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Devon Gilfillian, holding a guitar, performs at the 2019 Gears & Guitars Festival.

Arts

Music in the Innovation Quarter

Young entrepreneur talking to a member of the community about his startup during an event hosted in the Innovation Quarter.

Ecosystem

Growing Your Startup: Winston-Salem’s Resources

The intersection of Patterson Ave. and Fifth Street in Winston-Salem, NC.

Ecosystem

Get to Know the Innovation Quarter’s Startups

"Aspire to Inspire" art mural by Georgie Nakima

Arts

New Mural Brings Together Innovation and Creativity through Art

Wilson Lester, Piedmont Business Capital

Entrepreneurship

What’s Next for ACCESS?

Aerial shot of Winston-Salem's Innovation Quarter, a mixed-use neighborhood perfect for startups.

Ecosystem

Advantages of Scaling Your Startup in a Mid-size City—Growing Your Startup in Winston-Salem

Winston-Salem students looking through microscopes.

Ecosystem

Scale Your Startup: Winston-Salem is One of the Best-kept Startup Secrets

Innovation Quarter tenants having a conversation.

Ecosystem

Our Role in Winston-Salem’s Startup Ecosystem

Ecosystem

The Startup Ecosystem of Winston-Salem

Community

Summer Opportunities for Students in the Innovation Quarter

Chloe Craver teaches yoga at Sunset Salutations community event.

Entrepreneurship

Meet the Entrepreneurs Behind Innovation Quarter Signature Events

Lifestyle

Wildlife in the City: Biodiversity in the Innovation Quarter

Wake Forest University students in a chemistry class.

Ecosystem

How Anchor Institutions Help Develop Highly Innovative Areas

Ribbon cutting ceremony for the Innovation Quarter's Long Branch Trail

Ecosystem

Partnerships Drive Growth in Innovation Districts

Wake Forest University and the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma partner to make youth football safer.

Ecosystem

Academic-Industry Collaboration Best Practices for Innovation Districts

Ecosystem

Collaborative Healthcare Innovation in the Innovation Quarter

The Depot Street Mural in the Innovation Quarter is one way iQ promotes diversity and inclusion.

Community

How Innovation Districts Realize Diversity and Inclusion

SciTech program encourages interest in STEAM subjects

Community

The 3 Ps of a Successful Innovation District

Ecosystem

Health Equity Initiatives in the Innovation Quarter

kidney technology

Ecosystem

Renalytix joins as newest member of iQ Healthtech Labs

ACCESS Center for Equity + Success fuels the innovation ecosystem in iQ

Ecosystem

How Innovation Ecosystems Fuel Downtown Revitalization

Bailey Park is public greenspace at the heart of the iQ innovation district.

Community

Innovation Districts vs. Research Parks

Community

An Innovation District Transforms a City

regenerative medicine tissue

Ecosystem

New partnership looks to advance regenerative medicine outcomes for patients

Community

Spatial Justice in the Innovation Quarter

Masked worker wipes down a restaurant table

Community

How these Innovation Quarter retailers survived the COVID-19 pandemic

Wake Forest School of Medicine location in midtown Charlotte

Ecosystem

Wake Forest School of Medicine announces location of second campus in Charlotte

Community

Greater Gift and MACHE Ally to Increase COVID-19 Education

Entrepreneurship

The Continuum of Black Entrepreneurship

Bailey South Reimagined

Community

We’re doing better—but we’ve still got work to do.

Community

‘Tis the Season to Shop Small

Ecosystem

A Path to Diversity in Innovation: HUSTLE Winston-Salem and Soy Emprendedor

Arts

Depot Street Renaissance Mural

Community

Six Instagram-Worthy Locations in the Innovation Quarter

Ecosystem

Winston-Salem’s hottest startup aims to disrupt the world of blockchain

Community

We need to do better. Here’s what we’re doing first.

Innovation Quarter during the day

Community

Here’s what you need to know about Phase I re-opening in the Innovation Quarter

Community

Raising Spirits to Stay Strong: Two iQ Entrepreneurs Work Together to Give Back During COVID-19

Ecosystem

How Innovation Quarter became a rallying point for the “Mask the City” effort

Bailey Power Plant

Ecosystem

5 Ways the Innovation Quarter Community Is Coming Together Against COVID-19

Entrepreneurship

How Swipeby is Giving Restaurants a Lifeline

Entrepreneurship

6 Innovation Quarter Resources to Help Grow Your Business

Ecosystem

Continually Evolving: A New Look for iQ

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Ecosystem

Providing ACCESS: Winston-Salem’s Center for MWBE’s

Arts

Wherehouse Art Hotel Offers Artful Lodging and Lodging for Great Art

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Entrepreneurship

Creative Collaborations: Building Greater Good Through Convergence

Lifestyle

5 After 5: Spice Up Your Night at These Hotspots

Community

Bailey Park: An Oral History of the Innovation Quarter’s Front Lawn

Entrepreneurship

Seeing Opportunities: Claire Calvin on Entrepreneurship

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Community

Top of the Class: Winston-Salem Ranked First in U.S. Small Business Growth

Men talking

Entrepreneurship

How One Innovation Quarter Start-Up Raised $1.4 Million

Entrepreneurship

Fired Up: Cugino Forno Comes to Bailey Power Plant

Community

5 Things You Didn’t Know About the Center for Design Innovation

Community

Feeding Entrepreneurship: Food Trucks in the Innovation Quarter

Community

6 Ways the Innovation Quarter Can Help You Keep Your Resolutions

Entrepreneurship

How Forsyth Tech’s Launch Challenge Helped Bring a Salt Cave to Winston-Salem

North District

Community

Triad Power Players Include 13 Innovation Quarter Connections

Community

Business 40 Shutdown: Q&A with NCDOT’s Pat Ivey

Ecosystem

History Wrapped in the Future: The Vision for Bailey South

Lifestyle

Five Ways to Renew and Recharge in the IQ

Ecosystem

Four Ways Winston-Salem is Creating a Hub for Entrepreneurs

Inmar

Ecosystem

Inmar: Moving Forward in the Innovation Quarter

Lifestyle

Long Branch Trail: Creating a More Connected City

Entrepreneurship

What Millennials Mean for Business

Entrepreneurship

Why Winston-Salem and Women Entrepreneurs Make Good Partners

What Are the Top Trends in Entrepreneurship?

Ecosystem

Three Ways North Carolina is Growing Its Reputation for Innovation

Arts

Innovation & Cinema Sparking Conversation with Film

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Ecosystem

Spatial Justice in the Innovation Quarter

By intentionally sharing our spatial resources and facilitating events, we can strengthen the connection between people and the places we share, creating a more equitable, diverse and inclusive community for all.

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Ecosystem

Collaborative Healthcare in the Innovation Quarter

Five Ways Wake Forest Innovations is Improving Healthcare.

How did a global pandemic accelerate healthcare innovation in the Innovation Quarter? While the rest of the world was on pause, Wake Forest Innovations had its best year yet.

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Entrepreneurship

The Continuum of Black Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is more than just an action—it’s a state of mind.

We are committed to building upon the legacy of Black entrepreneurship in the Innovation Quarter through providing the resources and support creators, doers and makers of color need to thrive.

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SciTech program encourages interest in STEAM subjects

Ecosystem

The 3 Ps of a Successful Innovation District

Innovation districts are popping up across the world.

Establishing an innovation district isn’t just about reinventing shared physical spaces—it’s about creating intimate connections between people and companies through intentional planning, placemaking and programming.

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