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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Winston is dying, Richmond is ok and Lewisburg is really small. [/quote]

I disagree --Winston Salem is 200 times better now than it was ten to twenty years ago.  Most of the Wake grad students now chose to live in downtown because of all the new housing, restaurants and bars.  Hotel scene is also much better since the two Kimptons opened.  The Grounds development is going to be a boon to both the university and the city.[/quote]

20 years ago when it had thriving businesses headquartered there?  And now, the school is buying those things and hoping the state and healthcare spending save it makes it better.  Right.  [/quote]

The school already owned the property for the Grounds, and is leasing space to private companies — it is going to be a revenue stream for the school while providing more restaurants, bars, etc.  . within walking distance of campus and it is opening next fall (2027).  The Wake hospital system is owned by Atrium Health, a large non profit healthcare provider that operates in six states.  Wake just opened a second campus for its medical school in Charlotte paid for by Atrium.  Wake downtown (10 minute shuttle ride from campus) is in the innovation corridor, and is a brand new medical research space.  Wake Forest Center for Regenerative Medicine is there, but also a number of smaller start ups.  Project seems to be a success as it is being expanded.

Not sure what “thriving businesses” you thought were in W-S 10 years ago.  RJ Reynolds is still in W-S but its cigarette business hasn’t been thriving for 30 years.  There are smaller companies headquartered there like Hanes Brands and Krispy Kreme.

My sibling graduated from Wake Forest 15 years ago.  There was literally nothing downtown and he never went there.  Now there is a Marriott, two Kimptons, tons of new housing, and a growing restaurant/bar scene.  My student goes out downtown at least once a week, sometimes more.

W-S certainly isn’t Boston or DC, but it is better off now than 10-15 years ago.[/quote]

Your observation vs the people who live there:

https://wschronicle.com/the-decline-of-winston-salems-corporate-landscape-an-urgent-call-for-strategic-revitalization/

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