WinCity Media’s downtown office is now open

Tuesday, June 10, was an aus­pi­cious day for WinCity Voices and our spon­sor­ing non­prof­it agency, WinCity Media. That’s the day we moved into our new office in Suite 300 of the Historic McEldowney build­ing at 5 Cleveland Street in down­town Winchester. The build­ing, com­plet­ed around 1909, is a five-sto­ry struc­ture described as “Winchester’s first sky­scraper” upon its open­ing and was deemed “fire­proof.” (The build­ing it replaced had burned down after being in ser­vice for only a year.)

Having a phys­i­cal office will help us in many ways. It legit­imizes both orga­ni­za­tions, which helps with fundrais­ing and grant seek­ing. It pro­vides us with a space to meet, host pod­casts, and increase our pub­lic vis­i­bil­i­ty. And it will be help­ful to me to sep­a­rate my work life from my home life, some­thing my wife appreciates!

I love the beau­ti­ful­ly restored orig­i­nal hard­wood floor and sol­id wood doors. DAM Holdings has done a mar­velous job pre­serv­ing this his­tor­i­cal gem. Our new office boasts ample nat­ur­al light and a stun­ning view of the cour­t­house square and Main Street. We have a front-row seat to the high-side ren­o­va­tion project as it takes shape! 

I plan to be in the office most Tuesdays and Thursdays from approx­i­mate­ly 10 AM to 4 PM. Please stop by and say “hel­lo” when you’re down­town. I’d espe­cial­ly love to meet some of our read­ers and sup­port­ers whom I’ve nev­er met. 

The McEldowney build­ing and its name­sake, M.T. McEldowney, have been the sub­ject of arti­cles by WinCity Voices con­trib­u­tors. In August 2023, Harry Enoch chron­i­cled the life and build­ings of M.T. McEldowney. July 2023, Randy Patrick wrote about the restora­tion of the McEldowney Building by local devel­op­ment com­pa­ny DAM holdings.