Incentives for Downtown Mast General Store Approved

The City Council voted 6-1 to approve $1.27 million in incentives to lure Mast General Store to downtown Winston-Salem. The proposed site is between Trade and Cherry Street on the north side of Fifth Street:  click here for a link to the Winston-Salem Journal article which contains an excellent graphic of the proposed location.

Development of Glade Street YWCA Project Moves Forward

 

Rezoning the Glade Street YWCA property was unanimously approved by the YWCA last night which will allow  "The Glade at West End" development project to move forward. Proposed are seven condominiums and eighteen single family homes on the 5.6 acre site. Leonard Ryden Burr will handle the real estate listings:  click here for a link on their website dedicated to the project. The entire neighborhood is LEED certified under a new "neighborhood development" classification scheme which, according to the U.S. Green Building Council website, "integrates the principles of smart growth, urbanism and green building". Richard Alexander will be the builder.