German grocery store chain Lidl is opening 100 stores across the U.S. in the coming year, with 20 in North Carolina this summer, and one in Winston-Salem on June 15, 2017. Pronounced “LEE-dil,” rhyming with “needle,” the European-style grocery store boasts prices half that of some grocery stores…
As a Winstonite, you’ve probably heard about the closing of highway 40-B (Business 40) in downtown Winston-Salem. The stretch of highway that runs for approximately one mile through downtown Winston-Salem will close, beginning November 2018, for at least 14 months…
Taking spin class to the next level, CycleBar offers a state-of-the-art facility and energized workouts. The MyWinston-Salem team was pumped to try out the new CycleBar indoor cycling studio during their comp Grand Opening rides…
Dell received $281 million in local and state incentives when it decided to locate its manufacturing plant in Forsyth County in 2005. The agreement was for Dell to invest an additional $100 million and to create 1700 jobs by September 2010. It was supposed to maintain these jobs for at least a decade longer (until …
Google is currently seeking testing towns in which to invest $500 million worth of High Speed broadband technology. This means homes and businesses will have access to an Internet connection that offers speeds up to 100 times those of what you’re surfing with today. Not to mention the business and press this could potentially bring Winston-Salem. …
Our beloved twin city is #18, and the only city in the United States represented on Bloomberg Business Week’s list of 26 of the world’s “Cheapest Cities for Expensive Living” (ie. highest lifestyle for the lowest cost). Winston-Salem on the Map Here’s some of the stats listed in the article: No. 18 Cheapest City for Expensive Living: …
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Approximately 800 acres of Pilot Mountain State Park have been burned so far in what was originally a controlled, or “prescribed” burn that began Thursday morning. The prescribed burn was intended to burn only 180 acres. Embers from the fire “jumped the line” and quickly grew out of control. First photo taken Saturday, November 10, …