Piedmont Triad Totally Explained

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The Piedmont Triad, Triad, or North Carolina Triad is a region of North Carolina in the Piedmont that consists of the area centered around the cities of Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point, and Burlington. The area is connected by Interstates 40, 85, 73, & 74 and is served by the Piedmont Triad International Airport. Long known as one of the primary manufacturing and transportation hubs of the southeastern United States, the Triad is also an important educational and cultural region and occupies a prominent place in the history of the American Civil Rights Movement. The Triad isn't to be confused with the "Triangle" region (Raleigh / Durham / Chapel Hill) directly to the east. As of 2006, the Piedmont Triad has a population of 1,513,576 making it the 30th largest metropolitan area in the USA.

Education

Educational institutions

Eleven institutions of higher education are located within the Triad, including Wake Forest University, Salem College, Winston-Salem State University, North Carolina School of the Arts, High Point University, Guilford College, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro College, Bennett College, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, John Wesley College (North Carolina) and Elon University. Three prominent boarding schools also call the Triad home: Salem Academy, Oak Ridge Military Academy, and the American Hebrew Academy.

Museums

Major art and historical museums contribute to the cultural climate of the region, including the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), The Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Old Salem, High Point Historical Museum, Mendenhall Plantation, the Weatherspoon Museum of Modern Art (located on the campus of UNCG), Blandwood Mansion and Gardens, the Greensboro Historical Museum, Guilford Battleground National Military Park, and the Charlotte Hawkins Brown State Museum. The area also has its fair share of scientific museums, such as SciWorks, the Wake Forest Museum of Anthropology, and the Natural Science Center of Greensboro. (Museums of the Triad

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Economy

Industry & Manufacturing

The Triad area is notable for large textile, tobacco, and furniture corporations. The Triad remains a national center for textile manufacturing, represented by corporations including Hanes based in Winston-Salem, and International Textile Group, based in Greensboro. Tobacco remains a prominent crop in the Triad's rural areas and many tobacco companies like Lorillard Tobacco Company of Greensboro, and Reynolds American, based in Winston-Salem, call the Piedmont Triad home. Numerous furniture manufacturers are also headquartered in the Triad area, especially in the cities of High Point (deemed the "Furniture Capital of the World"), Thomasville (known as the "Chair City"), and Lexington. Popular brands like "Thomasville" and "Lexington" are derived from the names of these cities. Recently, however, many furniture and tobacco factories have been closing and/or laying off workers across the region in response to escalating industrial globalization.

Technology and Biotechnology

After many of the old industries in the area began to die out, many Piedmont Triad cities began encouraging technological businesses to move into the Triad. Winston-Salem, for instance, founded within its downtown the Piedmont Triad Research Park, a highly interactive, master-planned innovation community developed to support life science and information technology research and development. Dell, Inc. in the early 2000s struck a deal with local officials allowing for the construction of a new computer assembly plant near the Triad city of Kernersville. Additionally, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the largest institution of higher learning in the region, and North Carolina A&T State University have joined forces to establish the Gateway University Research Park, a technology-based entity which will focus its efforts on a host of biological, life, and environmental science research projects. Upon full build out of the project, it's expected to be housed by two 75 acre campuses, employ approximately 2,000 people, and generate $50 million dollars per year to the Triad economy. LabCorp, one of the largest clinical laboratories in the world, has its corporate headquarters and several of its testing facilities in Burlington.

Government

Many western Piedmont Triad counties and municipalities belong to the Northwest Piedmont Council of Governments while many in the east belong to the Piedmont Triad Council of Governments.

Counties

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Occasionally:

Montgomery

Municipalities

Primary cities

Greensboro Guilford 241,753

Winston-Salem Forsyth 226,955

High Point Guilford, Forsyth, Davidson & Randolph 95,630

Secondary cities over 10,000 in population

Asheboro Randolph 21,672

Burlington Alamance & Guilford 47,692

Clemmons Forsyth 13,827

Eden Rockingham 15,908

Graham Alamance 12,833

Kernersville Forsyth & Guilford 20,052

Lexington Davidson 19,953

Reidsville Rockingham 14,485

Thomasville Davidson 19,788

Other municipalities under 10,000 in population

Alamance Alamance

Archdale Randolph & Guilford

Arlington Yadkin

Bermuda Run Davie

Bethania Forsyth

Boonville Yadkin

Cooleemee Davie

Danbury Stokes

Denton Davidson

Dobson Surry

East Bend Yadkin

Elkin Surry

Elon Alamance

Franklinville Randolph

Gibsonville Guilford & Alamance

Glen Raven Alamance

Green Level Alamance

Haw River Alamance

Jamestown Guilford

Jonesville Yadkin

King Stokes & Forsyth

Lewisville Forsyth

Liberty Randolph

Madison Rockingham

Mayodan Rockingham

Mebane Alamance (and Orange, part of The Triangle)

Midway Davidson

Mocksville Davie

Mount Airy Surry

Oak Ridge Guilford

Ossipee Alamance

Pleasant Garden Guilford

Ramseur Randolph

Randleman Randolph

Rural Hall Forsyth

Saxapahaw Alamance

Seagrove Randolph

Sedalia Guilford

Staley Randolph

Stokesdale Guilford

Stoneville Rockingham

Summerfield Guilford

Swepsonville Alamance

Tobaccoville Forsyth

Trinity Randolph

Wallburg Davidson

Walkertown Forsyth

Walnut Cove Stokes

Welcome Davidson

Wentworth Rockingham

Whitsett Guilford

Yadkinville Yadkin

Shopping

The following are the most prominent regional shopping centers/malls in the Piedmont Triad region:

Hanes Mall, Winston-Salem

Alamance Crossing. Burlington

Burlington Square Mall, Burlington

Four Seasons Town Centre, Greensboro

Friendly Center, Greensboro

Oak Hollow Mall, High Point

Media

Newspapers

The following are prominent newspapers in the Piedmont Triad region and the counties each newspaper covers.

Greensboro News & Record, Guilford County

Winston-Salem Journal, Forsyth County

Burlington Times-News, Alamance County

Courier-Tribune, Randolph County

The Dispatch, Davidson County

High Point Enterprise, High Point

The Tribune, Surry, Wilkes, and Yadkin counties

Mount Airy News, Surry County

Yes! Weekly, Guilford County

Rhino Times, Guilford County

The Jamestown News, Guilford County

The Stokesdale News, Guilford County

Northwest Observer, Guilford County

Television stations

All of the Piedmont Triad region belongs to the Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point television designated market area (DMA). The following are stations that broadcast to this DMA. These stations are listed by call letters, channel number, network and city of license.

WFMY-TV, 2, CBS, Greensboro

WXII, 12, NBC, Winston-Salem

WGHP, 8, Fox, High Point

News 14 Carolina, 14, Greensboro (Time Warner Cable)

WGPX, 16, i, Burlington

WCWG, 20, CW, Lexington

WUNL-TV, 26, PBS/UNC-TV, Winston-Salem

WMYV, 48, My, Greensboro

WLXI-TV, 61, TBN, GreensboroFurther Information

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