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 »
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Mask the City
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 »
Employment Law Q&A
We hosted a conference call on federal and state changes to employment law, paid sick leave, and FMLA due to COVID 19, led by Charlot Wood, an employment attorney with Bell, Davis, and Pitt. Listen Now The opinions expressed in this recording are for general information purposes and are not intended to be, and should… Read More »
Wellness for Yourself and Your Business During Covid 19
When you flip on the news, read through your social media, and even if you speak to your neighbors, it’s likely that they are all concerned about staying safe. They are anxious. Of course, you have to follow the official guidelines from the local health agencies to stay safe. But through all of these regulations… Read More »