Greensboro : North Carolina

Greensboro which was earlier known as New Garden was founded in 1808. It is part of a thriving metropolitan area called the Triad, which encompasses three major cities (Greensboro, High Point, and Winston-Salem) and more than a million people. It has evolved from a small center of government to an early 1900s textile and transportation hub. It is one of the South’s upcoming centers of businesses. In 2004 the Department of Energy (DOE) awarded Greensboro with entry into the Clean Cities Hall of Fame.

Greensboro is located in the northern Piedmont section of North Carolina, near the headwaters of the Haw and Deep rivers. Greensboro enjoys a relatively mild climate, partly due to the influence of the mountains to the north and west of the city.

The region experiences freezing temperatures for more than half the winters. It receives as much as 15 to 20 inches in a single season, but usually there are only two storms each winter that bring an inch or more. Summer temperatures vary depending on cloud cover and thundershower activity, which itself varies greatly from year to year.

Area: 109.25 square miles (2000)

Elevation: 897 feet above sea level

Latitude: 36.08 N, Longitude: 79.82 W

Average Temperatures: January, 38.1° F; July, 77.9° F; annual average, 57.8° F

Average Annual Precipitation: 50.24 inches (3.8 inches of snow)

Population: 231,962 as on 2005

Attractions

    * Blandwood Mansion
    * William Fields House
    * Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
    * Tannenbaum Historic Park/Colonial Heritage Center
    * Greensboro Children's Museum

Festivals

    * Eastern Music Festival
    * St. Patrick's Day
    * Spring Show
    * African American Arts Festival