Downtown Developments

Downtown Developments

October 2007

SPOOKTACULAR will usher in Halloween on Friday, October 26, in the Arts District on Trade and Liberty streets between Fifth and Seventh. From 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. there will be a costume contest, street performers, music, drummers, kids art projects and, of course, trick or treating. For more information call 703-1503 or visit www.dadaws.org.

A SUMMER MUSIC SERIES SURVEY is being conducted by the DWSP to gather the ideas and opinions from the Summer Music Series attendees about the recently completed 2007 season. The survey will assist the DWSP with measuring the success of the 2007 season and with planning for future events in the summer of 2008.

Downtown Winston-Salem

Partnership, Inc.

500 West Fourth Street

Suite 101

Winston-Salem, NC 27101

336.354.1500 t

336.722.0746 f

www.dwsp.org

FOURTH STREET CLOSED FOR WIDENING WORK: Fourth Street between Trade and Cherry streets will be closed nightly beginning Monday, October 1, to construct a loading/unloading zone. The street will be closed to all traffic from 6:30 p.m. each evening until 6 a.m. the following morning. Construction is scheduled to be completed by Wednesday, October 10. A detour will be set up.

OKTOBERFEST will be celebrated at several restaurants and pubs (Including 6th & Vine and The Werehouse/ Krankies) this Saturday, September 29th from 7:00 p.m. until... Many fine beverages and entertainment will be featured. Click here for more info.

THE COTTON MILL will open the first week of October in the historic Brookstown Inn next door to the Winston-Salem Visitor Center on Brookstown Avenue. This is a second location for the owners of Sweet Potatoes on Trade Street. The new restaurant will feature an upscale, white table cloth atmosphere while serving up the gourmet southern cuisine that is so popular at Sweet Potatoes. The Cotton Mill will be open seven days a week for lunch and dinner. For reservations call 725-1112.

SALEM PLACE TOWNHOMES are now ready to be shown and purchased. The first six units will be showcased during the fall “Parade of Homes” scheduled for October 13 & 14; and October 20 & 21. The project is being developed by Marshall Street Land Company which was selected by Old Salem to develop the former Coca Cola Distribution property located on Marshall and Poplar Streets across from the Old Salem Visitors Center. Prudential Carolinas Realty is the marketing agent. For complete information, visit www.salemplacetownhomes.com.

COLLEGE PARK AT THE GATEWAY will also be part of the Parade of Homes with a model open at 1374 Mint Street. College Park is located off Waughtown Street near the N. C. School of the Arts. For information visit www.collegeparkwinston.com.

THE GALLERY condominiums slated for the historic Brown and Williamson Building at Sixth and Chestnuts streets will be under construction this month. Over one half of the 77 units in the 156,000 s.f. building have been sold. Landex Corporation of Baltimore, Maryland is the co-developer with the Goler Community Development Corporation. A model unit will be open for the Parade of Homes.

THE HISTORIC CRAVER BUILDING at 706 N. Chestnut Street in The Heights has been renovated for two market rate, 3 bedroom apartments. For rental information, call 761-0595.

GOLER MANOR, a residential project for senior independent living at Sixth and Chestnut streets, has been completed. Seventy-nine apartments for seniors 62 and over are available at affordable rates. To date, approximately one-third of the units have been rented. To receive information, call 722-1488.

CAVANAUGH & ASSOCIATES PA will be open for business on October 8 at their new office location at 530 N. Trade Street, Suite 302, in the Traders Row building. The firm, which will own 12,000 s.f., specializes in civil engineering, surveying, and utility services. It moved into the Chatham Building on Fourth Street 4-1/2 years ago and has since expanded both staff and services.

WALTER ROBBS CALLAHAN & PIERCE ARCHITECTS PA, will move into 12,000 s.f. at Traders Row this month and will be open at Suite 301 on October 22. The 40-member firm offers architecture planning, interior design and graphic design services. It was established in 1965 and has been downtown in the Chatham Building for 13 years.

GRAPHICALLY SPEAKING, a full-service marketing, advertising and graphic design company founded in 1998, has relocated to new offices at 537-B N. Trade Street in the downtown arts district. An open house will take place on Friday, October 5, from 5-7 p.m. prior to the First Friday Gallery Hop. The event will be co-sponsored by Graphically Speaking and Right Quick Graphic Production. Call 245-2520 or visit www.graphically-speaking.biz

THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF WINSTON-SALEM has hired a new Executive Director. Eric Kerchner, who most recently served as the Executive Director of the Tryon Fine Arts Center, has been named to lead the organization. Mr. Kerchner is a Wake Forest graduate who, while previously in Winston-Salem, served as the Artistic Director of the Collective Theatre Company and was Director of Communications for Historic Bethabara.

DOWNTOWN BASEBALL PARK CONSTRUCTION continues at the the crossroads of First Street, Peters Creek Parkway, and Bus. 40. Massive grading and excavation continues. Projected completion has the Warthogs throwing the first pitch of the 2009 season in their new home. Click on current and before photos to enlarge. (Before photo: Carolyn Albright Photography)

SCOOTERS DELI is another downtown eatery just opened at 878 West Fourth Street in the building formerly occupied by Camel City Café. Patrons may eat in or place take out orders from a menu of fresh soups and salads, burgers, wings and a variety of deli sandwiches. Delivery is available in a 2-mile radius and will come on brand new scooters driven by Scooters staff. Call 722-4321.

ED McMAHON, senior resident fellow at the Urban Land Institute and nationally renowned authority on sustainable development, land conservation and urban design will give the keynote address at the Community Appearance Awards on October 16 at 6:30 p.m. in the Anderson Center of Winston-Salem State University. Mr. McMahon will also speak at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, October 17 at the Legacy reunion meeting which will also be held at the Anderson Center. The public is invited. The meeting will also serve as a celebration of the 60^th anniversary of the City-County Planning Board. For more information, call 747-7051.

THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY AND LEGAL AID OF N. C. have merged. The new organization, which will be called Legal Aid of North Carolina, has relocated from Fourth Street to a 7,200 s.f. office on the fourth floor of the Liberty Plaza building.

CONGRATULATIONS TO WOMBLE CARLYLE SANDRIDGE AND RICE for winning a national award for Best Legal Website and to Jeffrey R. McFadden for being elected Chairman of the Forsyth Technical Community College Board of Trustees.

BALD EAGLE TECHNOLOGIES is the official IT partner of the DWSP. For your IT needs, please feel free to contact them by visiting their website.