The plan to open a facility for recovering addicts in East Winston came to a screeching halt earlier this week when the City Council voted 7-1 to deny the rezoning of The Commons of Forsyth County and more than 16 acres of land along Old Greensboro Road.
Just a few months after they landed on street corners across the city, on Monday, Nov. 19, the Public Safety Committee voted 3-1 to remove all Bird Scooters from public sidewalks.
The Winston-Salem City Council passed its $530 million budget with no tax increase on Monday, June 18, with a commitment to raise the minimum wage for city workers to $15 by 2021.