Mast General Announces New Store in Downtown Winston-Salem

It's official!  The Mast General Store will open their next store in Downtown Winston-Salem, with it's projected opening in Spring 2015.  This specialty retail store carries both old-fashioned and trendy items.  

The new store will be in the Coe Plaza Building on Trade Street.  Nestled in the heart of the Arts District and only one block from the Convention Center, this location will generate quite a bit of additional shopping traffic to the thriving Downtown area.  Mast General, which first opened it's doors in the mountains of North Carolina in 1883, has become a popular destination for shoppers. 

The Coe Plaza Building, home to the future Mast General Store, is a T-shaped building located between Cherry and Trade Streets in Downtown Winston-Salem.  Map it with google here.

This article from Fox8 says that the Winston-Salem store will be the 10th for Mast General, but according to the Mast General website their existing locations are in Asheville, Boone, Columbia, Greenville, Hendersonville, Knoxville, Valle Crucis, and Waynesville.  

The commercial building now known as Coe Plaza was built in 1928.  It will receive a $6 million renovation by Mast, and the upper floors will receive $4 million worth of renovations from U.S. Development Company of Columbia, S.C.  U.S. Development plans to build forty-five apartments in that space.  

The City of Winston-Salem approved a $1.27 million incentive package for the project in September 2012.

Fun Photo Find: Walkertown, NC

Do you know where this is?

A few months ago, these two birds stood guard most mornings, hopping in and out of the sign.  They must have had a nest inside.

This photo was taken at the shopping center in Walkertown, at the intersection of Old Hollow and Main Streets.

Winston-Salem Residents Receive Free Admission to Reynolda House

From January 8-13, 2013 residents of Winston-Salem can show their ID to receive free admission to Reynolda House!  (Students are always free.)

Reynolda House has extended this offer to Winston-Salem residents in appreciation of the support from the City of Winston-Salem in bringing the "Romare Bearden" exhibit to the museum.  The exhibition made it's national debut at the Reynolda House.

You must live withing the city limits (ID will be checked)

 and you will be asked to share your zip code and email address.

Downtown Winston-Salem: The Big Eat 2013

The Big Eat is back!  

This is a great way to support local businesses, discover a new eatery, explore downtown,

and enjoy an otherwise boring Tuesday evening!

Click the picture to see a list of participating restaurants

and each restaurants signature dish.  

Wait!  Before you click the picture,

 you've got to see this ridiculously funny promo for The Big Eat.

Did you know that there are 62 restaurants in the Downtown Winston-Salem area?  Yes, SIXTY-TWO!  You can easily eat somewhere new every day for two months within a radius of just a few miles.  That is amazing!  In addition to that, there are fourteen clubs and bars in Downtown Winston-Salem.  

Click here to see a map of your dining options

Want to know a little about a restaurant before your first visit?  Click here for a link to reviews of hundreds of Triad restaurants!

Introducing Pullquotes

Piedmont Triad Living is deploying Pullquotes, a new service that lets a reader link directly to a particular sentence or paragraph (or even word) in a blog post. 

We are excited to be one of the first blogs to use pullquotes, as this will make it super easy to share the information that you find important!  This can change the way you share...

When there's a specific point you want to share, just highlight the text, then use one of the "copy, tweet, or copy link" options that appears. 

So readers can follow what others are focusing on, our pullquotes are featured bottom left on each page and on this page."

Pullquotes is in beta, and we'd like to hear what you think.  Browse the blog, poke around, share a few things, and take a minute to comment.

Pullquotes is a North Carolina company, with offices in Durham.

Meet Governor McCrory in Greensboro on January 8, 2013

Governor Pat McCrory would like to invite you 

to the Inaugural Piedmont NC Open House! 

During Inaugural Week, Governor McCrory will be traveling across the state to hear from you.  From the mountains in the West, to the Piedmont, to the beaches in the East, he wants to bring all parts of our great state together to help North Carolina reach for its unlimited opportunity.  

The Governor is looking forward to seeing you for what promises to be a fun and unique Inaugural event.  

Governor McCrory will be in Greensboro on 

Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 11:00am.

Register and receive your free ticket here.  

Free Astronomical Viewings in the Piedmont Triad

Cline Observatory on the GTCC campus is open for free telescopic views

every Friday night (weather permitting), beginning at 7:00 p.m.

  (November-February.  During summer months viewing begins 30 minutes after sunset.)

For information, visit www.gtcc.edu/observatory 

or call 336-334-4822 ext 2620.  

There is no charge for public night viewing and the observatory is open to anyone wishing to attend.

No reservations are necessary, and there are no limits on the number of attendees.

The Greensboro Astronomy Club holds regular observing sessions at the Cline Observatory on the first Friday of the month to view the stars, planets, galaxies, and other celestial objects.

You can also join the Greensboro Astronomy Club at the Natural Science Center in Greensboro every third Friday of the month at 7:30pm.  These meetings are free and open to the public.