U.S. Cycling Facility Coming to Downtown Winston-Salem - the National Olympic Cycling Center!!!

Lambert Architecture posted on their Facebook page  that they would be remodeling 505 N. Liberty Street so that it could become the National Olympic Cycling Center, similar in its association with USA Whitewater's National Training Center in Charlotte, NC. There are only 16 such National Training Centers in the U.S. Landing the Center seems to be the work of Richard Rouck, the chairman of the Winston-Salem Classic cycling event, Mayor Allen Joines, and of course USA Cycling. Lambert's architectural mock-up posted on their website depicts the Olympic Rings displayed prominently on the 5th Street building! Yeah! I imagine this will do wonders for the Winston-Salem Classic as well.

2 New Stores on Fourth Street, Brushy Fork Greenway Opens

Unique Home Expressions, a gift shop for home and garden accessories, will be opening in Suite 101A at 500 W. Fourth Street next to the Eyecarecenter in the space previously occupied by Nu Shoes.  Downtown Brody's Bar opened last week near King's Crab Shack and Oyster Bar at 249 W. Fourth Street and was described by its owner as having a "Cheers" feel.

In other news, Mayor Allen Joines cut the ribbon officially opening the Brushy Fork Greenway today, July 10th.  Although only .4 miles in length, the trail connects with the 1.2 mile Newell-Massey Greenway and per Forsyth County's recently updated Greenway Plan, will eventually be connected to the much longer Salem Lake Trail and Salem Creek Greenway.  Click here for a brochure of existing greenway trails in Winston-Salem.

$136.6 Million in Arts Related Spending in 2010

That number comes from a report from the Americans for the Arts, an advocacy organization.  The report, which looked at 182 regions nationwide, also found that the arts in Forsyth County supported 4,769 full-time jobs.  This article about the study on the Arts Council website quotes Mayor Allen Joines as saying the study affirms that the arts are major economic driver in the area; the article also notes that Forsyth County "substantially exceeded the median of similar study regions and the national median."  

Pepsi Bottling Ventures to Expand in W-S?

 
The company which is based in Raleigh and is the largest privately-held Pepsi bottler in North America, has requested incentives from the city to expand its distribution operations on Myer Lee Drive near Smokin' Harley Davidson off Business 40.  According to this Winston-Salem Journal article, Pepsi Bottling Ventures LLC, is seeking up to $1 million dollars and the office of Mayor Allen Joines has stated that there is a potential for 200 new jobs.