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| The downtown university campus Initiative will
be the third significant outcome of the Opportunity Greensboro
collaboration. * |
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Were Brady and Martin Recruiters/ Agents/
spokesperson's for Opportunity Greensboro |
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| Lease
Agreement The University of
North Carolina
at Greensboro (UNCG) Tenant and Union Square
Landlord indicate UNCG chancellor Dr. Linda
Brady signed lease agreement January
14th , 2014 prior to submission to UNC Board
of Committee for Budget and Fiancé April
10th 2014 for approval of lease agreement. |
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"Harold Martin
and Linda Brady are huge proponents
of this and they are not here
tonight, because there is a reason,
that is they are in Wilmington, NC
actually talking to public and
private
college through out the state of
North Carolina about Opportunity
Greensboro the cooperation between
business and higher education
institution here and this very
project, that's what they are doing
tonight and that's why they couldn't
be here" Ed
Kitchen Video
Opposition Video |
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N.C. A&T Scores Big
with Union Square Partnership |
  Loud
and Clear:
“Harold, we need North Carolina A&T State
University to assume a more prominent role
in helping to positioning our region to
become more economic competitive. I
want to reassure business leaders I heard
them the loud and clear”
, said NC A&T Chancellor Harold Martin at
his 2009 inauguration. Video
After
Previous thanking Erskine
Bowles and Jim
Phillips, Jr.,
for his stint at UNC
System General Administration
in the capacity of Senior Vice
President for Academic Affairs,
notwithstanding, ALAN R. MABE, was Vice
President for Academic Planning and
University-School Programs. |
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Bleeding out Students & Taxpayers: :Relocating
State supported Nursing Programs from State
owned facilities to leased facilities at
Union Square Campus creating
for Greensboro a competitive advantage for
business growth." |
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NC Const. Art. IX Sec. 9. Benefits of
public institutions of higher education.
The General Assembly shall provide that the benefits of The
University of North Carolina and other public institutions
of higher education, as far as practicable, be extended to
the people of the State free of expense. |
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The space would house expansion of the university nursing
programs, community college nursing programs and training
facilities for Cone health. |
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of Governors 2015-16 & 2016-17 Strategic Capital Priorities
call for spending 124,765,400 for UNCG Nursing and
Instructional Building which is now open. Taxpayers
and student in addition to paying $775,500/y Nursing
facility lease to Union Square, fund a $124,765 million
dollar UNC-G Nursing building. |
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 NCA&T
existing Nursing facilities consisted of 48, 000 Sq. Ft.
refurbished Noble Hall. Adjacent Hines Hall was renovated
($1,700) in 2013 to house NC A&T Simulation Center and
Virtual leaning lab. NC A&T average Nursing enrollment
2009-2013 was 119students. The NCA&T (Tenant) projected 105
enrollment at Union Square constitute 88% of the average
enrollment and 25,000 sq. ft. lease constitute a 50%
expansion for Nursing facilities, at a time when the BOG was
considering terminating the largest component of NCA&T’s BSN
program - traditional nursing program. NCA&T will offer
classes in this location for students in both its
Accelerated Second Degree (ABSN - a program whereby
individuals who  already
possess a bachelor's  degree
take an accelerated program to earn a degree in nursing) and
RN-BSN (BSNC- those students who have already passed the
nursing exam, but have not earned their bachelor's degree)
programs. The Tuition in State for the ABSN and RN-BSN is
$5420(1 year) and RN-BSN is$3534 per year, neither program
Tuition will cover the approximate $6000 per enrollee lease
payment to Union Square. Note : A&T opened 2,700 Sq. ft.
high fidelity Nursing
Simulation & Virtual Learning Center ( Video: web / cell ) Dec.
2013 in Hines Hall. Slide
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State supported Nursing Programs from State owned facilities
to Leased facilities at Union Square Campus creating
for Greensboro a competitive advantage for business growth." |
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Nursing education at Union Square Campus will engage
students at every level: 2-year Associated Degree, RN to BSN
and accelerated BSN programs, Doctor or Nursing Practice,
and continuing education certificate programs.
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Program |
Enrollment |
Leased Space |
Fixed Space |
Shared Space |
Lease # |
lease/enrollment |
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A & T |
105 |
25,000 |
3,000 SF |
22,000 Sq. Ft. |
$587,500 |
$6,000 each |
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UNCG |
282 |
33,000 |
12,000 SF |
21,000 Sq. Ft. |
$775,500 |
$2,800/$9,500* |
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GTCC |
140 |
25,000 |
6,000 SF |
19,000 Sq. Ft. |
$587,500 |
$4,200 each |
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Cone Health |
2,800 |
20,000 |
500 SF |
19,500 Sq. Ft. |
$470,000 |
$168 each |
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103, 000 Sq. Ft. |
21,000 SF |
81,500 Sq. Ft. |
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*UNCG DNP enrollment 232 overstates
enrollment figure of 32 in Request
to Establish DNP by 200 students. |
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# Lease Maximum Cost |
Combining Union square public record
information and figures in the
public domain, based on maximum
lease costs, leases will cost NC A&T
$6000 , GTCC $$4, 200 and UNCG $
9,500 per
 enrollee but will only
cost Cone Health 168 per enrollee. Cone
Health 2,800 enrollees is seven
times the Public University
enrollment whose lease fee of
$470,000 is the least lease fee for
a token 500 sq. ft. of fixed space.
A&T will receive only 3000 sq. ft.
while GTCC will receive 6,000 sq.
ft. of fixed space for the same
Lease fee of $587,500. UNCG
enrollment of 232 is two hundred
enrollee greater than the 32
students projected in their request
to establish DNP degree which also
said the university could house the
program for three years using
existing facilities. Furthermore UNC
Board of Governors 2015-16 & 2016-17
Strategic Capital Priorities call
for spending $124,765,400 for UNCG
Nursing and Instructional Building. |
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DEVELOPER’S OBLIGATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF AND
IMPROVEMENTS TO PROPERTY |
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Whereas the schedule
for the project, subject to receipt of all
anticipated sources of funding, proposes
construction beginning in early 2015 and
completion and opening of the first building of
the campus in the summer of 2016. The
City Council herby directs the City Manager and
staff, working with the organizers of Union
Square Campus, the Redevelopment Commission and
Master Developer, to develop a funding
methodology that utilizes current and
anticipated revenues from existing City revenue
sources to help support the following items:
Provide up to 2 acres of land within the site
and 250 parking spaces (surface or as part of a
deck to service multiple users) at no cost to
the Campus and, provide up to $500,000 toward
site development, other infrastructure, and
construction costs. In addition, the City
Manager and staff are directed to begin
development of a plan to enhance the street
scape in the vicinity of the site. The
schedule for the project, subject to receipt of
all anticipated sources of funding, proposes
construction beginning in early 2015 and
completion and opening of the first building of
the campus in the summer of 2016. |
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SALE AND
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT |
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(b)
Financial Responsibility. The Component
Developer shall provide, prior to commencement
of construction of any Improvements, such
documentation as may be required by the
Commission to evidence the projected
construction costs and the Component Developer’s
financial ability, through capital
contributions, grants, loans or otherwise, to
complete the Improvements in accordance with
this Agreement.
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 January
2015 – Redevelopment Commission
voted to send first priority
Alternate A [Lee & Arlington
Streets] to Council along with
Sale/Development Agreement for
Alternate B at Lee & South Elm
Streets as an additional option for
consideration. Requested Action
Consider approval of sale and option
of land identified as Alternate A,
at Lee and Arlington Streets, or
Alternate B, at Lee and South Elm
Streets, to Union Square Campus
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N.C. A&T Scores Big
with Union Square Partnership
8/5/2016
The greater Greensboro community has anxiously awaited
the opening of the Union Square Campus for several
years. The ribbon cutting ceremony finally arrived on
Friday, Aug. 5 and no other entity was as excited or
proud as North Carolina A&T State University.
As one of the campus’ inaugural and pioneering tenants,
along with the University of North Carolina at
Greensboro, Guilford Technical Community College, and
Cone Health, N.C. A&T will house its accelerated
Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Registered
Nurse-Bachelor of Science in Nursing Completion entry
programs.
The partnership is a result of A&T’s continued effort
and commitment to remain on the cutting edge in
collaboration and innovation. As a stakeholder and
tenant of the Union Square Campus, the university
continues to fulfill the mandates and requirements
necessary to obtain its strategic goals of Preeminence
2020.
"Union Square Campus is an innovative approach to
training our future leaders in health care. It will
redefine traditional methods and is a way to strengthen
public and private partnerships here in the Triad,” said
Chancellor Harold L. Martin Sr. “It’s exciting to see
this national model unfold.”
The 84,000 square feet campus, replete with
state-of-the-art simulation and virtual technology will
allow A&T’s School of Nursing to create transformational
learning experiences for all of its nursing students.
With highly-skilled nurses projected to continue to be
in high demand, A&T is preparing a professional
workforce as well as industry leaders.
Addressing an overflowing crowd, in the 340-seat
auditorium, Pat Danahy, Union Square Campus board
chairman, applauded the inaugural tenants for being part
of a model of collaboration and funding that will yield
dividends throughout the immediate community and for the
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[4] The Pursuit of Knowledge-2022: A vision of Technology and
education, Taft Wireback, Greensboro News & Record Saturday, June 8,
2002 |
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