A healthy stream of well-prepared graduates comes from local secondary schools, colleges, and universities in Wake Forest. Institutions such as North Wake College and Career Academy and Thales College provide educational opportunities and shape next-generation workers.

The Firebox Theatre Company is moving forward to create a professional theater company and performance venue in the heart of Downtown Wake Forest. The theater aspires to become another new destination among the ever-growing number of restaurants and residences, bars and shops luring residents and visitors to come and stay Downtown.

A premier sports center has hit a grand slam since opening day in Wake Forest. SixFour3, a premier girls’ fastpitch softball center, has more than doubled its membership since first opening its doors this past summer. Erik Archambault, Partner at SixFour3 Wake Forest, discusses the many successes of the facility, upcoming clinics, and town and community partnerships.

The town of Wake Forest is all about leveraging the resources within our community to grow businesses. With the new Wake Forest Founders Program officially announced last month, WFBIP sat down with the Program Manager, Clark Rinehart, and the Loading Dock’s Chief Strategy Officer and Wake Forest Founder’s Program Consultant, Velvet Nelson, to discuss more on this new cohort launching in February of 2023.

As prices for practically everything seem to increase on a regular basis, the recently adopted Wake Forest Housing Affordability Plan constitutes the blueprint for expanding housing opportunities to meet the growing demand created by Wake Forest’s continuous influx of new residents.