Wake Forest, North Carolina. Innovation Infrastructure

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W A K E F OREST, NORTH CARO LIN A

INNOVATION INFRASTRUCTURE

ACCESSIBILITY

Wake Forest is home to a wealth of resources—an infrastructure of innovation — for entrepreneurs to launch, grow, and succeed.

HUMAN CAPITAL Wake Forest residents are

22%

more educated than the rest of the nation.

RESEARCH AND INNOVATION Wake Forest's business ecosystem includes world-class research & design labs advancing technology in a multitude of industry sectors.

MENTOR CULTURE ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM Wake Forest hosts multiple coworking and business incubator spaces, boasts a number of business development programs, and is uniting itself with the Research Triangle's entrepreneur ecosystem.

This community is home to an abundance of thriving entrepreneurs, business owners, and industry leaders who are committed to investing time, space, and resources into local startups.

The town’s location in northern Wake County frees it from many of the traffic issues plaguing our municipal neighbors while still offering easy access to regional resources, including:

Raleigh-Durham International Airport The Research Triangle Park ■ Three Tier-One Research Universities ■ ■

SMART CITY Wake Forest is implementing technology to strengthen the Town's operations and services. This includes:

Free downtown wifi Town supported community fiber infrastructure ■ Advanced quality of life technologies ■ ■

VILLAG E DELI GIFTS

Binkley Chapel

Law Firm

FIBER DEPLOYMENT

In addition to hundreds of miles of gig-speed commercial fiber in Wake Forest, the Town's own 24-mile fiber network strategically enables private enterprise to connect business and residential districts to the fastest possible connectivity speeds.

Big city energy, small town charm.

QUALITY OF LIFE 50+ MILES OF GREENWAY

Wake Forest boasts 50+ outdoor community events annually, 550+ acres of parks and open space, and averages 220 sunny days per year.

strategically connecting the community with fun and healthy ways to commute.

TO LEARN MORE, VISIT

discoverwakeforest.org


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