City Of Winston-Salem

The City of Winston-Salem Revenue Division, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is a federal grant recipient that administers water infrastructure, public safety, fair housing, historic preservation, and community development funding as the prime awardee on 92 of 103 recent awards and as a sub-recipient on 11 sub-awards, predominantly through HUD and FEMA grant programs.

The City's federal grant portfolio centers on four distinct capability areas. Water infrastructure and utility systems dominate the largest recent awards: the EPA Region 4 cooperative agreement for the Runnymede Water Infrastructure Improvements Project ($2.8 million, May 2026–October 2028) funds construction of approximately 1,200 linear feet of new sewer main along Runnymede Road, elimination of nine aerial sewer service laterals and associated aerial water lines, stormwater pipe replacement and rehabilitation from Runnymede Road through Northwest Boulevard, and stream restoration and stabilization of approximately 1,300 linear feet of unstable and severely eroded streambank using natural channel design methodology. Public safety grant work encompasses a $5.5 million FEMA Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant (March 2023–March 2026) to enhance fire department staffing and deployment capabilities, a $556,767 Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant (October 2023–September 2027) to enhance operations of the Forsyth County Veterans Treatment Court with peer mentor coordination, case management, drug and alcohol testing, and risk-assessment screening for justice-involved veterans, and a grant supporting the City's Behavioral Evaluation and Response Team (BEAR), which provides 24-hour-per-day mental health and substance-use crisis response as an alternative to law enforcement dispatch. Historic preservation work includes a $505,353 Department of the Interior National Park Service Historic Preservation Fund grant (October 2024–September 2027) for roof repairs and water remediation at the Bethabara Potter's House, the oldest structure in the Bethabara National Historic Landmark District, and a National Park Service Underrepresented Community grant (September 2025–April 2029) for a historic resources survey of East Winston and a National Register nomination for Mars Hill Baptist Church. Community development and street safety initiatives include a $280,000 Federal Highway Administration Safe Streets and Roads for All grant (April 2026–April 2028) to develop and implement a comprehensive safety action plan focused on reducing roadway fatalities for vulnerable populations, a Department of Energy Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (January 2024–December 2025) to reduce energy use and fossil fuel emissions, and a Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Planning and Development Economic Development Initiative grant (February 2023–August 2030). Fair housing assistance constitutes a recurring award category across cooperative agreements with the HUD Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, with multiple awards issued in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2025.

Customer concentration is highly concentrated within HUD, which accounts for 65 awards (82% of the 103-award portfolio) split between the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (38 awards) and the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (27 awards). FEMA accounts for 11 awards, and the Federal Highway Administration accounts for 8 awards. The top five customer agencies account for 82% of all awards. The City also receives sub-awards from the North Carolina Department of Transportation for pedestrian and greenway infrastructure, including non-infrastructure Safe Routes to School education and outreach, sidewalk construction on NC 67 and various city streets, and Long Branch Trail Extension Phase II greenway construction.

Activity has declined year over year — 7 awards in 2022 to 2 awards in 2026 through May. Only two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing minimal recompete exposure in that window. The City acts exclusively as a federal grant recipient and sub-recipient; it holds no federal contracts, IDIQs, GWACs, or BPAs and does not operate as a prime contractor or subcontractor on federal contract vehicles. The City's revenue division administers all awards without named sub-recipients on its prime grants, directly executing project implementation for all major infrastructure, public safety, and community development initiatives.