Piedmont Triad Regional Council - Planning Department

06/03/2025

05/03/2025

A “watershed moment” for art in the Triad! Check out this amazing mural project in downtown Kernersville!

04/29/2025

Are you a resident, commuter, business owner, or community leader in the Greater Piedmont Triad Region? Do you want to learn more about PTRC's Safety Action Plan to create safer streets for people who drive, walk, roll, bike, and use transit in our region? Join us on Friday, May 23rd from 11am to 12pm for an interactive virtual open house to learn about the plan and share your input.

Register here for free: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_g92OLbCATEmvbsYSol-8ag

04/02/2025

🚗⚡ Fleet Fair Success! 🌿🚴
A huge THANK YOU to all our vendors, attendees and partner NC Clean Energy Technology Center for making our Fleet Fair a fantastic event! 🎉 With 15 outdoor vehicles on display—including the innovative ELF Solo solar-powered vehicle—guests had the chance to explore cutting-edge transportation solutions and even take some for a spin. 🌞

A special shoutout to Triad Eco Adventures for sponsoring our raffle and bringing their E-Bikes & Segways for attendees to try! 🛴👏 Congratulations to our lucky winner, Zirus James, who scored a free one-hour tour! 🎟️🎉

From electric vehicles to solar-powered rides, it was amazing to see so much enthusiasm for sustainable and efficient fleet options. 🌎💡
What was your favorite vehicle? Let us know in the comments! 👇

02/04/2025

We'd like to announce several staffing updates:

1. Carter Spradling, AICP has promoted from Senior Regional Planner to Assistant Director of Regional Planning. Carter has been with PTRC since 2019 and has worked on a wide range of land use and transportation planning projects.

2. We've hired Alex Bennett as Grants Analyst to secure even more funding for our region! Alex was previously Parks Operations Manager at Forsyth County Parks and Rec.

3. Polina Karpova has joined our team as a planning intern and will be assisting with several environmental planning and GIS initiatives. She is a recent graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

09/05/2024

Congratulations to the Town of Sedalia! The Town received nearly $350,000 from the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund (PARTF) to build the Town's first community park. Sedalia was one of 46 projects selected to receive funding from the $17.9 million awarded through the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund across North Carolina.

https://www.ptrc.org/Home/Components/News/News/1313/

05/30/2024

Public input is being sought for the Rockingham County Comprehensive Transportation Plan update. The online public input survey can be accessed at the following link:

https://metroquestsurvey.com/d9b2r

The survey will open on May 22, 2024. The deadline to take the online survey is July 21, 2024.
A CTP is a long-range multi-modal transportation plan with a 25-30-year planning period and is used to identify transportation projects for future funding that includes recommendations for the following transportation modes: Highway, Public Transportation & Rail, Bicycle, Pedestrian

The Rockingham County CTP Update includes a transportation vision for the county, is developed cooperatively between the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), local governments, the Piedmont Triad Rural Planning Organization (PTRPO), and a local stakeholder Steering Committee. Paper copies of the survey can be found at:
 Post Offices in Rockingham County
 Senior Centers in Rockingham County
 City/Town Halls in Rockingham County
 Public Libraries
Completed paper copies of the survey can be dropped off in a drop box at the locations where you find the paper copy. Public input is an important component to the development of the Rockingham County CTP Update and is greatly appreciated. If you have any questions regarding the survey or would like to request a copy of the survey, please contact Dawn Vallieres, Transportation Planner for PTRPO at [email protected].

05/17/2024

Local Government Food Systems Survey - We need your input to help us better understand the interest of local governments in supporting food system efforts and how the Councils of Governments can support this process.

https://www.ptrc.org/services/regional-planning/food-council/local-government-food-systems-survey

01/29/2024

Going on a morning hike with friends is a great way to end the week. Being able to have great conversations while walking through nature is very relaxing and therapeutic. This was on the Moore’s Wall Loop Trail, check it out if you’re ever in Danbury at Hanging Rock!

Ir a hacer una caminata matutina con amigos es una excelente manera de terminar la semana. Poder tener conversaciones geniales mientras caminas por la naturaleza es muy relajante y terapéutico. Esto fue en el sendero Moore’s Wall Loop, ¡échale un vistazo si alguna vez estás en Danbury en Hanging Rock!

01/19/2024

Exploring Davidson County is endless with so many different parks and trails to go on. This park in particular has it all with miles of walking and bike trails, a huge playground, and more. Check out Finch Park if you get the chance and bring a bike or play some tag with the kids!

Explorar Davidson County es infinito con tantos parques y senderos diferentes para recorrer. Este parque en particular lo tiene todo, con millas de senderos para caminar y andar en bicicleta, un enorme parque infantil y más. ¡Échale un vistazo a Finch Park cuando tengas la oportunidad y trae una bicicleta o juega un poco al tague con los niños!

12/14/2023

On December 13, 2023, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced 385 recipients of the Safe Streets for All (SS4A) grant program, receiving a combined total of $817 million. The Piedmont Triad Regional Council was awarded $500,000 to create a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan for the region. The goal of this plan is to make streets safer for drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists with the eventual goal to eliminate roadway fatalities and serious injuries.

PTRC will create a task force to oversee the plan development, implementation, and monitoring. Under this grant, PTRC will research existing conditions and historical trends of roadway crashes (including crash severity and contributing factors), analyze specific safety needs/concerns, and develop a geospatial network of higher-risk locations.

PTRC is one of 16 entities selected to receive funding in North Carolina. The State received a total of $4,269,458 in grant funding. For more information about Safe Streets for All, please visit: https://www.transportation.gov/grants/SS4A

10/09/2023

PTRC was able to take a staff outing to the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro. We were able to participate in the Animal Ambassador program where we were able to meet a bunny, tortoise, and snake! Afterwards we were able to explore the zoo, where I was lucky enough to get a few pictures of a few animals! If you have not been to the North Carolina Zoo it is a must see in North Carolina as it is the largest natural habitat zoo in the world!

PTRC pudo realizar una excursión con el personal al Zoológico de Carolina del Norte en Asheboro. Pudimos participar en el programa de Embajadores de Animales, donde tuvimos la oportunidad de conocer a un conejo, una tortuga y una serpiente. Después, pudimos explorar el zoológico, ! donde tuve la suerte de tomar fotos de algunos animales! Si aún no has visitado el Zoológico de Carolina del Norte, es una visita obligada en Carolina del Norte, ya que es el zoológico más grande del mundo con hábitats naturales.