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Since the post-pandemic shutdown of March 2020, arts and entertainment venues, festivals and a variety of live events have been seeking to rebound.
Several local business, arts and entertainment people recently commented on the road to recovery amid COVID-19, as consumers increasingly get out of the house and spend on activities.
âThe term that I would use is pent-up demand,â Jason Thiel, president of the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership (DWSP), said of attendees at the organizationâs 2021 Downtown Summer Music Series.
Downtown venues making a comeback
DWSP is an active member and advocacy organization focused on revitalizing and strengthening the core of the city through business recruitment and support, economic development, marketing and special events.
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Cities and counties in North Carolina would be allowed to designate social districts â with a focus on downtowns and alcohol consumption â in bipartisan legislation being fast-tracked through the state House.
House Bill 781, titled âBring business back to downtown,â was introduced Monday and was advanced to the House floor Wednesday.
The bill would be effective immediately if signed into law by Gov. Roy Cooper.
March 20 was a day that Simon Burgess will remember: It was the first night since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic here that all the rooms in the Hotel Indigo downtown were booked.
âThe restaurant has been doing really well,â he added. âIt is still tough, but we can see the light at the end of the tunnel.â
Burgess is managing director of Mayfair Street Partners, which renovated the old Pepper Building as the Hotel Indigo in 2018 and had big hotel plans for nearby Merschel Park. The restaurant in the hotel is the Sir Winston.
Now, Burgess is feeling optimistic about development in downtown Winston-Salem, although heâll be building apartments instead of hotel rooms to overlook Merschel Park at the south end of Trade Street downtown.
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