tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71747899906790907052024-03-18T19:22:09.176-07:00Winston TECH SalemA blog by the Technology Council of the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce.wschamberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223848094176463122noreply@blogger.comBlogger312125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174789990679090705.post-42191610592695020992012-12-13T06:45:00.001-08:002012-12-13T06:45:34.392-08:00Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Launches Wake Forest Innovations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has created a new operating division to translate its academic and clinical research and discoveries into marketable products and services that will benefit patients. The new enterprise, Wake Forest Innovations, is being led by Chief Innovation Officer Eric Tomlinson, DSc, and Ph.D., who is also President of the Piedmont Triad Research Park. <br /><br />
The new division provides the institution with several new services: <br /><br /><strong>Product Innovation & Commercialization Services </strong>is responsible for supporting the creation of innovative technology and products and commercializing these through licensing to existing and startup companies.<br /><br /><strong>Scientific Business Services </strong>is a newly-formed business support group that helps to structure, promote and contract our research assets to external partners. <br /><br /><strong>Park Development Services </strong>is focused on the growth of the Piedmont Triad Research Park –home for 10 Wake Forest Baptist departments and 30 companies – as a vibrant, knowledge-based community. <a href="http://www.wakehealth.edu/News-Releases/2012/Wake_Forest_Baptist_Medical_Center_Launches_Wake_Forest_Innovations.htm">More.</a><br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com434tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174789990679090705.post-84738694617772194362012-12-11T08:20:00.000-08:002012-12-11T08:20:57.816-08:00Wake Forest's Atala Named to Power List<br />
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Anthony Atala, MD, director of the Institute for
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Atala is one of 10 people over age 50 recognized for “Moving
Us to a Healthier Future” for his team’s work to engineer replacement organs in
the lab. AARP is one of the top-circulation magazines in the U.S., with more
than 23 million readers. <a href="http://www.aarp.org/health/healthy-living/info-12-2012/influential-health-professionals.html#slide5">More</a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com201tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174789990679090705.post-41502190758921065992012-12-05T13:27:00.001-08:002012-12-05T13:27:08.225-08:00Wake Forest Scientists Develop Alternative to Fluorescent BulbsWake Forest University scientists have developed a flicker-free, shatterproof alternative for large-scale lighting.<br />
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The lighting, based on field-induced polymer electroluminescent
(FIPEL) technology, also gives off soft, white light – not the yellowish
glint from fluorescents or bluish tinge from LEDs.<br />
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“People often complain that fluorescent lights bother their eyes, and
the hum from the fluorescent tubes irritates anyone sitting at a desk
underneath them,” said <a href="http://media.news.wfu.edu/experts/david-carroll/">David Carroll</a>, professor of physics and director of the <a href="http://www.wfu.edu/nanotech/Welcome.html">Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials</a>. “The new lights we have created can cure both of those problems and more.” <br />
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The team uses a nano-engineered polymer matrix to convert the charge
into light. The technology allows the researchers to create an entirely
new light bulb – overcoming one of the major barriers in using plastic
lights in commercial buildings and homes. <a href="http://news.wfu.edu/2012/12/03/taking-the-buzz-out-of-office-lights/"> See more</a>. Kevin Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049339949471198083noreply@blogger.com216tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174789990679090705.post-41577260530898192152012-12-05T12:25:00.000-08:002012-12-05T12:25:13.793-08:00Inmar CIO named to list of top 100 IT leaders<br />
Mark Wright, chief information officer at Inmar Inc. in Winston-Salem, has been named to Computerworld's Premier 100 IT Leaders list for 2013.<br />
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Computerworld, an IT news magazine, says the 100 leaders on the list display exceptional technology leadership and envision innovative approaches to business solutions. The honorees will be featured in the Feb. 25 issue of the magazine.<br />
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Wright joined Inmar in 2010 and has since led the company’s growth as a retailer software and service provider. The company’s client base of 1,700 retailers, manufacturers, health care companies and government agencies utilize Inmar for management of e-commerce networks and cloud-based systems.<br />
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Inmar is preparing to relocate its 900 workers to two former R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. buildings in Winston-Salem’s Piedmont Triad Research Park by next December, a move that will cost more than $100 million in redevelopment and renovation. <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2012/12/05/inmar-cio-wright-named-to.html?ana=e_du_pub&s=article_du&ed=2012-12-05">Read more.</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com421tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174789990679090705.post-70481045382077698282012-12-05T12:04:00.001-08:002012-12-05T12:04:51.997-08:00Wake Forest University, Ameritox Team Up<span class="paragraph-0"></span><br />
Wake Forest University and Ameritox Ltd. said Tuesday they have formed a partnership aimed at furthering university chemistry research in developing technologies for medication monitoring and toxicology testing.<br />
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<span class="paragraph-1">Ameritox provides laboratory services and management tools under the RxGuardian brand. The service helps assess whether patients are taking their pain medication consistent with the dosage prescribed by their doctors. It provides individual results by using the patient's height, weight, gender, age and prescribed dosage.<br />
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The main focus of the partnership is on the science behind the mapping of the human genome to create a new standard in toxicology testing.<br />
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Christa Colyer, chairwoman of the university’s chemistry department, said having access to the Ameritox laboratory “will make it that much easier to collaborate and exchange ideas to realize testing breakthroughs.” <b><a href="http://www.journalnow.com/business/business_news/local/article_c734cd7a-3e80-11e2-92fb-0019bb30f31a.html">Read more</a>.</b><br />
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The work of a team of Wake Forest University researchers
developing a novel drug for prostate cancer treatment is featured on the
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George Kulik, an associate professor of cancer biology, Mark Welker,
the William L. Poteat Professor of Chemistry, and Freddie Salsbury, an
associate professor of physics, led an interdisciplinary team with
expertise in computational physics, synthetic chemistry and cancer
biology.<br />
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All cells, both normal and diseased, rely on the PI3K cell signaling
pathway for growth, so inhibiting the pathway selectively for cancer
cells has long been a challenge for scientists in the fight against
cancer. While turning PI3K inhibitors loose in the body would prevent
the spread of cancer, doing so would also inhibit growth in lots of
cells.<br />
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To effectively use this strategy in the treatment of cancer, the Wake
Forest team had to target these inhibitors to specific kinds of cells.
Using prostate cells as the target, they selected a protein that is
specifically recognized by prostate cells and attach that protein to a
PI3K inhibitor. <a href="http://news.wfu.edu/2012/11/28/cancer-research-sparks-cover-story/">Read more</a>.<br />
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Kevin Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049339949471198083noreply@blogger.com290tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174789990679090705.post-54312698563486759922012-11-27T11:32:00.000-08:002012-11-27T11:32:03.572-08:00Tech Speaker Series Returns! New Technology Resources to Grow Your Business<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Did you know that within Winston-Salem’s Piedmont Triad Research Park some of the most advanced equipment and resources in the Southeast are now being made available to entire community? Our next Tech Speaker Series event on Tuesday, December 11 at 8:30 a.m. in Wake Forest Biotech Place will tell you all about it! Do you quickly need a prototype for a new product? Or access to cutting-edge medical research equipment? Come learn about what is available and how these items can help take your business to the next level.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com223tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174789990679090705.post-49371405345217558632012-11-27T11:02:00.000-08:002012-11-27T11:02:39.131-08:00Hybrid 3-D Printer Used to Create Cartilage Implants at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine<br />
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Scientists at the Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative
Medicine have pioneered an approach to replace damaged cartilage, combining two
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The development has potential for the medical field.
Injured natural cartilage is slow and difficult to heal, and has almost no
ability to regrow itself. Currently, surgeons treat cartilage damage caused from
injury or disease with techniques that remove small pieces of torn tissue or
create microscopic grafts. But as of yet, they have been unable
to fully regenerate the cushioning, lubricating tissue that keeps joints moving
freely and bones from wearing against each other. As a result, degenerative
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This new procedure may effectively eradicate these invasive
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Nanotech conference coming to Winston-Salem</h1>
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For the first time, the Nanotech Commercialization Conference will be held in Winston-Salem.<br />
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<span class="paragraph-1">The conference, which is in its fifth year, is aimed at spurring more research and business collaboration. It will be held April 9-10 at Wake Forest BioTech Place.<br />
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Nanobiotechnology is the science of developing materials at the atomic and molecular level and then using them to develop products and devices.<br />
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Hosting the conference “gives us the opportunity to again spotlight the opportunities in advanced manufacturing, coupled with advanced materials development that our community offers,” said David Carroll, director of the Center for Nanotechnology Molecular Materials at the university. <b><a href="http://www.journalnow.com/business/business_news/local/article_9128f974-3500-11e2-bb77-001a4bcf6878.html">Read more</a>. </b><br />
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New Inmar Analytics unit looking to put data to use</h1>
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Retailer software and service provider Inmar generates countless digital bytes of information from its clients each day as it redeems paper and electronic coupons, processes returns and generates promotions. The company’s newest division wants to make sure all that information is put to its best use.<br />
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John Ross joined Inmar in August as president of Inmar Analytics, which currently has just four of Inmar’s 700-plus total Winston-Salem employees. The company announced earlier this year that it would relocate its headquarters to the Piedmont Triad Research Park by the end of next year and expand to more than 900 workers.<br />
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The kind of data that Inmar generates companywide about shopper behavior could give brick-and-mortar retailers a “dot-com-like view of what’s going on in the business,” down to how a recommendation of one product impacts sales of another product, Ross said. That’s the kind of information that Amazon.com and other online retailers rely on routinely but is difficult for physical retailers to replicate, Ross said. <b><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/print-edition/2012/11/16/new-inmar-analytics-unit-looking-to.html?s=image_gallery">Read more. </a></b><br />
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Wake Forest Doctors Working To Heal Wounded Warriors</h1>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Almost 50,000 American servicemen and women have been wounded while serving our country in Afghanistan and Iraq. Of those, nearly 450 are from North Carolina. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />At the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM), doctors are researching ways to help these wounded warriors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a very simple concept, we're trying to repair these massive muscle loss injures."</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">explains Dr. George Christ, WFIRM.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wake Forest joins 34 universities on a more than $300 million mission to change the way wounded soldiers are treated on the battlefield.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. Christ is the lead researcher for a project on muscle reconstruction. When these muscles are implanted into the body, the chances of healing are much greater, actually 70 to 80% greater, but that's just the beginning. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"This is something that maybe can be injected into the muscle, provide a water-based source of oxygen."</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. Christ hopes an oxygen gel they're developing can be applied to open wounds on the battlefield and save limbs, and maybe even lives because it buys the soldier crucial time keeping tissue alive until surgery. </span><b style="font-family: 'microsoft sans serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.digtriad.com/news/article/254650/57/Doctors-Build-New-Muscles-For-Wounded-Soldiers">Read more</a>.</b><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Caterpillar playing role in economic remaking of
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The first year of Caterpillar Inc. in Winston-Salem was filled mostly with sunshine. The $426 million plant officially began a year ago today axle-assembly production for the massive Caterpillar trucks used in the mining industry.<br />
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Caterpillar is an important part of the economic remaking of Winston-Salem and the Triad, said Michael Walden, an economics professor at N.C. State University. <br />
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The company committed to have 510 total jobs -- 392 full-time and 118 contract workers -- when the 850,000-square-foot plant is at full capacity. <b><a href="http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/article_7f84389a-2f7f-11e2-8943-0019bb30f31a.html">Read more.</a></b><br />
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Winston-Salem's Targacept names new CEO</h1>
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Hill's background includes leading the U.S. arm of the Belgian company Solvay Pharmaceuticals and its 1,200 employees in the period leading up to its acquisition by Abbott Laboratories in 2010.<br />
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At the Massachusetts-based ArQule, Hill led the transition from a fee-for-service discovery chemistry model to one with the company's own proprietary pipeline, according to an announcement from Targacept. <b><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2012/11/15/targacept-names-new-ceo.html">Read more</a>.</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Winston-Salem Chamber's
Tech Briefing convened designers of airplane seats, clothing, medical devices,
solar cells, beet juice, mobile apps, and more. See them on an iBook created by
Josh Tan (or choose the .pdf).</span><br />
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It’s always good to see seasoned professionals land a new position where they can be all the more beneficial. That’s the case with Doug Edgeton, who has landed an executive position with the N.C. Biotechnology Center.<br />
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<span class="paragraph-1">Edgeton, the former president of the Piedmont Triad Research Park, was instrumental in helping to build that park into the biotech foundation it has become. He had been the park’s president since 2007, a time in which he energetically led the park in growth and prestige. Although the park will continue to shine under new leader Eric Tomlinson, we hated to see Edgeton leave.<br />
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But we’re glad he’ll now be putting his considerable talents to use at the biotech center.<br />
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The center, a nonprofit financed by the legislature, seeks to help create jobs by supporting biotechnology research, business, education and strategic policy statewide. It’s based in Research Triangle Park, but has regional offices in Winston-Salem, Asheville, Greater Charlotte, Greenville and Wilmington.</span><br />
Edgeton will be the senior vice president for financial planning and development. Norris Tolson, the head of the center, told the Journal’s Richard Craver that Edgeton’s job will include educating legislators about the importance of the economic impact of biotech. Tolson said Edgeton is “tailor-made to do the things we do here.”<br />
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Indeed. Edgeton should make the center shine in the same fashion that he made the Piedmont Triad Research Park shine. Edgeton should help ensure that biotech continues to help build our future. <a href="http://iotech%20center%20will%20benefit%20with%20doug%20edgeton%20on%20board/">Read more</a>.<br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174789990679090705.post-79965948106514079322012-11-01T07:56:00.000-07:002012-11-01T08:07:30.938-07:00A Google Search for Drug Discovery<div class="first_font">
It’s what scholars dream about: getting to work
with the latest technology and leading researchers in the industry to
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For Jason Gagliano, a biology graduate student at Wake Forest University, it’s a reality.<br />
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Gagliano is part of the physics department team at Wake Forest developing a
technology called Next-Gen Lab-on-Bead. The tool uses next-generation
genetic sequencing to make the drug development process thousands of
times faster, much like a Google search.<br />
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“I usually just tell people I am trying to find new drugs for cancer,” he said.<br />
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded the team a
$700,000 grant to bring Next-Gen Lab-on-Bead to market. The NIH awarded
the funding through its Small Business Innovation Research program, and
Wake Forest will share the funds with partner NanoMedica, a
Winston-Salem company that has licensed the patent for Next-Gen
Lab-on-Bead. <a href="http://news.wfu.edu/2012/10/31/a-google-search-for-drug-discovery/">Read More.</a><br />
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People may know Eric Tomlinson as the president named this summer to head the Piedmont Triad Research Park, but for him, it’s his second title — chief innovation officer for Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center — that’s most important.<br />
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“When I was approached for the job, it was president of PTRP, and oh, by the way, chief innovation officer of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center,” Tomlinson said. “But actually the job is chief innovation officer, of which part is to develop the park.”<br />
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That change speaks to a shift in focus for the research park, which includes 145 developable acres next to the heart of downtown. The park is expected to support more than 6 million square feet of building space as it’s built out.<br />
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Earlier this year saw the opening of Wake Forest Biotech Place, followed by the announcement that Winston-Salem-based Inmar will relocate its 900 workers to the park. Employment in the park is expected to approach 2,000 by the end of 2013, with hundreds of thousands of renovated square feet coming online. <b><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/print-edition/2012/10/19/ptrp-innovation-among-top-priorities.html?page=all">Read more</a>.</b><br />
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Wake Forest Biotech Place</div>
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575 N Patterson Ave., Winston-Salem, NC </div>
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Anyone interested in
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working in a startup, developing new initiatives at larger companies, interested
in exploring the potential of ideas with others, or improving their
entrepreneurial and commercialization skills.</div>
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A monthly educational and networking series organized by
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com60tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174789990679090705.post-61311237720166440032012-10-17T10:18:00.000-07:002012-10-17T10:18:19.826-07:00Creative Corridors unveils twin arches theme for Winston-Salem's major interchanges<br />
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When the Salem Creek Connector roadway is built in 2016, two overlapping "twin arches" might soar dramatically over the connector's juncture with U.S. 52.<br />
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Crosswalks, sidewalks, landscaping and ornamental lighting will make the entire connector more appealing for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians as they find a safer, more direct route to downtown from Winston-Salem State University and Salem College.<br />
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That's the vision that was presented Tuesday in designs unveiled at a meeting of the Creative Corridors Coalition. It's a nonprofit that has been tapping community residents for how to influence the look of the roadwork that the N.C. Department of Transportation and the city of Winston-Salem will do in the next several years around downtown.<br />
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The work will include the replacement of 11 bridges along a downtown stretch of Business 40.<br />
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BB&T Corporation will lease the former American Express call center in Greensboro to create a new office to handle administrative and back office tasks, a move that could create as many as 1,700 jobs over the next five years.<br />
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The Winston-Salem-based bank said it plans to eventually have as many as 2,500 employees working at what will now be called BB&T Triad Corporate Center.<br />
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The office should open by the end of the year, with 50 to 100 employees.<br />
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The company's headquarters will remain in downtown Winston-Salem. <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2012/10/16/bbt-to-take-over-former-amex-building.html?ana=e_triad_rdup&s=newsletter&ed=2012-10-17"><b>Read more</b></a>.<br />
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Winning Grants</b></span></span><span style="color: #0077b3; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #0077b3; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">Potential and Confirmed speakers:</span></strong><span style="color: #0077b3; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0077b3; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">John Ujvari, SBIR expert, SBTDC</span><span style="color: #0077b3; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0077b3; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">NC Biotech Center Grant Expert
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<span style="color: #0077b3; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">Dave Rizzo, NC IDEA, $50k grant and
VC fund </span><span style="color: #0077b3; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Inventures</span><span style="color: #0077b3; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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TN</span><span style="color: #0077b3; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0077b3; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">Andy Dreyfuss, Piedmont Angel
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<span style="color: #0077b3; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><b>Two Optional Seminars and Investor
Showcase</b></span><span style="color: #0077b3; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0077b3; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">Jim <a href="mailto:Roberts-redspire4@gmail.com">Roberts-redspire4@gmail.com</a>)</span><span style="color: #0077b3; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0077b3; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">1 PM, Invite Only Investor Showcase
for 6 NC companies </span><span style="color: #0077b3; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0077b3; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">Info and registration link (no charge): </span><a href="http://grantsandinvestors.eventbrite.com/" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">http://grantsandinvestors.eventbrite.com/#</a></div>
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coming up and presents a great opportunity to meet with potential
investors. It also provides the opportunity to pitch to potential
funders. The event takes place on Thursday, November 15 from 5-7:30 p.m. at the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering in
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Winston-Salem's attractions and economy will
be featured in a 98-page section of the October edition of US Airways Magazine.<br />
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It is the second time in less than three years that Winston-Salem has been
selected as the magazine's featured destination. The section showcases more than
24 attractions, cultural arts and theater organizations, and educational
institutions.<br />
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Stephen Mitchem, publisher of Pace Communications Inc., said the feature was
expanded to include "all areas of innovation at the request of individuals in
the private sector of Winston-Salem." <br />
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"This is, by far, the largest destination feature we ever published in the
magazine and double the size we anticipated," Mitchem said.<br />
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Richard Geiger, president of Visit Winston-Salem, said the "positive feedback
we received from the first feature certainly fueled us. These features are
powerful and intriguing vehicles that tell millions of travelers why they, too,
should experience Winston-Salem." <a href="http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pace/usairways_october2012/#/58"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Read more </span>here</a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">. </span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #77c044; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.5pt;">Our Annual Community
Celebration</span></strong><span style="color: #77c044; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.5pt;">!</span><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #77c044; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.0pt;">Tuesday, October 16,
2012 @ 5:30pm</span></strong><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #77c044; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">Wake Forest BioTech
Place (575 North Patterson Avenue)</span></strong><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">This past year, Creative
Corridors has been actively engaging the community and working alongside the
City of Winston-Salem and the North Carolina Department of Transportation to
collaborate on the design of future roadway projects – most notably, the Salem
Creek Connector project.</span><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">At this Annual Community
Celebration, Creative Corridors and the City of Winston-Salem will unveil the
design concepts for Winston-Salem’s newest roadway (construction begins next
year). For more information about the Salem Creek Connector project, please
visit the <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=25426299&msgid=198898&act=EUUH&c=803428&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncdot.gov%2Fprojects%2Fsalemcreekconnector%2F" target="_blank"><span style="color: #55aadd;">NC DOT website</span></a>. </span><b style="color: #7f7f7f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dGQ0bHpneGk0cFdSTmlEdHFwTnY4Z0E6MQ#gid=0">RSVP</a></b></div>
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