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Triad Power Players Include 13 Innovation Quarter Connections

The Triad Business Journal just released the 2017 Triad Power Players. These are the individuals in our region who, according to the Triad Business Journal, use their influence "to champion truly catalytic efforts, to put their reputations and dollars at risk and to execute plans…

Ecosystem

Bailey Power Plant: Capturing Community Floor-By-Floor

Local restaurateur Claire Calvin imagines when construction crews at Bailey Power Plant are gone. Instead of the rumbling and grinding of excavators, she hears the buzz of crowds from cycling races, concerts and the growing number of events at Bailey Park. As people mill around…

A Greater Gift: Advancing Clinical Research by Giving Back

When Jennifer Byrne looks out the window of her light-filled office at 525@vine in the Innovation Quarter, she sees more than landscaping and buildings. She sees more than doctors, students and faculty as they walk by. What she sees is the future of clinical research.…

New Digs for Flywheel: Move to Center for Design Innovation Sparks Collaboration

Fay Horwitt, a member of Flywheel Coworking since 2015, likes to wander. The Winston-Salem native has lived as far away as Hawaii, working as marketing manager for the YWCA of O’ahu. Moving back to Winston-Salem in 2015, she discovered that Flywheel’s new home in the…

Ecosystem

Building Together: Allegacy Federal Credit Union and Wake Forest Innovation Quarter

When Cathy Pace looks at the concrete, steel and glass structures on the eastern edge of downtown Winston-Salem, she sees the past, present and future of the city. “We were founded to serve the people who worked in those old factories and warehouses,” says Pace,…

Arts, Community, Ecosystem

Making Space: Growing the Maker Movement in Winston-Salem

As dusk begins to fall outside the open garage door, snippets of conversation make their way through a smattering of whirring, rattling moving noises that surround the near-dozen people conversing and crafting. Parked just inside the garage door is an electric bike, custom designed with…

From the President: Defining Innovation

In the nearly five years since I came to Winston-Salem, there is little doubt that I have uttered the word “innovation” more than any other word in the English language. I can hardly escape it. It even appears twice in my dual title—president of Wake…

Building Community Together: Programming at Wake Forest Innovation Quarter

They come in the form of yogis, with mats in tow and fresh-pressed juices in hand. Some wear backpacks, some suits, others lab coats, all lined up in the food truck court during lunch hour. Sometimes they’re dancers, musicians, artists and the crowds who gather to…

Community

Editorial: What Fence Painting Taught Me About Community Building

Like many of you, I spent last weekend working in my yard. Specifically, I was painting my fence—a little spring brighten-up with a fresh coat of sparkling white. My neighbor, one of our closest friends, saw me and came over to the fence with her…

Unexpected Occupants: Meet the Marketers of Albert Hall

Albert Hall contains a confluence of surprising occupants. The red-brick building with neat rows of windows across each floor was originally one of several downtown Winston-Salem factories erected by R.J. Reynolds to meet surging demand for Prince Albert tobacco and Camel cigarettes. And when R.J.…

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