Winston-Salem City Council sets Aug. 17 meeting with public comment

WINSTON-SALEM — The Winston-Salem City Council is scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, at City Hall, with public comment listed on the city’s approved 2026 council calendar.

The calendar places regular City Council meetings in the Council Chambers at City Hall. It also identifies Aug. 17 as a public-comment date, giving residents a scheduled opportunity to address the council under the city’s meeting procedures.

The meeting follows the council’s summer recess, which the calendar lists as running from July 7 through Aug. 10. The document does not include the Aug. 17 agenda, so residents who want to follow specific business items should check the city’s agenda and meeting information before attending.

People planning to speak should review any current public-comment instructions and arrive with enough time for the meeting’s check-in process. The official calendar is the source for the date, time, location and public-comment designation reported here.

Source and art note: Reporting is based on the City of Winston-Salem’s approved 2026 council calendar, checked Aug. 16, 2026. The accompanying image is an original textless SVG illustration created for this story and is not a documentary photograph of the meeting.