City Hall South To Be Renamed For Bill Stuart
Marketing & Communications July 3, 2006 Contact: Ed McNeal, 727-2317
City Hall South is to be renamed the Bryce A. Stuart Municipal Building in honor of City Manager Bill Stuart, who retired June 30 after more than 26 years of service to the city.
Mayor Allen Joines surprised Stuart by announcing the name change at a retirement dinner honoring Stuart on Thursday night. In advance of the announcement Joines had secured the agreement of the City Council, but the name change will not become official until the council adopts a resolution to that effect, which it is scheduled to do tonight.
Stuart became Winston-Salem’s fourth city manager on Jan. 2, 1980, having previously served as assistant city manager and budget director in Charlotte. During his tenure Stuart shepherded city government through the transformation in Winston-Salem’s economy as corporate mergers consumed the city’s leading businesses, and medicine and financial services supplanted the city’s traditional manufacturing base. City government became more diversified as women and African-Americans took their place in the upper echelons of city administration. Winston-Salem became the second city in the United States to receive a “AAA” rating from all three national rating agencies, a new Public Safety Center and Coliseum were built, a concerted housing program improved long-neglected neighborhoods, and an aggressive economic development program brought new life to downtown.
With his retirement, Stuart has earned the distinction of being Winston-Salem’s longest-serving city manager.
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