Bluegrass Video Used to Solicit Community Participation!

The Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, NC planning board kicks off their growth campaign with a music video featuring an original bluegrass song.

Looking for inspiration to help their community to participate in a plan update, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County, NC planners went hi-tech-multimedia, creating an interactive website, a film series, and to kick things off, a bluegrass music video.

The video launched Friday and features Danbury-based bluegrass band Kill-Basa Bill's Roadshow in places around Forsyth County — recreation centers, neighborhoods, parks — singing about population growth with the help of a banjo, guitar and stand-up bass.

The lyrics begin:

"Downtown is happenin', with new restaurants and bars
People walkin', strollin', getting out of their cars
Offices and a shops, and even a new ballpark
People coming downtown even after dark."

Read the Full Story in the Winston Salem Journal