Today we welcomed City Councilmembers Robert Clark (West Ward) and Jeff MacIntosh (Northwest Ward) to lead a conference call discussing the City of Winston-Salem’s response to COVID 19. They shared a wealth of information about what the City is doing to serve the needs of the community and local businesses. Community Relief and Recovery Efforts Mask the City: The… Read More »
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City Officials Discuss COVID 19 Efforts
Old Salem Plants Victory Gardens for Local Food Banks
In response to the Coronavirus, Old Salem Museums & Gardens is transforming Old Salem’s garden plots for this growing season into “victory gardens” to grow food for those in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. Old Salem will partner with community groups and food banks who best serve this mission to ensure the food grown in… Read More »
Mask the City
A broad cross-section of community leaders, including those from Novant Health and Wake Forest Baptist Health, joined Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines today to announce a new initiative called Mask the City to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 in this area. The purpose of Mask the City is to provide everyone in Winston-Salem access to… Read More »
Swipeby Expands its Curbside Pickup App to Small Businesses
Swipeby, a local tech startup housed at Winston Starts, offers an app to facilitate curbside pickup for restaurants. Over the past year, the company has grown from working with dozens of restaurants in the Winston-Salem market, to scaling regionally and nationally through partnerships with chains like Firehouse Subs. Suddenly, as the Coronavirus outbreak unfolded, the Swipeby app was no… Read More »
Main Street Lending Program
The Main Street Lending Program (MSLP) is a new lending program being offered by the Federal Reserve (The Fed) to provide relief for businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying economic downturn. Unlike the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) funds, these programs are not administered by the Small Business Administration… Read More »
Wake Forest Baptist, Javara, and Oracle Launch COVID-19 Research Study
In an effort to better fight COVID-19 in multiple regions of the country, Wake Forest Baptist Health has joined forces with Javara Inc. – a leading integrated clinical research organization headquartered in Winston-Salem – to conduct a community-based research study of the novel coronavirus. As part of that effort, Wake Forest Baptist and Javara have collaborated with Oracle to develop… Read More »