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City of the Arts & Alive after Five

Winston-Salem, North Carolina - A Piedmont Triad Region Community

Can we sum up our city on one page? Well, no. Yet, we're an ambitious lot, so here goes.

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.

Attractions. Old Salem. Tanglewood Park. Historic Bethabara Park. SciWorks. Körner's Folly. Westbend Vinyards. Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery.

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. Twin City RibFest. Fiddle & Bow Society. 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 223,532 people. Winston-Salem: big-city opportunities and a small-town feel.

For more information go to: VisitWinstonSalem.com