Blues musician Willie Dixon once said, “The Blues are the roots, and other musics are the fruits. It’s better to keep the roots alive because it means better fruits from now on.”

One nonprofit group in the Piedmont Triad is trying to do just that. The Piedmont Blues Preservation Society works to not only keep blues music alive but also to preserve blues culture, and it’s with the help of a community foundation.

Realizing that older adults need a larger screen than the standard phone, Dr. Merritt and the Organization to Provide Equal Access to Technology, or OPEAT, stepped in to bridge the digital divide. The program invites anyone over the age of 50 to come in and learn computer skills at all levels. Some need to start with learning how to turn the computer on.

Triad Adult and Pediatric Medicine cut the ribbon on its newly renovated administrative building this week. It’s on East Cone Boulevard, and the property will also be the site of a new health center that will offer health care, dental services and behavioral health care when it’s finished.

Small businesses make up the backbone of the American economy. They employ nearly half of all private-sector workers, but small businesses sometimes need big help. That’s where the National Institute of Minority Economic Development comes in.