This is Roxy; unofficial mascot and big supporter of Guilford Creek Week! She loves playing in the waters of the Deep River (seen here) and she prefers them to stay clean, healthy and natural. 🙂

The High Point Public Library Plaza will hold its Grand Opening on Saturday, April 28 with something for everyone - food, music, entertainment and the opening of this year's High Point Farmers Market! This event is free and open to the public. Schedule is as follows: 8:30 a.m. High Point Farmers Market opens 9:00 a.m. DJ HEK YEH gets the party started 9:30 a.m. Plaza Ribbon Cutting with Business High Point - Chamber of Commerce 10:00 a.m. Donna Washington - Storyteller 10:00 a.m. - Noon Aerial Acrobats Performance 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Petting Zoo 11:00 a.m. - Noon Big Bang Boom 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Beer Garden (21+) Noon - 2:00 p.m. Thepopguns Food Trucks: Taqueria El Azteca & Taco Truck Zeko's 2 GO High Point University Ice Cream Truck

The first annual Guilford Creek Week is devoted to promoting water quality and stream health, with several fun activities throughout the week of March 15-25. Join us for the kick-off event on Saturday, March 17 at Armstrong Park here in High Point. There will be water education, a scavenger hunt, a creek-crawl, live animals, stream exploration, recycling education and games! This is a free, family and dog-friendly event!

John Russell, former teacher, coach, Dean of Students and Director of Athletics at High Point's Penn High School, was the first Black basketball official for the Atlantic Coast Conference. He is a member of the The CIAA, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and Greensboro Sports Commission Guilford County Sports Hall of Fames! #BlackHistoryMonth

Have you heard about Guilford Creek Week? It's a week devoted to promoting water quality and stream health, with plenty of activities including fun at the Greensboro Science Center, a clean up with the Greensboro Swarm, art classes at Wine & Design, family fun day at Haw River State Park, family fishing at City Lake Park, Adopt-A-Stream Cleanup with Get:Outdoors Paddlesports and the Banff Mountain Film Festival at the High Point Theatre. There's truly something for everyone! Find out more info at www.guilfordcreekweek.org.

Are you or someone you know: 🔘 4-6 years old 🔘 Needing some T-ball in your life 🔘 Wanting to volunteer Then man oh man does High Point Parks & Recreation, NC have a league for you! Little Sluggers will have rec center teams playing this spring. Players & coaches needed! http://www.highpointnc.gov/pr

Keep High Point Beautiful is excited with the success of this year's Winter Wipeout campaign so far! There's still time to volunteer to participate and have your group clean up a litter area (and the weather is actually pleasant!). Visit www.highpointnc.gov/winterwipeout for more information.

CONGRATULATIONS to Heather Richardson on her first Olympic medal!!! Heather and #TeamUSA won the bronze in the speed skating team pursuit competition, edging out Canada by less than half a second! She becomes the first High Pointer to win a medal in either the Summer or Winter Olympics! Go Heather!

It’s a gloomy Tuesday, but it’s also #NationalLoveYourPetDay, so let’s brighten up the interwebs with pictures of our animal BFF’s! Ok we’ll start - here’s Roxy the wonder dog! Comment below with a picture of your furry friend and let’s make this Tuesday a little happier! 👇🐶🐱🐰

For 25 years, various groups and individuals sought to rename a High Point street for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In 2015, the Planning & Zoning Commission approved the renaming of Kivett Drive to Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. The change was celebrated with a symbolic sign unveiling following the annual MLK Day Parade in January 2016. #BlackHistoryMonth

Dr. Samuel E. Burford was principal at Penn High School from 1933 until the school closed in 1968. He then went on to T.Wingate Andrews High School, where he became the first black principal at a predominantly white school in the state. He later became the first black High Point City Councilmember. #BlackHistoryMonth