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EncepHeal: A Start-up Gets Its Start in the Innovation Quarter

February 7, 2018

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…

A couple of entrepreneurs playing with a drone

Community, Diversity & Inclusion, Ecosystem

Unexpected Opportunities: Exploring Innovative Education in the Innovation Quarter

December 7, 2017

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

December 7, 2017

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

December 1, 2017

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…

Community

Triad Power Players Include 13 Innovation Quarter Connections

October 30, 2017

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

October 5, 2017

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

September 7, 2017

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

July 13, 2017

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

June 22, 2017

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

May 17, 2017

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…

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