Olympic Cycling Center:
We now have renderings and more details on this exciting addition to downtown, thanks to WSTB. In addition to the training center, the Olympic Cycling Center will also have a health food store, cafe, 4 apartments (could be for Olympic cyclists only?), a medical office, and Olympic approved courses through downtown. It will use both the Main Street and Liberty Street storefronts (health food store and cafe). Yes, this is where the U.S. Olympic Cycling Team and the Paralympic Cycling Team will train to compete on the world cycling stage. It should become a fun tourist attraction and a great amenity for downtown residents. They are still completing the purchase of the building and waiting on final approval from the USOC. They will start construction as soon as they own the building. The building is expected to open in late 2015! Winston-Salem is fast becoming the center of the sport cycling world and it's fun to follow this. I would like to bring my bike on a future visit, when this opens. Wouldn't it be fun to complete at least one lap on the same downtown Winston-Salem course Team USA trains on!
Construction Will Start Soon on the Olympic Cycling Center and It Will Open by Late 2015!
Source: WSTB (Lambert Architecture)
Sutler Spirit Co.:
Just passed final inspection! They are now ready to distill liquor. Sutler is one of two or three new distilleries in Winston-Salem.
Bailey Power Plant - Morris Building:
The Morris Building is the first phase of the Bailey Power Plant.
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Fourth and broad Office Building:
The Winston-Salem Foundation is the second tenant to sign a lease at this building! Only 11,000 square feet remain, if you're interested. We will discover the identity of the mystery financial tenant, that leased most of the building's space, next month. According to last week's news stories, Winston-Salem's Class A vacancy rate is under 5%. And remember, downtown just added nearly half-a-million square feet of office space this year. That is impressive and shows the strong demand for office space downtown.
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Credit: Walt Unks - Journalnow
Gigabit Next Generation Network:
AT&T should start design and construction this week on the gigabit network in Winston-Salem. They received final approval today from Winston-Salem and Winston-Salem will have one of their major hubs for the state (possibly downtown's IQ District or the Reynolda District). The city will help them advertise in exchange for AT&T offering free gigabit speed wireless to downtown and the IQ District. They also agreed to offer gigabit connectivity at community centers and AT&T agreed to lower the costs for small and medium businesses to connect to the gigabit network. AT&T is in a race to be the first to offer gigabit speeds. It should be up-and-running by the Fall of this year. Yes, Fall 2014! A large part of the fiber network is already built in Winston-Salem! If you're moving to Winston-Salem, this is a nice amenity. You can download an entire movie in seconds! Very few cities have gigabit speed internet service. Austin is the only city AT&T offers gigabit next generation network service to currently. It's good to add Winston-Salem to the list.
IQ District Jobs:
We are waiting for a big announcement involving 500 new science and technology jobs, to be created in the downtown district by the end of this year. They haven't said who is creating the jobs yet, so look for a big announcement soon. I'm very excited about this! According to AURP and developers, the IQ District is the fastest growing research and technology district in the United States. It's also one of the nation's biggest economic development projects.
IQ District In the National/International News:
This month, downtown Winston-Salem's IQ District has appeared on the BBC, CNN, Wall Street Journal, and I think it was in the NY Times? Stories covered everything from scientific breakthroughs to the adaptive reuse projects we talk about in this thread. So what did we learn for our thread? ...Downtown Winston-Salem's IQ District has received the most adaptive reuse tax credits in the state! WOW! And the number for Winston-Salem should double before the tax credits sunset next year. This has helped preserve the historic character of Winston-Salem. According to someone at WSTB, it appears as if all of downtown's noteworthy buildings to be renovated will receive these tax credits before the sunset. The other big stories involving the IQ District are connected to scientists growing organs and body parts in labs. Winston-Salem is the world's leading center for Regenerative Medicine and their discoveries appear frequently in international news. It's a place where scientists can use your own cells to print organs with 3D printers. They can make anything from new skin to a new finger to a new heart.
Hanestowne Village:
The 550,000 square foot Hanes Knitting Complex is being demolished. The buildings under demolition are mostly newer structures (built after 1965?). This industrial complex is surrounded by retail and offices, so it's really out-of-place. The entire complex will be demolished for a mixed-use development that includes office space and retail. This is a possible future TOD (transit oriented development). A future light rail station is proposed across the street, with a bridge connection.
I will miss the mural!
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Source: Journalnow
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Source: Journalnow
More Jobs:
Ashley is adding 450 more jobs than originally expected. There is talk their headquarters could move to Winston-Salem and some are saying downtown? It's a Fortune 500 company, so it's a good headquarters to have. I guess we will see what happens.
Winston-Salem Cycling Classic:
Around 30 countries competed in downtown Winston-Salem over the weekend and 2015 could be the biggest and best cycling classic yet! Look for the addition of a two-day road race!
Cycling Sunday:
Downtown Residents: Don't forget, Sunday April 27th is Cycling Sunday! The streets downtown are closed to traffic and open to cyclists. Walkers and skaters are also welcome.
Winston-Salem Writers:
Next time you're on a WSTA bus, look for the poetry from Winston-Salem writers. This city lives up to "City of Arts & Innovation" with projects like this.
Reanimator Expansion:
Reanimator is at 13% of their goal. Please help them with their expansion:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/r...tributions/new
Winston-Salem Comic-Con 2014:
Are you visiting Winston-Salem or new to the city? Do you like comic books? Visit The Winston-Salem Comic-Con, brought to you by downtown Winston-Salem's own Burke Street Comics. It's a great event for comic book collectors, toy collectors, and those who are into cosplay. This is one of two or three comic-cons in Winston-Salem. If you missed the comic-con last month, you can visit this one. I think there is another in the summer too?