ABOUT OUR OFFICE

The Piedmont Regional Office (PRO) provides planning services to a nineteen county region consisting of the western Piedmont, northern foothills and the mountain counties that border Virginia.  While this service region includes both the Piedmont-Triad metro area (Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem) and the Charlotte area, our services primarily focus on smaller and mid-size communities beyond these urbanized areas.  Our staff has expertise in strategic planning, long-range planning and visioning, the development and implementation of land use ordinances, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), downtown revitalization, historic preservation and North Carolina planning statutes.  We also provide customized training programs to local planning boards, boards of adjustment, historic district commissions and governing boards.  

To request planning services from the Piedmont Regional Office, please contact Darren Rhodes, Chief Planner, at (336) 761-2148.

MEET OUR STAFF

The Piedmont Regional Office staff includes four planners and an Office Assistant.  For more information on our staff, including their backgrounds, interests, and areas of expertise, please see our Staff Biographies.

HOW TO FIND US

Our office is located in downtown Winston-Salem in the Piedmont-Triad Research Park .  For parking and directions, click here. 

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

The Piedmont Regional Office has a diverse project portfolio that includes the following projects:

Montgomery County 21st Century Communities Economic Development Strategic Plan

Town of Walnut Cove Downtown Plan

Town of Pilot Mountain Land Use Plan

Wilkesboro Tomorrow Comprehensive Land Use Plan

Interim Growth Policy, Sedalia, NC

Norwood Land Use Plan

Surry County I-77 Gateway Economic Development Plan 

Town of Star Land Use Plan and Development Ordinances

Town of West Jefferson Subdivision Ordinance

Town of Midland Strategic Plan

Town of New London Annexation Report

PRO NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Darren Rhodes, Chief Planner of the Piedmont Regional Office, recently completed the eighteen-month long North Carolina Certified Public Manager (CPM) program. The North Carolina Certified Public Manager Program was initiated in 1979 and accredited by the National Certified Public Manager Program Consortium in 1988. The CPM program provides in-depth, comprehensive training for middle managers from state government agencies and university campuses. Graduates of the program are designated a Certified Public Manager, a designation which is recognized by a national consortium of over 20 states.    

The Piedmont Regional Office has recently completed a number of year long projects including land use plans for the Towns of Norwood and Dobson and economic development strategic plans for the Town of Sparta and a cluster of three Surry County towns (Dobson, Elkin, and Pilot Mountain). These economic development strategic plans were developed as a result of the communities participating in the NC Rural Center's Small Town Economic Prosperity Program (NC STEP). The office is also very close to completing land use plans for the City of Albemarle and the Town of Mount Gilead as well as a community plan for the Town of Mount Pleasant in Cabarrus County.     

The Piedmont Regional Office has initiated work on several new projects this fall. Among the new projects, PRO staff will be assisting the Towns of Dobson, Ramseur, and Stanfield with major revisions to their land use regulations. PRO staff will also be working with the Town of Midland on the development of a land use plan. 

LINKS

NC Rural Economic Development Center

Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Corporation

Surry County Economic Development Partnership

Central Park NC and the Uwharrie Lakes Region 

Piedmont Triad Research Park and !dealliance