Projects & Construction:
I want to thank the photographers and local businesses, sharing updates on projects, who make this thread possible. Without you, these updates won't happen.
A rainy late-night is a great time for an update:
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Footnote: Built!
Footnote is completed and open. If you want a drink while you're at Bookmarks Bookstore, be sure to visit Footnote. If you're in Bookmarks Bookstore, it's on the other side of the glass wall. If you're trying to find it: You'll find it in a downtown laneway/alley, behind Design Archives. On Fourth Street, look for the breezeway beside Design Archives. You can also rent their meeting space for events.
Glass wall separating Bookmarks Bookstore from Footnote:
Credit: bookmarksnc
Credit: Foothills Brewing
First customers:
Credit: Foothills Brewing
Yes, it's open and it's in the laneway/alley between Third and Fourth streets! I love that laneway of "hidden" businesses. I would like to see more laneways/alleys in downtown transformed like this.
Credit: brewingws
Forsyth County Courthouse:
Native Camel @ WSTB Forum posted an update for this project. County Commissioners have secured the location, will use limited obligation bonds, and are now in the process of selecting an architect and general contractor. Last week, the 10-member selection committee narrowed the list of architecture firms to three for interviews and expect to select the architect within the next two months. A general contractor should be selected by early-July. Design will require 15-18 months and construction is expected to require two years, setting completion for Fall 2021. The Forsyth County Bar said "The new courthouse promises to be an imposing structure that will change the skyline, face and tone of downtown Winston-Salem for decades to come. It will make a statement about who we are."
Downtown Hampton Inn & Suites:
Credit: vincerabil
500 West Fifth:
The Flow Headquarters is now open and filled with employees:
Credit: colettejd
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Credit: michaeldarrenstory
Lowes Foods Grocery Store in Downtown:
Tim Lowe, CEO of Winston-Salem-based Lowes Foods, has confirmed the grocery store is looking at downtown locations. This was said after Kroger's Harris Teeter grocery store chain (Kroger operates as Harris Teeter in Western North Carolina) was confirmed as very close to leasing a space on Liberty Street (close to Liberty & Fifth streets) in downtown's Arts District. The question is: Will Lowes Foods wait too long to enter downtown? All of their competitors are looking at downtown.
Stevens Center Renovation:
A look at the Particle Falls art display:
Credit: penny.converse
Ramkat Art & Music Venue:
An update on this lounge and live music venue.
Credit: scrubpineband
Light fixture:
Credit: theramkat
Art in the music venue:
Credit: thatguydoub
Link Apartments Innovation Quarter:
The southern end of this project is now on the third floor. It's moving quickly on the southern end of the project.
Both tower cranes:
Credit: cstevebeck
Both tower cranes and wood frame progress:
Credit: dann.nnyy
Third floor: (The Coal Pit has found a use as a skate park)
Credit: slaughter_film
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State Superintendent Mark Johnson and State University System President Margaret Spellings in downtown's IQ District (See wood frame through the windows):
Credit: Mark Johnson
Alternative Transportation:
City Bike Plan:
The city is holding meetings with cyclists before creating an updated bike plan. The city is planning to create 20 miles of bike lanes this year. A city councilman also spoke of a bond on the ballot, in November, for more cycling improvements, such as concrete curbs separating cyclists from cars and colored asphalt.
Credit: harperclark