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BY MAYEESA MITCHELL
FOR THE CHRONICLE
The Enterprise Conference and
Banquet Center, located at 1922 South
Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Winston
Salem, is nearing the completion of an
expansive renovation of its bottom level.
The 9,500-square-foot space will
include 25 new office spaces, a community
computer room, a commercial kitchen and
a new reception area. Additionally, the
parking lot across the back of the building
was expanded.
"An office that is 170 square feet goes
for about $350 a month," said Executive
Director Carol Davis.
All offices are equipped with office
furniture. Internet and phone connection
so they are move-in ready. Included in the
monthly rent are an abundance of business
workshops, networking events, a mailbox
and use of the break room and conference
rooms.
"The Enterprise Center is a community
hub with resources for small businesses,
information for people who want to start a
business and meeting spaces for educa
tional, social and networking events," said
uavis.
The Enterprise Center, an S.G. Atkins
Community Development Corporation
development, moved into its current home
in June 2011. Since that time, renovations
have been made to convert the old
Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club
building into a resource for small business
owners and community members.
The top floor, which features 20 office
spaces and numerous conference rooms,
was fully leased just three months after
The Enterprise Center opened.
Chris Screen, owner of Indatainment
Media Consultants, was one of the very
first associates of The Enterprise Center.
"If I was at a regular office, I wouldn't
have been offered the workshops. Other
office [buildings] just want my rent, but
The Enterprise Center wants my business
to grow," said Screen.
Although The Enterprise Center does
some of its own programming, most of the
programming
is proposed to
them by mem
bers of the
community
who want to
share their
expertise.
D r
Mohammed
Faud, a profes
sor of
Computer
Science at
Winston
Salem State
University,
uses his
expertise to
teach small
business own
ers how to use
mobile apps to
help them
increase their
revenue. Law
students from
Wake Forrest
University also
lend a hand by
coming to The
Enterprise
Center every
week to help with contracts and filing
501(cX3) applications.
In addition to business workshops,
associates at The Enterprise Center are
also resources for each other.
"It's like a one-stop shop; everything
that I need is in The Enterprise Center,"
said Constance Transou, operations man
ager for Dream Makers Assisted Living
Services, which is an associate of The
Enterprise Center.
Transou was able to work with Screen
to create a video and a website for her
business.
Unlike most business offices, associ
ates have a say in how the office is run.
DaRhonda Morgan, a real estate agent
whose office has been in The Enterprise
Center since 2013, is one of three associ
ates on a newly formed tenants council.
"We are going to educate new tenants,
answer questions, take suggestions and
field complaints and concerns" said
Morgan. "We will be the liaison group
between the associates and the administra
tion."
The Enterprise Center strives to benefit
more than just its associates, but rather the
community as a whole.
"We are trying to have a hand in bring
ing the neighborhood back," said Davis.
The community garden and workshops
that are open to the entire community are
helping to do just that.
The Enterprise Center, which has been
completely funded by federal grants, city
grants, state money and corporate grants,
also gives back to the community by part
nering with local businesses.
One such business owner is Thomas
Poole, owner of Prowork Commercial and
Residential Painting company. His bid was
accepted to paint the lower level after the
renovation.
"I'm appreciative that this organization
focuses on small businesses and gave [my]
small business an opportunity."
For more information about what The
Enterprise Conference and Banquet Center
offers, contact Patricia Degraffinreaidt at
336-734-6900 or
sgatkinscdc2 @ gmail .com.
Constance Transou, operations manager for Dream Makers
Assisted Living Services, has been an associate of The Enterprise
Center since April 2014.
Photos by Mayeesa Mitchell
The Enterprise Center's full-time staff includes (L-R) Patricia Degraffinreaidt, event manager; Carol
Davis, executive director; and Jessica Wilson, project manager. (Not pictured is Juan Aguilar, program
manager.)
Bailey named head of psychiatry at
Wake Forest Baptist
SPECIAL TO
THE CHRONICLE
Dr. Rahn Kennedy
Bailey has joined Wake
Forest Baptist Medical
Center as chair of
the Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral
Medicine. He is a national
leader whose community
based programs focus on
providing care for the tradi
tionally underserved and
those with complex med
ical/psychiatric conditions.
Bailey previously
served a seven-year term as
the chairman of the
Department of Psychiatry
and Behavioral Sciences at
Meharry Medical College,
a private, historically black
graduate and professional
institution in Nashville,
Tenn.
Bailey is the author of
"A Doctor's Prescription
for Health Care Reform,"
and he is an editor for
"Frontiers Journal," "The
Journal of the American
Medical Association," and
"The Journal of Racial and
Ethnic Health Disparities."
Bailey was the 113th
president of the National
Medical Association from
2012-2013, an organization
that represents over 50,000
African-American doctors.
He is a longtime member
of the American
Psychiatric Association and
is also active in the
American Academy of
Psychiatry and the Law,
serving two terms on the
Council of Directors from
1999-2005, and then as the
Scientific Program chair
man in 2005. He served as
president of the Tennessee
Psychiatric Association
from 2012-2014.
Public advocacy has
been an important compo
nent of Bailey's career. His
body of work focuses on
health disparities, and he is
interested in helping col
leagues understand the
dynamics of disparities as
they relate to public policy
and health care reform.
Bailey's research interests
include mental health dis
parities, stigma, advocacy,
ADHD, violence and
forensics.
As a practicing clini
cian, Bailey specializes in
inpatient care, medical edu
cation and forensic evalua
tions. Forensic psychiatry
is a subspecialty within
psychiatry where medicine
and the law intersect in the
application of psychiatric
expertise in legal contexts.
Competency, criminal
responsibility, legal cus
tody, and fitness for duty
are the primary types of
referrals involved in his
practice.
The Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral
Medicine at Wake Forest
Baptist has a long history
of providing patients with
quality care.
Ongoing research in the
areas of mood disorders,
addictions and geriatrics
are additional examples of
excellence. In March, the
Wake Forest School of
Medicine residency pro
i
gram matched all seven
positions accredited by the
Accreditation Council for
Graduate Medical
Education. The School of
Medicine now has 28 gen
eral psychiatry residents
and five child/adolescent
fellows for fiscal year
2016.
The Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral
Medicine has taken several
steps to increase its foot
print in the community
heading in a new direction
of growth as it continues to
provide quality clinical
service, excellent educa
tional opportunities and
high level research. ?
?Currently, the inpa
tient psychiatry unit at
Wake Forest Baptist has 44
beds, all fully staffed.
?The clinic has reor
ganized its scheduling sys
tem in order to enhance
patients' access to appoint
ments; this includes adding
earlier appointment times
to make it easier for
patients to manage their
schedules.
?As a provider of a
diverse form of care, the
department strives to treat
patients with varied med
ical and psychiatric co
morbidities. For example,
last fiscal year the depart
ment evaluated and treated
over 16,000 patients. This
year, we expect to see that
number increase to over
20,000.
?The Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral
Medicine is actively
recruiting in order to add
four full-time faculty posi
tions to the treatment team.
This will increase the total
faculty to 22 members.
Bailey
Forsyth Country Day School
cordially invites you to
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Saturday, November 7
9:30 a.m.
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