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Innovation Quarter Zipcar
Community, Ecosystem

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…
Ecosystem

Wake Downtown: Liberal Arts Education in an Innovation Ecosystem

October 19, 2016
In a sunny corner meeting room at Flywheel Coworking, complete with a view of Bailey Park and downtown Winston-Salem, Aaron Lazarus gathers with his closest advisors—an entrepreneur, a business school professor and a pharmacologist. At 24 years old, Lazarus is the founder and chief executive…
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…
Ecosystem

Bailey Power Plant: Powering a New Kind of Energy

May 26, 2016
Dwarfed by the backdrop of high-rise buildings behind it, she still casts a long shadow on the district below. Its shape is iconic, punctuated by two stacks towering several stories above her other structures. They are emblazoned with whitewash letters, symbolizing a name that was…
Football helmets on a shelf
Ecosystem

Advancing Safety in Youth Football And Other Sports

December 23, 2015
A sobering question that has haunted sports columns and editorial pages is now making its way to movie theaters across the country: Is America’s most popular sport also its most dangerous? Despite record-setting television ratings and multi-billion dollar revenues, the National Football League is plagued…

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