 The
Triangle Park
metropolitan area of Raleigh, Cary, Durham, and Chapel Hill,
was named "The Best Place to Live in America" by
Money magazine and "The Best City for Business" by
Fortune magazine. Pick up a magazine or check with the BBB
about Research Triangle Park, NC, and you will continually
hear the adjective "world-class".
Vibrant and beautiful, the
Triangle region
(which includes Raleigh,
Durham, and Chapel Hill) has a population exceeding one
million.
Local institutions offer
world-class educational opportunity:
Duke
University,
North
Carolina State University,
University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Meredith
College,
North
Carolina Central University, and
Peace
College have world-wide reputations for excellence in
their fields.
 The
world-class economic vitality, didn't just happen.
Created in 1959, the
Research
Triangle Park (RTP) is the most successful planned
research park in the United States. Originally 7,000
acres of North Carolina pine forest (8 miles x 2 miles in
area), it may well be the largest in the United States also.
131 organizations are located in the Triangle, and about half
of the employees there work for multinational corporations.
Estimates are that the 45,000 employees total payroll is $2.7
billion. As envisioned by business, academia and
industry leader in this area, R&D related organizations
account for more than 90% of usage of the Park.
Cultural and recreational
facilities include dazzling multimedia
star shows at
Morehead
Planetarium , world-class traveling exhibitions at
the
North
Carolina Museum of Art, the world's only
Acrocanthosaurus skeleton at
North
Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, NC Sports Hall
of Fame, and an exhibit on moonshine at the
North
Carolina Museum of History, and butterflies and
bugs at
the
North Carolina Museum of Life and Science.
The climate allows a
world-class community quality of outdoor life with hiking
trails, cycling trails, campsites, boating, picnicking and
fishing for 10 months every year.
Raleigh
Parks & Recreation,
Lake
Wheeler,
Lake
Johnson, and
Pullen
Park take excellent advantage of the Neuse River, Walnut
and Crabtree Creeks and their tributaries, and are fairly
connected by the Capital Area Greenway. Both beaches
(the Atlantic Ocean) and mountains (the Great Smoky Mountains
) are within a day's drive.
 College
and professional athletics are hosted in the world-class
RBC
Center by the NCSU
Wolfpack football and the
Carolina
Hurricanes hockey home teams. Less than 2 1/2 hours
away, is Charlotte, with its NFL and NBA franchises.
Cultural institutions in the
Triangle are also world-class.
The new
ALLTEL
Pavilion is not only successful and beautiful, it boats
the best acoustics in the world and seats over 20,000. The
BTI
Center for the Performing Arts includes Fletcher Opera
Theater, for opera, dance, and the atrical
productions (featuring
Carolina
Ballet, the National Opera Company and the
A.
J. Fletcher Opera Institute); Kennedy Theater (featuring
Burning
Coal Theatre); The Lichtin Plaza (a 2 acre venue for
festivals, concerts, and social functions; and the Meymandi
Concert Hall featuring the
North
Carolina Symphony). The Artistic Director of
Carolina Ballet in Raleigh, Robert Weiss, has single-handedly
revitalized Ballet with a stunning new innovative
production of The Nutcracker. Working from
Tchaikovsky and Petipa's original production notes, Weiss
created the production to honor the memory of George
Balanchine.
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