🌱 Fourth Street Repaving Completed + Long Creek Park Now Open

Hello, everybody! It's me, Danielle Fallon-O'Leary, your host of the Winston-Salem Patch newsletter — here to tell you everything you need to know about what's happening in town these days.

But first, your local weather:

• Friday: Heavy afternoon thunderstorms. High: 88 Low: 71.
• Saturday: A heavy thunderstorm. High: 89 Low: 72.

Here are the top three stories in Winston-Salem today:

1. Downtown Winston-Salem's Fourth Street repaving is now completed, and the road has been reopened. Work on Fifth Street was planned to begin yesterday as part of the city's repavement project and is anticipated to take roughly a week to complete. (WXII12 Winston-Salem)
2. On Wednesday, a ribbon-cutting ceremony took place to celebrate the opening of Long Creek Park, located at 5801 Bethania-Tobaccoville Rd. The new 164-acre park features a pool, picnic area, restrooms, and walking trails, with plans to add a bird-friendly, native plant habitat to three acres that were purchased by Forsyth Audubon in partnership with the Conservation Fund. (WXII12 Winston-Salem)
3. A new tiki bar called Bamboo Lounge is now open downtown in the arts district. The bar located at 631 N. Trade St. features $10 house cocktails (with two ounces of rum each), including drinks like rum punch, painkiller, jungle bird, mai tai, and queen’s park swizzle. The bar also serves beer and wine and can create classic cocktails as well. (Subscription: Winston-Salem Journal)

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Today and tomorrow in Winston-Salem:

Friday, July 14

• Downtown Jazz At Corpening Plaza (6:30 PM)
• Carolina Disco Turkeys Vs. Locos At Couch Ballpark (6:30 PM)

Saturday, July 15

• The Big Chill Fundraiser At Bailey Park (4:00 PM)
• Movies In The Park At Old Town Park (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Heads up, drivers: on Tuesday, Jul. 18, Reynolda Road between Wake Forest Road and Brookfield Drive will be closed from 8:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. for water system repairs. Work may extend an additional night, but is expected to be completed by midnight on Wednesday, Jul. 19. (City of Winston-Salem, NC - Government via Facebook)
• The City of Winston-Salem is gearing up for Fire Prevention Month and is calling on Pre-K, K, and Elementary School teachers to schedule fire prevention month visits with the local fire department. Teachers can request a visit here. (City of Winston-Salem, NC - Government via Facebook)
• In need of some last-minute plans to beat today's thunderstorms? Today (Jul. 14), join the Carver School Road Library for a showing of the film "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" at 1:00 p.m. (Forsyth County Public Library, Winston-Salem, NC via Facebook)

Alrighty, you're all caught up for today. I'll see you around!

— Danielle Fallon-O'Leary

About me: Danielle Fallon-O’Leary is a content manager with content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and assists Patch.com with community newsletter curation. Danielle also holds a Master’s Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders and works part-time as a pediatric speech therapist.