Business 40 Meetings

The Business 40 Project Team will conduct public meetings to provide current information on the project as well as to listen to the public about their issues regarding Business 40, alternate routes, planned improvements, bridge reconstruction as well as to answer questions and concerns from the public. During the first (Planning) phase of the project Neighborhood Meetings, Corridor-wide Meetings, and Issues Groups will be used. The second phase of the project (Engineering/Design) will utilize issues group meetings.

Neighborhood Meetings: As part of the Community Outreach portion of the Public Involvement Process neighborhood meetings are being held in 7 core neighborhoods and 7 surrounding neighborhoods throughout the project area. These meetings will present an overview of the Business Route 40 project, present the preliminary finding of the door to door surveys (in the core neighborhoods)and solicit comments, questions, and/or concerns regarding the project. The meeting dates and locations are presented on the following tables. Summaries of meetings already completed can be accessed via the tables.

Click here to read the latest press release about upcoming neighborhood meetings.

Core Neighborhood Meetings Click here to view a meeting agenda
Neighborhood	Date	Location	Meeting Summary
Ardmore	February 18 & 19, 2008	Miller Park Recreation Center	Now available
Country Club and West Highland	February 19, 2008	RJ Reynolds High School	Now Available
East Winston, North Winston, and Northeast Winston	March 11, 2008	14th Street Recreation Center	Now Available
Goler and Crystal Towers	March 4, 2008	Winston-Salem Urban League	Now Available
Happy Hill, Winston-Salem State University, and Skyline Village	February 26, 2008	William C. Sims Recreation Center	Now Available
Old Salem and North Carolina School for the Arts	April 3, 2008	The Enrichment Center	Now Available
West End (West End South, West End, Westdale)	April 10, 2008	R.J. Reynolds High School	Coming Soon

Surrounding Neighborhood Meetings Click here to view a meeting agenda
Neighborhood	Date	Location	Summary
British Woods and Bromley Park	April 15, 2008	The Shepherd's Ctr.	Coming Soon
Belview, Forest Park, Waughtown, and Morningside Manor	April 17, 2008	Sprague St. Community Center	Coming Soon
Country Club and Buena Vista	March 4, 2008	RJ Reynolds High School	Coming Soon
Hanestown, Knollwood, and Biltmore	April 10, 2008	Quality Inn Suites Piedmont Room	Coming Soon
Slater Park, Reynoldstown, and Skyland	April 15, 2008	Simon G. Atkins Academic and Technology School	Coming Soon
West Salem, Washington Park, and Sunnyside	April 8, 2008	Central Terrace UM Church	Now Available
Reynolda Park, Boston Thurmond, Old Cherry, Drayton Pines, Kimberly Gateway Commons, and Providence Square	March 6, 2008	Paisley Middle School	Coming Soon

A PowerPoint presentation is shown at each of the neighborhood meetings. This presentation can be accessed by clicking the presentation image below.

Corridor-wide Meetings: After completion of the surveying for the Public Involvement phase of the project is completed, four (4) corridor-wide meetings will be held. These meetings will not only present the findings of the Public Involvement Study; but also preliminary traffic findings, detour routes, and design options. This information will be presented to the public for their comments and suggestions.

Issue Groups will be formed to help address significant issues identified during the corridor-wide meetings. These groups will meet through Phase 2 (Engineering/Design) of the project. Signup sheets will be available at the Corridor-wide Meetings or you can click here to sign up.

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