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Wake Forest School of Medicine location in midtown Charlotte
Ecosystem

Wake Forest’s Second Campus in Charlotte

As the academic anchor of the Innovation Quarter, the economic benefits of having Wake Forest School of Medicine are evident in a city like Winston-Salem. For years, Charlotte has been the largest city in the U.S. without a four-year medical school. That's about to change.…
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Ecosystem

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

Innovation Quarter Companies & Institutions Converge to Develop Creative Solutions Across the Innovation Quarter, collaborations are happening in real-time as innovators, entrepreneurs, business leaders and researchers are coming together to help advance solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some recent examples: Bailey Power Plant…
An aerial view of 525@vine and Bailey Park at dusk.
Ecosystem

Continually Evolving: A New Look for iQ

Today, we’re revealing a whole new look for the Innovation Quarter. And with that new look, we’re unveiling a new logo, website and simplifying our name to Innovation Quarter. Here’s why. How Far We’ve Come Over the past several years, the Innovation Quarter has reached…
Ecosystem, Entrepreneurship

Creative Collaborations for Greater Good

Building a collaborative ecosystem—a place where ideas grow, and businesses and people thrive—requires an unwavering vision and years of building and planning. It has been 25 years since Wake Forest School of Medicine and Winston-Salem State University moved a group of researchers into a former R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. warehouse downtown with a vision for what was then called Piedmont Triad Research Park. Today,…
Community, Ecosystem

A Newbie’s Guide to Venture Café

As a recent college graduate and being fairly new to Winston-Salem, I had heard the name Venture Café many times. Its programming is well-known for connecting innovators and entrepreneurs. I was very curious about the Thursday Gatherings, but also a bit apprehensive as a “newbie.”…

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