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decade of service to the Winston-Salem community,
what could be more appropriate than to showcase
YOU and the good things happening around the city
and Downtown.
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Fast Facts Winston-Salem,
NC Can we sum up our city on one page? Well,
no. Yet, we're an ambitious lot, so here goes.
(All this, and much more, are explored on this
web site. Use the navigation bar on the left
to get around the site.)
Arts. The "City of the Arts." Nation's
first arts council. North Carolina School of
the Arts. First nationally in per capita contributions
to the arts. National Black Theatre Festival.
Piedmont Opera Theater. Winston-Salem Symphony.
Stevens Center for Performing Arts. Sawtooth
Center for Visual Arts.
Museums. Southeastern Center for Contemporary
Art (SECCA). Museum of Early Southern Decorative
Arts (MESDA). Reynolda House, Museum of American
Art. Children's Museum of Winston-Salem. Diggs
Gallery. Delta Arts Center. The Children's Museum
at Old Salem. The Toy Museum at Old Salem. Museum
of Anthropology.
History. Rich Moravian ancestry. Strong African-American
heritage.
Technology. Biotechnology. Medicine. Medical
Research. Piedmont Triad Research Park. WinstonNet.
Idealliance. Two technology-focused venture
capital funds.
Education. Wake Forest University. Winston-Salem
State University. Salem Academy and College.
North Carolina School of the Arts. Piedmont
Baptist College. Forsyth Technical Community
College.
Entertainment. Alive After Five. Fourth Street
Jazz & Blues. Summer on Trade. Fiddle &
Bow Society. Ziggy's. Fabian's. The Garage.
Career opportunities. Fifth among big cities,
says National Business Employment Weekly.
Low cost of living. Lowest in North Carolina,
says the American Chamber of Commerce Researchers
Association.
High quality of life. Top 20 in the nation,
says Business Development Outlook Magazine.
Proximity. Less than 90 minutes from Raleigh
and Charlotte. Halfway between Atlanta and Washington,
D.C. Two hours from the mountains. Four hours
from the ocean. 15 minutes from one end of town
to the other.
All this...in a city of just over 185,000 people.
Winston-Salem: big-city opportunities and a
small-town feel.
