Bethania Freedman's Park honoring local African American history to open this Saturday
Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines and the city council will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony this Saturday to celebrate the completion of Bethania Freedman's Park.
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As new manager takes the helm, a look back at Winston-Salem’s costly and controversial hydroponic greenhouse project
For years, Winston-Salem city officials have touted a hydroponic greenhouse initiative as an innovative solution to food insecurity. But the project was massively delayed and went way over budget. A portion of that money went to a contractor that the city says ultimately didn’t finish the job. Now, officials are betting on a new manager to turn things around.
Winston-Salem housing initiative faces projected multimillion-dollar funding gap
The next phase of a project to increase affordable housing in Winston-Salem is facing a projected multimillion-dollar funding gap.
Winston-Salem City Council selects new city manager in close vote
Winston-Salem City Council has selected William Patrick Pate as the next city manager.
Winston-Salem allocates funds to monitor recipients of COVID relief grants
Winston-Salem is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to ensure funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) is being spent wisely by community organizations.
Winston-Salem City Council passes $607 million budget with pay raise for police
Winston-Salem City Council passed a $607.8 million budget Tuesday that includes a 2.5 cent property tax rate increase and a pay raise for police.
Winston-Salem removes LBGTQ-Pride city logo from Facebook page, sparking backlash
The city of Winston-Salem removed an LGBTQ-Pride-themed city logo from its Facebook profile page shortly aft
Winston-Salem budget proposal includes more money for police to address staffing shortfall
The proposal for Winston-Salem’s next budget will go before the mayor and city council Tuesday with additional pay included for police.
Winston-Salem report shows just a fraction of city business went to minority-owned vendors last year
An annual report presented at a Winston-Salem City Council meeting on Monday shows minority and women-owned business enterprises, or M/WBEs, received just 5.3% of the dollars spent by the city last year. That’s the lowest percentage in seven years.