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Innovation Quarter Zipcar: New Paths for Urban Mobility

December 1, 2016
Zipcar, a community car-sharing service, recently arrived at Wake Forest Innovation Quarter and is already forging new paths for downtown mobility in Winston-Salem. A staple for urban-dwellers in large cities throughout the United States, Zipcar is an affordable and eco-friendly alternative to the use of…
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People of the Innovation Quarter: Meet Amy Creason

November 17, 2016
Amy Creason is a transplant, one of the many people brought to Winston-Salem by the revitalization of downtown. This transplant has taken to the City of Arts and Innovation like a fish to water, like a fundraiser to shaving heads. Don’t worry; we’ll get to…
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Winston-Salem Heart & Stroke Walk: Blazing a New Trail Together

October 13, 2016
Two colors will join the autumn landscape in downtown Winston-Salem this October. Red and white caps from the American Heart Association will dot the crowd of walkers who come to support their community at the Winston-Salem Heart & Stroke Walk. This year, attendees will walk…
Community, Ecosystem

Start-up Community Introduced 2 New Members

August 25, 2016
A strong innovation ecosystem requires a vibrant start-up community. In a city dedicated to “arts and innovation” and founded on entrepreneurs like the early Moravian settlers, R.J. Reynolds and the Hanes brothers, it is only fitting to carry on the city’s entrepreneurial legacy through a…
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SciTech Institute Inspires Students to Pursue STEM Careers

August 18, 2016
The two dozen seventh graders laugh and flex as they don blue lab coats and safety goggles. They are seated around six lab benches in the Atkinson Science Building on the Winston-Salem State University campus, peering at the beakers, microscopes and other implements in the…
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People of the Innovation Quarter: Meet Scott Rushing

August 8, 2016
Sun pours in the glass windows of Scott Rushing’s office in 525@vine. I find the director of research information systems for Public Health Sciences fiddling with a golf putter in his office against the backdrop of some pretty amazing clouds visible out the window that…
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People of the Innovation Quarter: Meet Jennifer Chan-Huang

June 21, 2016
Some of the questions we ask for the People of the Innovation Quarter may sound easy, but they’re actually quite difficult to answer. Take this one, for example. I asked Jennifer Chan-Huang, “What personal accomplishment makes you the most proud?” Jennifer thinks deliberately. The pause…

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