Stories Archive - Innovation Quarter

What’s Your Food iQ? Signature Drinks

July 25, 2024

You may not have noticed, but it’s been hot lately. Whatever your feelings on the Southern-style summer heat Winston-Salem has been experiencing, you’re probably feeling pretty thirsty. There are more than a few watering holes in the iQ–from coffee shops to cocktail bars. Some you…

Diversity & Inclusion

Making Room at the Table: Women in STEM with Rebecca Alexander

July 18, 2024

Along with dinner, homework, and other typical uses, a young Rebecca Alexander could sometimes be found at her family’s dining table doing less typical things–like dissecting frogs. But it wasn’t behind her mother’s back. For Alexander, science was pretty much the family business. Her father,…

Community, Ecosystem, Lifestyle

Want to Build a Community? Think Public Space.

July 2, 2024

Publicly accessible space. The term doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. Even if you shorten it to “public space,” it doesn’t strike most people as the most fascinating topic in the world. Hold back that yawn, however. There’s a whole world behind the creation of…

Community, Ecosystem, Entrepreneurship

Sparq-ing Entrepreneurs: Meet Austin Moody, Amplifier of Small Business

June 20, 2024

Austin Moody has built a business on helping small businesses, a passion that grew from roots early in his childhood. Small business is in his blood; it’s in his family. His grandfather started the Mayflower Seafood Restaurant on Peters Creek Parkway in Winston-Salem, which his…

Ecosystem, Entrepreneurship

7 Biotech Companies in Winston-Salem to Keep an Eye On

June 11, 2024

Over the last 20 years, Winston-Salem has been growing in reputation as a place where life science and biotech companies can grow and thrive, a reputation that was solidified earlier this year when the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded one of its first Regional Innovation…

Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship

Tipping The Scales: Women in STEM with Jennifer Byrne

May 20, 2024

Why Read More About Women in STEM Careers? What do you think of when you think of STEM careers? Do you think of doctors, researchers, astronauts? Are they men, women, young, old? On its face, this series of articles is about women in STEM careers.…

Entrepreneurship

Sparq-ing Entrepreneurs: Meet Aleigh Miranda, Advocate for Personal Evolution

May 10, 2024

If you don’t know Sparq, it’s a startup and small business launch pad located in the heart of Innovation Quarter at Bailey Power Plant, providing space and amenities to help companies that are getting their start. This series explores the diverse endeavors that get a…

Community

‘Tis the Season–for Innovation Quarter Events in Winston-Salem

March 26, 2024

Spring in the Innovation Quarter brings more than April showers. The month of April marks the start of event season in the iQ. To get you ready, we’re giving you a peek at some of the upcoming events in Winston-Salem that we’re looking forward to…

Ecosystem, Entrepreneurship

How BMI OrganBank Is Changing the Kidney Transplant Equation

March 15, 2024

In a lesser recognized pocket of the Innovation Quarter, there’s a knot of research buildings forming one of the world’s foremost hubs of regenerative medicine. Here, both academic and commercial parties have formed a neighborhood of regenerative medicine—research that focuses on healing or restoring tissue…

Community, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship

Sparq-ing Entrepreneurs: Meet Cyatta Siler, the Visionary Behind IMAGES

February 23, 2024

To the cosmos–and beyond! That’s the vision of Cyatta Siler, executive director of IMAGES, an outreach ministry dedicated to bringing restoration to individuals, families and communities in the Piedmont Triad. No, she’s not a Space X wannabe. The cosmos she’s referencing is a universe where…

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