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Hey this is the first time i've posted on urbanpanet but I do recognize some of the screenames from skysrcaperpage forum but I figured i'd see if this forum was any better. Anyway i'll probably be moving in between this forum and the Upstate/Midlands forum on account of attending Furman but anyway here's the latest Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership newsletter to start things off:

TOWER SPACE LLC OWNERS are

planning a new marketing campaign for

2005.  Located on the 24th floor of

Winston Tower Main, Tower Space, in

what was originally the Main Street

headquarters of Wachovia Corp., is

approximately 55% occupied.  Lease

benefits include parking, high-speed

Internet service, and a phone system.

Call 714-6161 for more information.

    
  THE WINSTON CUP MUSEUM is now under construction. Owner Will Spencer, President of JKS Motorsports, hopes to set an opening date sometime in May.  The museum will be housed in a 23,000 s.f. building at 840 N. Liberty Street and will include displays of cars and other products that were used to promote the Winston Cup racing series during the 33 years of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company’s sponsorship. For more information, visit the website.

  

Downtown

Winston-Salem

Partnership



500 W. Fourth St., Suite 101

Winston-Salem, NC  27101

      

Phone  336-354-1500

Fax  336-722-0746

Website:  dwsp.org



   FEATURED EVENTS

Films on Fourth



First Friday

Gallery Hop



Piedmont Opera



Winston-Salem Symphony

A DOWNTOWN MULTIPLEX THEATER is now looking like more of a reality than a probability.  Dale Pollock, dean of the School of Filmmaking at the N. C. School of the Arts, confirmed that Charlotte-based Consolidated Theatres has signed a letter of intent to open a 14-screen movie theatre at a location in the center city.  Originally planned as part of the Unity Place development, Pollock remains instrumental in seeing that the project happens either there or at another downtown location.



A PARKING ANALYSIS prepared by Martin Alexiou Bryson for the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership will be reviewed this month by the Parking Task Force, which is a part of the DWSP Infrastructure Committee.  The report examines the availability of short-term parking spaces in the area bounded by Second, Poplar, Fifth and Main Streets; addresses current parking demand in the study area, and estimates future shortfalls.  The Parking Task Force will present its recommendations regarding the study  to the Infrastructure Committee on January 14.



TAR BRANCH TOWERS, the 27-unit condominium project on South Marshall Street, is moving into the interior finishing stage with 16 residential condos sold and 4 reservations.  Developer Beau Dancy is seeking to lease approximately 5,000 s.f. of ground floor space to a restaurant/retail tenant.



PRIMARY TRACKING LLC, a software company that works on ways radio frequency identification (RFID) technology can support manufacturers, shippers and retailers, is investing more than $100,000 to create an automated warehouse which can show midsize companies how a product can be tracked from factory floor to warehouse to retail store. The technology, which will replace bar codes with tiny microchips placed onto products, is being hailed as the next wave of electronic inventory control. Primary Tracking is part of SilkRoad Technologies, Inc. located at 111 N. Chestnut Street in the Piedmont Triad Research Park.



BLACK HORSE STUDIO has a new location and owners, Lee and Martha Runion, have a new home in the former Nissen Wagon Works Building at Third and Patterson.  Sometimes referred to as the "old castle", approximately half of the 33,000 s.f.,  19th century building was completely renovated and will be known as The Black Horse Building.  It also houses Art-O-Mat, an art-vending business on the second floor and Forsyth County offices on the third floor.



KUHN STUDIOS, INC., which produces high-end glass and metal sculptures, has moved its 40 employees to a 25,000 s.f. building at Liberty and Seventh Street.  Owner and artist Jon Kuhn has steadily grown his business and the number of people employed in it since moving to downtown in 1985.  The studio was formerly was in a 9,000 s.f. building on North Main Street.



A 2005 ARTS SUMMMIT will be held on Wednesday, January 12, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Adam’s Mark Grand Pavilion.  This is a community-wide meeting hosted by The Arts Council to gather input and share ideas about the future of the arts community in our city and the role that the Arts Council will play.  To attend, call Stephanie Nelson at 722-2585, Ext. 109 or e-mail snelson@intothearts.org



FILMS ON FOURTH will feature two screenings this month of Motorcycle Diaries: Sunday, January 9 at 8 p.m. only; and Monday, January 10, at 5:30 and 8 p.m.  Tickets are available at the Stevens Center Box Office in advance and the night of the show.  To become a member of the Cinema Society and support the Films on Fourth Series, call 722-8269.



DWSP MEETINGS THIS MONTH:

Date           Time                      Committee                                                            Location

Jan. 4         12:00 PM               Newspaper Committee                                           DWSP Offices, 500 W. Fourth St.

Jan. 5         10:00 AM               Downtown Winston-Salem Foundation                    DWSP Offices

Jan. 5         11:00 AM               DWSP Executive Committee                                  DWSP Offices

Jan. 6         11:00 AM               Parking Task Force                                               DWSP Offices

Jan. 12        8 AM - 2 PM          2005 Arts Summit                                                 Adam's Mark Grand Pavilion

Jan. 13        8 AM - 4 PM          DWSP Membership Blitz                                       CVB, 200 Brookstown Ave.

Jan. 14        8:00 AM                Infrastructure Subcommittee                                   DWSP Offices

Jan. 19        8:00 AM                Real Estate Roundtable                                         DWSP Offices

Jan. 21        8:30 AM                Development Committee                                        City Hall

Jan. 21        10:00 AM              BID Steering Committee                                         DWSP Offices          



CONVENTION ACTIVITY DOWNTOWN THIS MONTH:

Date                 Organization                               Est. Attendance                        Accommodations            

Jan. 14-16         N. C. Motorcoach Association              300                          Adam’s Mark & Benton C. C.

Jan. 16-20         Turfgrass Council of NC                     3,000                          Adam’s Mark & Benton C. C.

Jan. 21-22         Forsyth Fire & Rescue Association    1,500                          Adam’s Mark & Benton C. C.

Jan. 27-29         Episcopal Diocese of NC                      700                         Adam’s Mark & Benton C. C.

**MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW for the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership Annual Meeting: Wednesday, February 16, at 8 a.m., in the Benton Convention Center.  Downtown Excellence Awards presentation and address by Valecia Crisafulli, representative of the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Main Street Program.