Winston-Salem proves you really can have a pro-business culture in a pro-family community.
People in Winston-Salem, North Carolina truly believe they have the best of all possible worlds. Who could blame them? Their community is consistently recognized as one of America’s most livable and friendly cities. And, at the same time, Winston-Salem continues to experience a metamorphosis from one of the nation’s leading manufacturing centers into a widely diverse economic center.
A great place to do business
Winston-Salem is an extremely accessible city, located strategically along the East Coast, equidistant from Atlanta and Washington, DC. The city is within two days’ drive of more than 60 percent of the nation’s industrial and consumer base. At the heart of the region known as the Piedmont Triad, companies here are the recipients of one of America’s most extensive state-maintained highway systems. This area is recognized as being so easily accessible that FedEx decided to open a new hub at the Piedmont Triad International Airport. The facility is scheduled to be fully operational by 2009. Businesses who provide time-sensitive products see this as a great addition to any already outstanding situation.
The Piedmont Triad has grown into one of the most dynamic markets in the United States, with its mix of manufacturing, service sector, education and health care. The cost of land in the Winston-Salem area is generally lower than comparable sites in many other cities, and construction costs are significantly below national averages.
North Carolina is a right to work state with very good management-labor relations. The Piedmont Triad has a unionization rate of less than three percent, and lower employment costs than many other regions of the country.
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