GREENSBORO — Gene Brown extended a job offer on Thursday to someone he hopes will be a member of Housing Greensboro’s tiny full-time staff. This person would oversee the nonprofit’s newest program — making minor repairs to the homes of the elderly or infirm. It was a job Brown might not have been able to create if not for federal stimulus funding and other donations. It’s a small — but concrete — example of a new job created with the help of the $700 billion-plus federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, signed by President Barack Obama a year ago last...