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Top Five Stories of 2016 from Wake Forest Innovation Quarter

January 18, 2017
A good story is one worth telling again. In 2016, a lot happened in Wake Forest Innovation Quarter—new tenants, renovated buildings, innovative programs. Each change helped shape the community in and around the innovation district. As a new year begins, let’s take a look at…

Quarterly Downtown Update: January 2017

January 11, 2017
Exciting changes are popping up in downtown Winston-Salem. Wake Forest Innovation Quarter is proud to call downtown home and participate in the vibrant community growing here. Developments happening downtown—whether big or small—are successes worth celebrating. Here are some of the recent changes and additions to…
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…
Community

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…
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…

From the President: Building Vibrant Community

October 19, 2016
Often when I speak about Wake Forest Innovation Quarter, I refer to it as a community. That is more than just a nice buzzword meant to conjure images of people milling about, engaged in various activities. Community is actually at the very heart of what…
Community

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…
Entrepreneurship

A Start-up Grows Up in the Innovation Quarter

October 5, 2016
The moment they met, Rob Arnold knew Nathan Powell was the one to help him get Threat Sketch—Rob’s cybersecurity start-up—off the ground. “I showed Nathan what I was working on, and when he said ‘I know what you’re doing. I understand that,’ I was so…

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