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The exterior of Six Hundred Degrees restaurant at night.

Food, Fire, Family: The Recipe Behind Six Hundred Degrees

An appreciation for locally grown food is in Chef Travis Myers’ blood. Growing up with parents from agricultural communities naturally instilled certain values in Travis and his sisters: Use local ingredients and respect the hard work that farmers put into their craft. Today, Chef Travis…

Community, Ecosystem

Innovation Quarter: By the Numbers

How well do you know the Innovation Quarter? Here are some noteworthy numbers and facts worth sharing. 5 Hand-painted Murals From pandemic projects to 15-foot paintings renewed annually by local students, artists have adorned the Innovation Quarter with five new murals since 2014. Several stand…

Lanazha Belfield presenting research as part of WSSU Honors Program

Community, Diversity & Inclusion, Ecosystem

Opening Doors for Minorities in Research

Meet Lanazha Belfield. A self-proclaimed “science nerd” who’s “pretty much living in Biotech Place” these days, exercising mice and working toward a Ph.D. from Wake Forest University. If you’d asked her about her career ambitions a decade ago, she’d have told you that she was…

An aerial view of Winston-Salem in 1956.

Community, Diversity & Inclusion, Ecosystem

The Rich History of Black-owned Business in Winston-Salem

Since opening its doors in 2003, Krankies Coffee has become a pillar of Winston-Salem’s burgeoning downtown and Innovation Quarter scene. Located at the corner of East Third Street, or what has affectionately become known as the “Krankies Block,” this coffee shop and its eclectic mix…

Javara founders sit at conference table during a meeting talking happily with two men, one wearing glasses, a tie, and jacket while gesturing his hands and the other a jacket.

Community, Ecosystem, Entrepreneurship

Javara Grows in the iQ, Removes Barriers to Clinical Trials for All

As Javara commemorates its fourth anniversary, we're celebrating its rapid growth, dedication to innovative medical research and inclusive health equity in local communities. A New Research Model is Born in North Carolina North Carolina has a long history in manufacturing, textiles and tobacco. These remnants…

Wake Forest President Susan R. Wente in a lab during her tours of Wake Downtown and the Wake Forest School of Medicine

Community, Diversity & Inclusion, Ecosystem

Dr. Wente on the Radical Collaboration and Bold Decision Making that Leads to Innovation

On March 25, Dr. Susan R. Wente was officially inaugurated as Wake Forest University’s 14th president. She began as Wake Forest's president in July. And, if you were on campus for the first day of fall 2021 classes, you would have found her donning safety…

performers playing drums at juneteenth festival

Community

The ABCs of Things We’re Looking Forward to in 2022

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and Javara’s Continued Partnership Javara, Inc. is an integrated research organization headquartered in the Innovation Quarter. Together with Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Javara is working to achieve better patient outcomes by pairing those in need with clinical trials. At…

aerial view of biotech place and 525 vine at night

Community

Wake Forest Biotech Place Celebrates 10 Years

It’s been a decade. Ten years since the former R.J. Reynolds Tobacco company manufacturing facility opened its renovated doors as Wake Forest Biotech Place. Ten years since over 450 scientists and researchers set up shop in pursuit of advancing their research into commercialized products. Ten…

Community

Placemaking

How Public Spaces can Engage Your Community and Improve Quality of Life The Definition of Placemaking Placemaking is an intentional use of public spaces to strengthen community connections among people and a place itself. Placemaking can manifest in many forms, from a public park equipped…

Arts, Community

Five Placemaking Projects that Inspire Us

Placemaking is a dynamic approach to the planning, design and management of public spaces. By highlighting a local community’s assets and unleashing their potential, placemaking intentionally creates public spaces that promote people’s well-being. The Four Types of Placemaking Standard placemaking is the process of creating…

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Food, Fire, Family: The Recipe Behind Six Hundred Degrees

Innovation Quarter: By the Numbers

Opening Doors for Minorities in Research

The Rich History of Black-owned Business in Winston-Salem

Javara Grows in the iQ, Removes Barriers to Clinical Trials for All

Dr. Wente on the Radical Collaboration and Bold Decision Making that Leads to Innovation

The ABCs of Things We’re Looking Forward to in 2022

Wake Forest Biotech Place Celebrates 10 Years

Placemaking

Five Placemaking Projects that Inspire Us

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