WS Chronicle

The city of Winston-Salem, in partnership with the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce, the Winston-Salem Black Chamber and the Forsyth Technical Community College Small Business Center, is holding its annual after-hours business mixer on April 11 to help small businesses, minority-owned businesses and woman-owned businesses learn about opportunities to do business with the city, with other companies and with local contractors.

The Winston-Salem Mixer will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Winston Room at the Benton Convention Center, 301 W. Fifth St., Winston-Salem.  All size businesses are invited to attend, including larger companies that use local business for goods and services.

The mixer will offer open networking to meet fellow business owners, along with two speed networking opportunities: Construction Trades Speed Networking for one-on-one meetings with general contractors and engineers who use subs; and City Department Speed Networking for one-on-one meetings with city departments that purchase goods and services. Space for speed networking is limited and registration is required. Participation will be first come, first served.

The registration deadline for speed networking is March 28. The registration deadline for open networking is April 4. Register at CityofWS.org/WSMixer.

Light hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be served. Attendance is free. For more information call Tiesha Hinton at (336) 734-1262 or send an email to tieshah@cityofws.org.