Juneteenth Festival 2018
A recap of an Innovation & Cinema movie screening on June 16, 2018 in Bailey Park in the Innovation Quarter.
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Long Branch Trail Enhances City Connectivity
The sun is beginning to peak around the bend of the trail. She can see a corner of light edging above the embankment to her right. The first rays of the day turn one side of the tall green blades into a grassy gold. The…
Making Winston-Salem’s Workforce More Inclusive
How Goler Community Development Corporation is Making Winston-Salem's Workforce More Inclusive Michael Suggs’ view of downtown Winston-Salem used to be, well, higher. In the almost 20 years that he worked in marketing and government relations for Reynolds American, Inc., he would look out from his…
Believing Before Seeing: Eric Tomlinson’s Legacy
In a project as momentous and important as Wake Forest Innovation Quarter is for Winston-Salem, there is never one person responsible, never just one person who deserves the credit. Projects like the Innovation Quarter are inspired by the vision of many and built by the…
EncepHeal: A Start-up Gets Its Start in the Innovation Quarter
At 33, Omeed Rahimi is the oldest of the three founders of EncepHeal Therapeutics, a drug development start-up located in Wake Forest Innovation Quarter. Aaron Lazarus and Ayana Martin haven’t yet hit the big 3-0. The trio first combined their youthful enthusiasm while they were…
Unexpected Opportunities: Exploring Innovative Education in the Innovation Quarter
The Miracle on Ice. Hoosiers. The Jamaican bobsled team. Everyone loves an underdog. We cheer for fourth quarter comebacks and Cinderella stories, the ones that inspire movies like Eddie the Eagle, The Blindside and Rudy. There’s something about the unexpected that resonates with us. Many worried what would happen to…
From the President: Creating Pathways – The Key to Innovation
A brand-new and groundbreaking study from researchers at Harvard, Stanford, MIT and the London School of Economics highlights one of the main challenges facing the Innovation Quarter as we strive to fulfill our ambitious mission to drive economic growth and build vibrant community. That challenge…
Palate Pleasers: Changes to the Café in Wake Forest Biotech Place Add Variety
An age-old mantra of business is that the customer is always right. That includes when the customer wants something new. In 2017, Food and Nutrition Services of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center conducted a research study and customer survey of all the people who work…
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…
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…