New Trees Installed on Liberty Street between 5th and 7th Street

 

Thirteen (13) new Japanese Maple trees were installed on Liberty Street last week between 5th and 7th Street as part of the Implementation of the 2023 Downtown Plan.  Buried utilities lines made putting the trees into the ground impossible.

This project cost roughly $25,000 and was made possible with funding from the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership, the Downtown Winston-Salem Business Improvement District, The Winston-Salem Foundation, the Garden Club Council, Keep Winston-Salem Beautiful, and the City of Winston-Salem.

This project was part of the Tree and Landscape Committee chaired by Stephanie Fisher Kennedy.

Clean Team removes Graffiti in Alley in DTWS - October 29, 2026

The Downtown Clean Team recently completed a graffiti removal job in DTWS.  Here are some before and after photos.

 

Sofar Winston-Salem

Below is a clip from an Instagram Post by Sofar Winston-Salem - here is the full link https://www.instagram.com/p/Dem8u5FPWLs/

Please click on the link above to see the full video and credits to videography, editing, and artists.

This was filmed at the Winston-Salem Wellness Collective 612 N. Trade Street of this popular hit song ("Linger") from 1994 by the Cranberries.  We had the opportunity to watch this collaboration and enjoyed it very much and look forward to more contributions from Sofar and Shermar Davis

"The Magic of Theater" - A wonderful new mural @ the Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance

 A new mural called the "The Magic of Theater" has been completed at the Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance home at 650 W. 6th Street.

Completed Mural along the back retaining wall of the at the Winston-Salem Theater Alliance

Artist Credits

Links to learn more about these talented artists

Cheryl Ann Lipstreu
Daniella "Ellez" Herrera
Daffne E. Cruz

Check out this cool time lapse video on Facebook.  

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1PBp1kSKEb/

Congratulations to everyone involved!  

Tree Wells at Clark Campbell Transit Center get new trees and landscaping thanks to a partnership with Keep Winston-Salem Beautiful, The City of Winston-Salem, The Garden Club Council, and the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership, Inc.

Keep Winston-Salem Beautiful (KWSB), The Garden Club Council of Winston-Salem, The City of Winston-Salem, and the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership, Inc. have teamed up to add trees and plantings in the tree well at the Clark Campbell Transportation Center located on Fifth Street between Liberty and Trade Streets.  Special thanks to Andy Szbat from KWSB and Stephanie Fisher Kennedy with the Garden Club Council of Winston-Salem for securing the plants and planting materials.  Thank you to Daren Reich and the Downtown Clean Team for their efforts along with the volunteers who showed up.

 

Annual Meeting of the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership, October 30th, 2025

 

2025 Downtown Excellence Awards Winners

Produced by Such and Such Media

ByGood Coffee

COFFEE | My Site

Hispanic League 

Fiesta Festival

Robert Hall

Link for more info

Chad's Chai

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4th and Green Apartments 

Link for more info

Click on Image below to see photos from the Annual Meeting

Link to J.R. Reed - Photographer

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Recess is a real treat in the SE Corner of Downtown near the New County Courthouse

 

Located at the NE corner of 1st & Chestnut in Albert Hall

Menu includes coffee, smoothies, sandwiches, cookies, and more

Crystal Stowe is the owner of Recess.  She also owns Washington Perk and Provisions.  To learn more about Crystal and Washington Perk, check out her interview on the Downtown Winston-Salem Podcast.
Downtown Winston-Salem Podcast - Washington Perk

Coffee Menu

New "Dog Run" added as amenity along Long Branch Trail in the Innovation Quarter

The new Dog Run is located near Access Point #4 (Fogle Street Stairs and Ramp)

Click here to download a pdf of the Long Branch Trail

Fogle Stret Stairs and Ramp

 

Dog Park Rules

Landscape beds on 5th Street in front of Clark Campbell Transportation Center - New Trees and plantings.

 The DWSP Tree and Landscape Subcommittee with a grant from the WS Garden Club Council partnered with The City of Winston-Salem Vegetation Managment to add new Red Bud trees and plantings to the existing landscape beds on 5th Street between Trade and Liberty Streets.  We would also like to thank Stephanie Fisher Kennedy for her leadership and hard work with this project and others as the Chair of the Subcommittee.

Meet the owners of "Gnarly Blends" @ 308 N. Patterson Avenue

 Link to the Gnarly Blends Website

@GnarlyBlends on Instagram

Link to Winston-Salem Journal article from August 2023 from Michael Hastings

Christian Cheek and Scarlet Levine-Cheek, owners of the Gnarly Blends at 308 N. Patterson and are the new parents of a new infant daughter.  They leased out tis space in June 2023, made renovations and opened for business in August 2023 and closed for the season in November 2023.  This space was previously leased by the Lil Dipper and closed in 2021 during the pandemic.

Photo credit to Jerry Cooper @thatoneflick

Scarlet was born and raised in Salisbury but has been employed for a long time at local restaurants such as 1703.

Christian is a Winston-Salem native and graduate of Parkland High School and High Point University and works full time in the Health Benefits industry as a project manager.

The couple previously operated a coffee shop out of a mobile unit, but wanted to open a "brick & mortar business" 

They sell smoothies, ice cream scoops, shakes, and floats.

Located directly adjacent to Bailey Park
Photo credit to Jerry Cooper @thatoneflick

They exclusively use Tillamook Ice Cream

Photo credit to Jerry Cooper @thatoneflick

Photo credit to Jerry Cooper @thatoneflick

CJMW Architecture settling into their new home in the Innovation Quarter

Thank you to my friends at CMJW Architecture (CJMW's predecessor firm started in 1906) for a tour of their new home in the 8,000 square foot office suite in the @525 Vine Building in the Innovation Quarter.   They moved from their home of more than 35 years in Brookstown earlier this year.  

Links for CJMW 

Web
Insta

History

Previous news articles about the move in the Winston-Salem Journal

New leadership at CJMW

Entry Space into the office suite on the 3rd Floor of the @525 Vine Building 

Elegant Privacy booth, great views through these beautiful windows

Conference Room for those important meetings

Interior lobby of @525Vine

Entrance from Vine Street

Nice views 

Lot 63 in Old Salem brings some new excitement to S. Main Street and Old Salem

 We had a great visit this morning to "Lot 63" which just opened in Old Salem.  Check out our photos and captions below along with links.

Instagram Link to Lot 63

Go-To Winston-Salem Insta Post 

Lot 63 just opened on February 17 at 612 S. Main Street in the heart of Old Salem.

This space used to be occupied by the Moravian Bookstore which has relocated and the building is owned by the Salem Congregation.

Current hours are 7am to 3pm but will soon be expanded to stay open until 10pm on weekdays and 11pm on Weekends with a taproom for beer and wine.

Lot 63 is the business name and is co-owned by four people:  Ned Erickson (everyone knows Ned), Andrew Craver (Moravian Pastor), Chelsea Wilkerson (Wilkerson Bakery), and Alan Fox (Native to Winston-Salem currently residing in Houston, TX)

Lease was signed over the summer and required building renovation began.  

Given its location in the middle of Old Salem, this will be a place where many folks form a first impression of Winston-Salem.  

This is a place to hang out in Old Salem without requiring a museum ticket.

Table was custom made my an amish friend of Ned's

Historic photographs of the space from 150+ years ago provided by Moravian Archives

Moravian Archives Photos of facade

Photos from the Moravian Archive

3 Floors of space, about 2,500 SF each.  1st Floor is the coffee house and tap room.  Upstairs is office space.

Downstairs will have a retail outlet for Camel City Goods and Wilkerson's Bakery Products along with some other Moravian items such as stars.

Outdoor Patio Space

Proximity to free parking on the south end of the building

Cool old maps provided by the Moravian Archives