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Winston-Salem as a National Cycling Hub

May 26, 2016

Hills are made for cycling. They’re a good starting point for understanding how Winston-Salem is emerging as an international cycling hub. This transformation is embodied in the Winston-Salem Cycling Classic that takes place over Memorial Day weekend and attracts 3,000 professional and amateur riders and…

Community

From the President: The Experiment is a Success – Now Time to Accelerate the Development of the Innovation Quarter

May 26, 2016

]Experimentation is crucial to innovation. It is how we arrive at that critical (and magical) point in the process where an idea turns into a viable solution to an unmet need. And experimentation includes achieving a ‘proof of concept’, a term frequently used to describe…

Community, Entrepreneurship

Allan Younger Advocates for Small Biz

January 25, 2016

As one of the fastest growing urban innovation districts in the United States, Wake Forest Innovation Quarter brings a vast array of people from all walks of life to the same patch of innovation heaven. More than 3,100 people work here, along with 2,000 students…

A mess of tabloids featuring David Bowie on the cover.

Community

From the President: We Hear Tomorrow Coming

January 14, 2016

The passing of music icon David Bowie brought an outpouring of memories of his music, his style and his shape-shifting persona. But amidst the tributes and retrospectives, one snapshot stood out to me as indicative of not only who Bowie was as an artist, but…

Nicole Levi-Polyachenko, pictured with her husband, Alex Polyachenko, received the Innovation Award from Eric Tomlinson (while proudly sporting the ugly sweater theme of the night's event)

Community, Ecosystem, Entrepreneurship

Innovation Award Winner: Nicole Levi- Polyachenko, “Just the Nerd”

December 22, 2015

Nicole Levi-Polyachenko, PhD, originally wanted to be a nuclear physicist. To that end, she earned undergraduate degrees in physics and math and then a master’s in physics. “But along the way I determined that nuclear physics wasn’t the most lucrative career path and that there…

A group of women look at an old newspaper

Community, Diversity & Inclusion

Remembering the Past to Shape the Future

December 18, 2015

Read how the Innovation Quarter partnered with local groups to commemorate the history around the former tobacco factories. Winston-Salem’s history as a center of the tobacco industry from the late 1800s through the end of the 20th century is well-documented. Some of the history you…

Community, Ecosystem, Entrepreneurship

Flywheel Co-Working, Winston-Salem: Interaction Is Our DNA

October 6, 2015

Some use the term “unconventional,” others use the phrase “fringe element.” However they phrase it, Flywheel Co-Working clientele frequently describe themselves as working outside normal corporate structures. Regardless of how they conceive of themselves, Flywheel provides a home for a wide variety of consultants, freelancers,…

Arts, Community, Lifestyle

Innovation & Cinema: Film Conversations

October 2, 2015

Lawren Desai was interested in starting a film series. The owner of a/perture cinema in downtown Winston-Salem, Desai admired Science on Screen, which began in 2005 at the Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline, Massachusetts. In that series, movies serve as jumping-off points for experts to…

Community, Ecosystem

Robot Fun Run Connects Kids to STEM

June 2, 2015

“Three, two, one, Lego!” was the mantra voiced again and again by Andy Kraft. Kraft, program manager of K-12 social studies for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, served as the master of ceremonies and play-by-play announcer at the third Robot Fun Run Community Challenge, held June 19…