Monday Round-Up: Cava in High Point, Barre in Kernersville, Halloween Weekend

Good morning, Triad. This week brings a fresh batch of openings from High Point to Kernersville, a couple of changes worth knowing about, and a packed calendar that runs from Halloween trick-or-treating straight into the first Veterans Day parades. Here's what's new, what's changing, and what's coming up.

Openings & New Businesses

• Cava, High Point. The Mediterranean fast-casual chain opened its first High Point restaurant last Wednesday at 2313 N. Main St., Suite 105, in the Peters Station shopping center. It took over the former Sleep Number space between Chipotle and Vitamin Shoppe. (High Point Enterprise)
• Neighborhood Barre, Kernersville. Angela Lewis, a flight attendant for more than 30 years, has opened a barre studio at 230 Market View Drive. Classes are low-impact, full-body workouts that blend ballet-inspired moves with Pilates, yoga and strength training, and are pitched at all fitness levels. (Kernersville News)
• Matcha Oasis Bar, Kernersville. Downtown Kernersville has a new spot for matcha, boba and refreshers at 113 W. Mountain St., with a kids' room and interior art by Christina Parrish. (The Go-To Winston-Salem)
• The Pitch, Kernersville. A soccer training facility at 263 Gretas Way tracks players' stats as they train; The Go-To Winston-Salem calls it the first of its kind in the Triad. (The Go-To Winston-Salem)
• Grandma's Coffee, Winston-Salem. After two years as a mobile coffee shop, Grandma's Coffee is moving into a storefront inside the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts at 251 N. Spruce St., with opening expected Nov. 2. The same list notes that Breakfastime plans a seventh location at 1510 Abbotts Creek Circle in Kernersville late this year. (The Go-To Winston-Salem)
• Metal Works of High Point expands. The metal-components maker is opening a new automated plant in a 60,000-square-foot building on Prospect Street in south High Point, adding laser cutting, robotic bending and welding, and automated material handling. The company expects 10 to 15 new jobs as production ramps up over the coming months, and its existing shops will keep running. (High Point Enterprise)

Closings & Changes

• Big Lots on Westchester closing, High Point. Signs at the Big Lots at 1677 Westchester Drive, in Westchester Commons, say that location will close at the end of November. The signs say the closure is for that store only. (High Point Enterprise)
• Boom's new turbine factory and PTI. Boom Supersonic said Oct. 22 that it finished its first turbine core and is building a turbine factory of nearly 200,000 square feet in Centennial, Colorado, to make 42-megawatt natural-gas turbines for AI data centers. The core is shared with Symphony, the engine for Boom's Overture jet. Triad Business Journal reports this morning that Boom's CEO says the Colorado plant will help jet production at its Overture Superfactory at Piedmont Triad International Airport. (Boom Supersonic; Triad Business Journal)
• A new path from GTCC to UNCG, Greensboro. Guilford Technical Community College and UNC Greensboro signed an agreement Oct. 21 that guarantees direct admission to UNCG for GTCC students who finish at least 45 credit hours toward an associate degree with a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Students also get easier credit transfer, advising and financial aid guidance. (UNC Greensboro)

Around the Triad

• Guilford schools sweep the state rankings. In U.S. News & World Report's latest rankings, Lincoln Academy is North Carolina's top elementary school and Brown Summit Middle is the top middle school, its sixth straight year at No. 1. That joins the Early College at Guilford, named the state's best high school in August for the seventh year running. (FOX8 and Triad Business Journal via Yahoo News)
• Greensboro passes the halfway mark on housing. The city says more than 5,000 homes are now built or under construction toward its goal of 10,000 new units by 2030, up from 4,071 in August. More on the effort is at GSORoadTo10k.com. (Rhino Times)
• Foster care center looks for a permanent home, High Point. Family Room Foster Care Resource Center, which has outgrown its rented space in Greensboro, has asked High Point to annex and zone about 6.8 acres on Piedmont Parkway for a 20,000-square-foot resource center. It served more than 620 children entering foster care through September, and it is raising $2.5 million to $3 million with a goal of opening by the end of 2027. (High Point Enterprise)
• A 100th birthday in Kernersville. The Shepherd's Center of Kernersville celebrated Betty Jane Beck's 100th birthday with five generations of her family, and Mayor Dawn Morgan presented a certificate marking the day. Beck grew up in Winston-Salem's Waughtown area. (Kernersville News)
• Two more names on Lexington's Barbecue Wall of Fame. Holland Tussey and Tommy Monk became the 25th and 26th members of the Lexington Barbecue Wall of Fame, which honors the pitmasters, restaurant owners and community leaders behind the city's barbecue reputation. (High Point Enterprise)

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Coming Up

• Through Sun., Nov. 1 — Eat Drink Triad Restaurant Week, 25 restaurants, Winston-Salem Featured dishes and deals at participating local restaurants, plus tastings and parties
• Weekends through Nov. 8 — Fall on the Farm Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch, Smith Hollow Farm, 5920 Smith Hollow Rd., Kernersville Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m.
• Sat., Oct. 31 — Kernersville Downtown Trick or Treat, Downtown Kernersville (Chamber, 136 E. Mountain St.) 6–8 p.m.; free; candy and Hallowheels
• Sat., Oct. 31 — Día de los Muertos at the High Point Museum, High Point Museum, 1859 E. Lexington Ave., High Point 10 a.m.–2 p.m.; free; with the YWCA Latino Family Center; crafts and family entertainment
• Sat., Oct. 31 — Downtown Trick-or-Treating in Mount Airy, Downtown Mount Airy 4–6 p.m. at participating businesses
• Sat., Oct. 31 — N.C. A&T Centennial Homecoming Game vs. Elon, Greensboro Capstone of A&T's 100th homecoming week; free city parking downtown from 5 p.m. Oct. 30
• Fri.–Sat., Nov. 6–7 — 43rd Annual Cozy Cottage Craft Show, Kernersville Community House, 405 Salisbury St., Kernersville Fri. 9 a.m.–8 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.–3 p.m.; no admission charge; raffle benefits Trellis Supportive Care
• Sat., Nov. 7 — Wreath-Laying Ceremony at St. Paul's AME Cemetery, 711 S. Main St., Kernersville 9–10 a.m.
• Sat., Nov. 7 — Greensboro Veterans Parade, Starts at N. Elm and E. Lindsay streets, downtown Greensboro Noon–2 p.m.; bands, JROTC units, military vehicles and veterans
• Sat., Nov. 7 — Día de los Muertos in Mount Airy, Mount Airy Museum of Regional History 11 a.m.–4 p.m.; free; ballet folklórico, mariachi, kids' crafts and a community ofrenda
• Sun., Nov. 8 — Kernersville Veterans Parade, Downtown Kernersville, ending at the Farmers Market 2:30 p.m.; roads close at 2 p.m.; veterans march free