The wedding dress upcycling startup is relocating to an 11,000sf headquarters and expanding its product line Unbox the Dress – the first online wedding dress transformation service – that makes its home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has outgrown its former location downtown and opened its expanded operations in a new location. The company employs skilled… Read More »
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Unbox the Dress Expands in Winston-Salem
25 Young Professionals Receive Leadership Awards
For the first time ever, Winston Under 40 is presenting 25 local young professionals with a leadership award in 2022. Due to an extremely qualified and deserving group of nominees, the 2022 cohort has increased to 25 recipients, from the typical 20 honorees. These young professionals have been selected for their outstanding achievements in both… Read More »
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Breaks Ground on New Care Tower
Atrium Health leaders broke ground to signify the official beginning of construction on the new $450 million care tower on the campus of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. For the past six months, crews have been removing a parking deck, completing the new helipad and preparing the site for construction. The care tower will include… Read More »
Q3 Report: Talent & Workforce Edition
Digital Copy | PDF Our Q3 Report features a special focus on Talent and Workforce. This quarter has brought momentum in growing our talent pipeline, with new efforts in educational initiatives and talent attraction outreach that has reached millions. A combined approach to developing the workforce – cultivating local talent and sharing our message with… Read More »
WS-TEACH Receives $4.7M Grant to Strengthen Local Teacher Recruitment Efforts
This week, the U.S. Department of Education announced nearly $25 million in grants to help recruit, prepare, develop, and retain a strong, effective, and diverse teacher workforce around the country through the Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) program. Winston-Salem State University, Wake Forest University, Salem College, and Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools (WS/FCS) received a $4.7 million TQP… Read More »
MIMEDX Joins the RegenMed Hub
MIMEDX is the latest addition to the RegeneratOR Innovation Accelerator, located in the Regenerative Medicine Hub (RegenMed Hub), a rapidly growing regenerative medicine ecosystem based in the Innovation Quarter of Winston-Salem. MIMEDX is a placental biologics company and a pioneer in placental tissue engineering. The company has distributed more than two million tissue allografts to date,… Read More »