Winston-Salem Journal

To kick off its Legacy Plan update process, the Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, NC planning board made a music video featuring an original song, a bluegrass band and some familiar scenes.

North Carolina city dwellers have taken eating locally to a new level by raising their own chickens for eggs. Controversy ensues.

BB&T, the country's ninth-largest bank, announces that it will not make commercial loans to developers who plan private projects on land seized via eminent domain.

Small NC town changes zoning ordinance to accomodate Walmart.

In a city where big-box retail has been approved without much discussion for years, the Planning Board of Winston-Salem, NC, sends a message that the community may be ready to take a different path.

Two planning experts say schools built too far from neighborhoods make sprawl worse.

Geogria residents are moving into the mountain forests of Western North Carolina to escape Atlanta's urban sprawl.

Winston-Salem has its own high-profile new urbanist architects that have started a most unlikely design revolution.