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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Interested in diving deeper into the various trends, conditions, and topics impacting the future growth and development of our community?
Below are links to documents and websites that provide additional information.
AIR AND WATER QUALITY
Forsyth County Air and Water Quality
Forsyth County Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection
Winston-Salem Stormwater Division
NC Division of Environmental Quality - Air Quality
NC Division of Environmental Quality - Water Resources
CLIMATE CHANGE
NC Climate Risk Assessment and Resilience Plan
​NC Climate Change Mitigation Plan
EPA Climate Change Website
Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet (NASA)
DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AND REPORTS
Common Residential Development Patterns
Winston-Salem and Forsyth County Development Reports
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Greater Winston-Salem Inc.
Forsyth Tech Small Business Center
Winston-Salem Business Inclusion & Advancement Department
Smith Reynolds Airport
Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy: Triad Tomorrow
ECONOMIC MOBILITY
WSSU Center for Economic Mobility
Social Networks and Economic Mobility - Brookings Institute
Future of the Middle Class Initiative - Brookings Institute
Social Capital and Economic Mobility - Opportunity Insights
FOOD ACCESS/FOOD DESERTS
USDA Economic Research Service - Food Access
USDA Economic Research Service - Food Access Research Atlas
Characteristics and Influential Factors of Food Deserts - USDA
Beyond ‘food deserts’: America needs a new approach to mapping food insecurity - Brookings Institute
Piedmont Triad Food Council - PTRC
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
EPA Green Infrastructure website
NC Forest Service Green Infrastructure website
HAZARD MITIGATION
North Piedmont Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan (includes Forsyth County)
NC Hazard Mitigation Planning
Hazard Mitigation Planning, FEMA
HEAT ISLAND EFFECT
EPA Urban Heat Island Effect
HISTORIC RESOURCES
Forsyth County Historic Resources Commission
North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office
From Frontier to Factory - Architectural History of Forsyth County (1981)
Winston-Salem's Architectural Heritage (2015)
MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION
Winston-Salem Bicycle Master Plan
Walkable Winston-Salem Pedestrian Plan
WalkBikeNC
NC Moves 2050 Plan
Greenway Plan Update
Winston-Salem Transit Authority (WSTA)
POST-COVID TRENDS
To recover from COVID-19, downtowns must adapt - Brookings
Turning Downtown Residential - Governing
Why Downtown Won't Die - Bloomberg
The office, reimagined - Brookings
The Donut Effect of COVID-19 on Cities - Arjun Ramani and Nicholas Bloom
Why Vacant Offices are Post-Pandemic Opportunities - Public Square, CNU
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