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mover essentials &
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By Camie Williams
Welcome to the Triangle!
State of North Carolina
Information
ncgov.com
Vehicle Tags and
Driver’s License
(919) 715-7000
ncdot.org
Voter Registration
(919) 733-7173
ncsbe.gov
City of Raleigh
(919) 996-3000
raleighnc.gov
City of Durham
(919) 560-3000
durhamnc.gov
City of Chapel Hill
(919) 968-2743
ci.chapel-hill.nc.us
Greater Raleigh
Chamber of Commerce
(919) 664-7000
raleighchamber.org
Greater Durham
Chamber of Commerce
(919) 328-8700
durhamchamber.org
Chapel Hill-Carrboro
Chamber of Commerce
(919) 967-7075
carolinachamber.org
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Wieland Communications, Inc.
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Roswell, GA 30076
Phone: (678) 319-4433
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Welcome to the Triangle …. The region described as “the flower of the Carolinas” more than 400 years ago that has
blossomed into one of the most desirable business and residential communities in the country.
Explorer Sir Walter Raleigh called North Carolina “the goodliest land under the cope of heaven.” More than 400 years
later, the little slice of heaven that bears the explorer’s name has transformed from an agrarian community to one of the
most prominent high-tech business centers in the country, as a member of the famed Research Triangle. Tradition also
reigns in the “City of Oaks,” which has been the capital of North Carolina since it was established in 1792.
Raleigh is one of very few cities designed to be a capital city, with streets laid out in an axis, with four public squares
and one central square, a pattern that has served it well for the recent growth that has taken the population to 431,746,.
It is the 42nd largest city in the country. Its neighbor and partner Durham adds nearly 250,000 more residents, helping
to add up to more than 2 million living in the Research Triangle of Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill.
That 19th century establishment of Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill as a mecca for higher education set the stage for
the Triangle’s prominence in the national economy during the next century. Much of the region’s modern history was
determined in 1959 by the opening of Research Triangle Park, one of the largest research parks in the world located just
outside of Raleigh. Forging a connection between Raleigh’s North Carolina State University, Durham’s Duke University
and Chapel Hill’s University of North Carolina, the 7,000-acre high-tech research and development center not only
became home to nearly 200 companies and provided jobs to 50,000 workers, but it created an economic engine that
drove the entire region.
Raleigh is No. 1 on Forbes’ 2014 list of best places for business and careers, No. 12 in education and No. 25 in job
growth. It is also the No. 3 American Boomtown by Bloomberg. Durham has recently been hailed among the Top 10 Tech
Towns by Wired magazine and is No. 6 America’s Smartest List by Forbes. Cary, the third largest city in the region, has
made Money Magazine’s Best Places to Live list, as has Chapel Hill.
The city is home to a variety of businesses from varied industries, including banking/financial services; electrical,
medical, electronic and telecommunications equipment; food processing; and pharmaceutical. Local headquarters
include BB&T Insurance Services, Capitol Broadcasting Company, Carquest, First Citizens BancShares, Golden Corral,
Martin Marietta Materials and software company Red Hat.
But it isn’t all business in the Triangle, as evidenced by its accolades as No. 3 least stressed out city (Raleigh) by CNN
Money in 2014, No. 1 Fastest Growing City for Retirees (Raleigh) in 2013 and the No. 3 Most Optimistic U.S. Metro area
according to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index in 2012.
In the Triangle, the arts and cultural activities are an important part of life. The North Carolina Museum of Art is
hailed as one of the best collections between Washington D.C. and Atlanta, while the North Carolina Museum of Natural
Sciences is the largest museum of its kind in the Southeast, with live programs, educational films and permanent
and special exhibits. The North Carolina Museum of History, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institute completes the
trifecta of much lauded museum offerings in town. In Durham, the Scrap Exchange is the largest nonprofit creative
reuse arts center in the country. Those museums, a mix of art galleries,10 local arboretums and botanical gardens and
other offerings attract more than 13 million visitors l to the Triangle each year. Many arrive through Raleigh-Durham
International Airport.
Durham’s food scene has reached acclaim, with Southern Living calling it “The Tastiest Town in the South” and Bon
Appétit giving it the No 1 ranking as America’s Foodiest Small Town.
Basketball isn’t just a sport in the Triangle. It’s a legend. Not only are Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill home to the
premiere higher education institutions in the state, but those colleges are also some of the most competitive basketball
towns in the nation.
The Blue Devils men’s basketball team at Durham’s Duke University is one of the winningest programs in NCAA
history, under the leadership of legendary coach Mike Krzyzewski. The team has brought home the national championship
four times. The Tarheels at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and the Wolfpack at NC State in Raleigh are
also major competitors in the Atlantic Coast Conference, creating a fun rivalry among the towns in the Triangle. And the
Wolfpack is one of the most storied teams in women’s basketball history.
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