Fourth and Main wrote:
Now we know what David Mounts and the city's innovation community was working on at the airport. It's an aerospace innovation hub, to be called Hanger One. This will be one of five innovation hubs created to narrow the city's focus for new startups on the city's existing assets and what makes this city unique in North Carolina (unique advantages). Winston Starts and Venture Cafe will lead the effort, as part of a goal of establishing 250 thriving startup businesses. Again, there will be five different emerging innovation hubs. A big part of this will be equity-free grants to relocate early-stage businesses, their founders, and a majority of their employees to Winston-Salem. This could be what is planned for the proposed new hanger? Or, they may reuse an existing building? I guess we will find out, as more details emerge.
With what the IQ has done to the city, I get pretty giddy at the talk of any new innovation hubs. Do we know where the other hubs are going to be?
yadkinv wrote:
In which case a modern, rapid rail line is needed from Smith Reynolds to the IQ.
I truly hope so, but I can't help but reckon that we're gonna have to settle for a shuttle.