Piedmont Triad Research Park
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The Piedmont Triad Research Park (PTRP), in Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA, is a highly interactive, master-planned innovation community developed to support life science and information technology
research
and development. The PTRP is among the many research park
s in the state; others include Research Triangle Park
, NC State University's Centennial Campus
, Charlotte's University Research Park, and the North Carolina Research Campus
in Kannapolis
.
The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
is located in the Park.
Future plans call for an expansion of the park southward to Salem Creek. The project will be centered around a new biomedical facility for the Wake Forest School of Medicine and will also be proximate to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem State University
, Salem College
, Salem Academy and the North Carolina School of the Arts
. This expansion would make the park's boundaries: Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, US 52, Salem Avenue, and Salem Creek.
The "Master Plan" for the PTRP organizes the park into three districts:
Facilities developed within all three districts will support a variety of technology-driven commercial and educational enterprises with development responding to topography rather than concealing it. There are a number of historic and architecturally significant buildings throughout the research park area that will be retained because of their contribution to the character and image of the park as well as their reuse potential. Other buildings that have economic value and that contain uses consistent with the long-term vision for the park will also be retained.
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
research
Research
Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
and development. The PTRP is among the many research park
Research park
A Research park is a research facility that is often linked with a major research university. Throughout North America, there are more than 170 research parks. They exist to create linkages between the university, industry and the community...
s in the state; others include Research Triangle Park
Research Triangle Park
The Research Triangle Park is a research park in the United States. It is located near Durham, Raleigh, and Chapel Hill, in the Research Triangle region of North Carolina...
, NC State University's Centennial Campus
North Carolina State University Centennial Campus
Centennial Campus is a research park and educational campus owned and operated by North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. Composed of two locations, the property provides office and lab space for corporate, governmental and not-for-profit entities, in addition to providing...
, Charlotte's University Research Park, and the North Carolina Research Campus
North Carolina Research Campus
The North Carolina Research Campus is a center for biotechnological, agricultural, food science, and nutritional research. It was initially founded by David H. Murdock, former CEO of Dole Foods...
in Kannapolis
Kannapolis, North Carolina
Kannapolis is a city in Cabarrus and Rowan counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina, northwest of Concord and northeast of Charlotte. The population was 42,625 at the 2010 census, which makes Kannapolis the 20th largest city in North Carolina...
.
The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine is a research institute affiliated with the Wake Forest School of Medicine and located at Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States...
is located in the Park.
Future plans call for an expansion of the park southward to Salem Creek. The project will be centered around a new biomedical facility for the Wake Forest School of Medicine and will also be proximate to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem State University
Winston-Salem State University
Winston-Salem State University , a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina, is a historically black public research university located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. It is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund.Winston-Salem State has been...
, Salem College
Salem College
Salem College is a liberal arts women's college in Winston-Salem, North Carolina founded in 1772. Originally established as a primary school, it later became an academy and finally a college. It is the oldest female educational establishment that is still a women's college...
, Salem Academy and the North Carolina School of the Arts
North Carolina School of the Arts
The University of North Carolina School of the Arts , formerly the North Carolina School of the Arts, is a public coeducational arts conservatory in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that grants high school, undergraduate and graduate degrees. It is one of the seventeen constituent campuses of the...
. This expansion would make the park's boundaries: Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, US 52, Salem Avenue, and Salem Creek.
The "Master Plan" for the PTRP organizes the park into three districts:
- North - Research and Mixed-use District
- Central - Biomedical Campus District
- South - Academic and Research District
Facilities developed within all three districts will support a variety of technology-driven commercial and educational enterprises with development responding to topography rather than concealing it. There are a number of historic and architecturally significant buildings throughout the research park area that will be retained because of their contribution to the character and image of the park as well as their reuse potential. Other buildings that have economic value and that contain uses consistent with the long-term vision for the park will also be retained.