About Piedmont Triad

The Piedmont Triad is a region of North Carolina (locally known simply as “The Triad”) that consists of the area surrounding the cities of Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point. The area is connected by Interstate 40 and Interstate 85 and is served by the Piedmont Triad International Airport. Long known as one of the primary manufacturing and transportation hubs of the southeastern U.S., the Triad is also an important educational and cultural region and occupies a prominent place in the history of the American Civil Rights Movement.

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Neighborhoods

Ardmore/Miller Street/Medical Centers

Ardmore was merely cornfields until about 1915. Created as an influential middle-class neighborhood, it is dotted with period cottages and craftsman bungalows and is bordered by the two regional medical centers.

Brookstown/Old Salem

Step into Winston-Salem’s past. Stroll down the streets of historic Old Salem. Look north to downtown to remind yourself that more than 200 years have passed since the settlement of this area.

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Climate

By Car

Freeways/Highways

An east-west I-40 bypass runs south of downtown, allowing trucks to avoid commuter traffic. Business Interstate 40 and U.S. Highways 52, 158, 311, and 421 all run through the city. Interstates 85 and 77 (both running north-south) are about 30 minutes away. I-74 runs north-south through the city, following the route of U.S. Highway 52.

Public Transportation

Metropolitan Transit Authority (316) 265-7221

The Downtown Trolley Service runs from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturdays and costs 25 cents. The trolley runs from the Farm and Art Market in Old Town to the Museum District with stops at Cowtown, Botanica, the Winston-Salem Art Museum, and the Mid-American All-Indian Center.

Inter-City Transportation

Amtrak (800) 872-7245

From its depot in downtown Greensboro, provides passenger rail service for travelers. A shuttle to the terminal is available from downtown Winston-Salem.

Greyhound Bus (800) 231-2222

Service from City to numerous locations throughout the United States.

Air Transportation

Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO)

6415 Bryan Boulevard

Greensboro, NC 27409

Greensboro: (336) 665-5600

Winston-Salem: (336) 721-0088

High Point: (336) 454-3213

www.flyfrompti.com

The Piedmont Triad International Airport has about 75 flights daily to major cities across the United States, mainly along the east coast.  It has 25 gates and is served by most major airlines.  The airport is just west of Greensboro.

Taxi

ABC Taxi (316) 264 4222

American Cab, Inc. (316) 262-7511

Best Cabs, Inc. (316) 838-2233

Smith Reynolds Airport

3801 N. Liberty St.

Winston-Salem, NC 27105

(336) 767-6361

www.smithreynolds.org

Smith-Reynolds Airport is a public airport located about 3 miles northeast of Winston-Salem. The airport has two runways, and is used primarily for general aviation and flight training. It is home to the Winston-Salem air show, which is usually held in September.

City Area Code

The area code for the Piedmont Triad is 336.

Television

Radio

Newspapers

Greensboro News and Record

www.news-record.com

The News and Record is the largest paper in Guilford County.  It averages around 100,000 daily circulation.

Winston-Salem Journal

www.journalnow.com

The Journal has a just a little smaller circulation than the News and Record.  It primarily serves Forsyth County.

Museums

Reynolda House Museum of American Art

2250 Reynolda Road

Winston Salem, NC 27106

(336) 758-5150

www.reynoldahouse.org

Reynolda House Museum of American Art displays a premiere collection of American art ranging from the colonial period to the present. Built in 1917 by Katharine Smith Reynolds and her husband Richard Joshua Reynolds, founder of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, the house originally occupied the center of a 1,067-acre estate. It opened to the public as an institution dedicated to the arts and education in 1965.

Museum of Anthropology

Wake Forest University

PO Box 7267

Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7267

(336 )758-5282

www.wfu.edu/moa

The Museum’s permanent exhibits consist of objects from the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Oceania, including household and ceremonial items, textiles, hunting and fishing gear, and objects of personal adornment. Materials collected by Moravian missionaries can be found here, as well as prehistoric artifacts from North Carolina’s Yadkin River Valley.

Children’s Museum of Winston-Salem

390 South liberty St

Winston-Salem, NC 27101

(336) 723-9111

www.childrensmuseumofws.org

SciWorks is a fun, interactive museum for children, teaching basics in all areas of science, and offering fun experiments and educational tours. The Children’s Museum of Winston-Salem is based on classic stories and fairy tales and has several offering for younger children.

Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA)

750 Marguerite Drive

Winston-Salem, NC 27106

(336) 725-1904

www.secca.org

SECCA celebrates over 50 years of presenting contemporary art to the public. The James G. Hanes House was transformed into an elegant display case for contemporary art. SECCA now also has the addition of film, dance, drama, talk and conversation. SECCA consistently presents the diverse and provocative presentations of our world as seen through artist’s eyes and depicted in every medium from the traditional paint and clay through the unpredictable jigsaw puzzles, shampoo and old barn roofs.

Sawtooth Center for Visual Arts

226 N. Marshall Street

Winston-Salem, NC 27101

(336) 723-7395

www.sawtooth.org

Sawtooth Center hosts visiting artists’ works, special project exhibitions, and annual faculty/artists and juried student exhibitions.

Performing Arts

Stevens Center

405 W. 4th Street

Winston-Salem, NC 27101

(336) 721-1945

Stevens Center for the Performing Arts, an intimate, luxurious performance hall that is home to the Broadway Preview Series, where producers and playwrights such as Neil Simon bring their Broadway-bound plays for a final tune-up before their New York openings.

Winston-Salem Symphony

680 West Fourth Street

Winston-Salem, NC 27101

(336) 725-1035

www.wssymphony.org

All Classics Series and Kicked-Back Classics concerts take place at the Stevens Center in downtown Winston-Salem. Pops Series concerts are held at the RJ Reynolds Memorial Auditorium (301 N. Hawthorne Road).

Piedmont Opera Theatre

235 N. Cherry Street, Suite 100

Winston-Salem, NC 27101

(336) 725-7101

www.piedmontopera.org

Piedmont Opera Theatre attracts audience members from 7 states and more than 100 communities throughout North Carolina. The mission of Piedmont Opera Theatre is to create and support consistently superior music theatre productions and programs that ensure recognition of the company as an important asset for entertainment and education, a force in city development and a magnet attraction for regional and national audiences.

Education

Community Colleges

Community colleges exist for two major purposes. The first is to serve as a bridge from high school to college by providing courses for transfer toward a bachelor’s degree. Four out of 10 collegebound high-school graduates start their college education this way.

The second function of community colleges is to prepare students for the job market by offering entry-level career training as well as courses for adult students who want to upgrade their skills for the workplace. They often offer programs that are not available at four-year schools, like fashion design.

Forsyth Tech Community College (336) 723-0371

2100 Silas Creek Parkway

Winston-Salem, NC 27103

http://www1.forsythtech.edu/

Liberal Arts Colleges

Liberal arts colleges offer a broad base of courses in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Most are private and focus mainly on undergraduate students. Classes tend to be small and personal attention is available.

Online Learning

Recent years have witnessed the rise of online degree programs, to allow the busy professional a chance to work at their own pace from the comfort of their home on the path to getting a degree. The costs to students are typically the same as for traditional classes- and financial aid is equally available-while the cost to the institution can be much less.

There are online universities ranging from legitimate distance learning systems to fly-by-night degree-mills. It’s important to research a particular institution before deciding to enroll in their system. Generally, brick-and-mortar schools that also offer online classes are the safest, though there are plenty of fully accredited online universities out there.

Nearly 3 million students are believed to be taking online classes at institutions of higher education in the United States this year. That number has been growing about 25% a year recently. Now, virtually all public higher education institutions, as well as a vast majority of private, for-profit institutions, now offer online classes. By contrast, only about half of private, nonprofit schools offer them. Online schools offer everything from Associate’s degrees to Doctoral programs with available emphases in everything from Business Administration to Criminal Justice to Nursing. Some programs require students to attend some campus classes or orientations, but many are delivered completely online. Online courses generally require a computer with a broadband connection, but are now a serious option for the busy professional.

Public vs. Private

Public colleges are usually less expensive, particularly for in-state residents. They get most of their money from the state or local government. Private colleges rely on tuition, fees, endowments, and other private sources. Private colleges are usually smaller and can offer more personalized attention and often more prestige.

Universities

Bennett College (800) 413-5323

900 E. Washington Street

Greensboro, NC 27401

www.bennett.edu

Bennett College is a small, private, historically Black liberal arts college for women.

Elon University (336) 278-2000

100 Campus Drive

Elon, NC 27244

www.elon.edu

Elon University is a private comprehensive university known for excellent arts and sciences along with outstanding professional programs.

Greensboro College (800) 346-8226

815 West Market Street

Greensboro, NC 27401

Greensboro College, a four year, independent, coeducational institution affiliated with the United Methodist Church, was founded in 1838. The College enrolls nearly 1,300 students.

North Carolina School of the Arts (336) 770-3399

1533 South Main St.

Winston-Salem, NC 27127-2188

An arts conservatory of international renown, the North Carolina School of the Arts was the first state-supported, residential school of its kind in the nation.

Piedmont Baptist College (336) 725-8344

716 Franklin Street

Winston-Salem, NC 27101

www.pbc.edu

Universities

Generally, a university is bigger than a college and offers more majors and research facilities. Class size often reflects institutional size and some classes may taught by graduate students.

North Carolina A&T State University (336) 334-7500

1601 East Market Street

Greensboro, North Carolina 27411

www.ncat.edu

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is a public, doctoral/research intensive, land-grant university committed to fulfilling its fundamental purposes through exemplary undergraduate and graduate instruction, scholarly and creative research, and effective public service.

Salem Academy & College (336) 721-2600

601 South Church Street

Winston-Salem, NC 27101

www.pbc.edu

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (336) 334-5000

1000 Spring Garden Street

Greensboro, NC 27403

PO Box 26170

Greensboro, NC 27402-6170

www.uncg.edu

UNCG is the state university in the area.

Wake Forest University (336) 758-5255

1834 Wake Forest Road

Winston-Salem, NC 27106

www.wfu.edu

Wake Forest is a private university in downtown Winston-Salem.

Winston-Salem State University (336) 750-2000

601 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive

Winston-Salem, NC 27110

www.wssu.edu