Butner Gibsonville 6,344 5,775 Elon 7,319 Haw River Burlington 2,052 Mebane Pittsboro, NC Whitsett 9,851 Sedalia 50,929 Hillsborough 758 I-40 Greensboro 674 ¨¦§ 6,677 263,920 I-40,85¨¦§ ¨¦§I-40 Graham 35 14,865 Land Use Plan Miles Alamance Swepsonville ¨¦§I-85 371 1,243 30 Map 2: Regional Context 30 Miles Durham DURHAM Miles 228,482 COUNTY ORANGE 25 COUNTY Miles N GUILFORD Chapel Hill COUNTY ALAMANCE Carrboro 55,616 The 19,479 20 COUNTY Miles Research ¨¦§I-540 Triangle The Piedmont Crescent of NC forms the economic Park core of the state, the rapidly developing ¨¦§I-40 along the I-85 corridor links communities formed 15 o along an Indian Trading Path established long before Liberty RDU European contact. The region has experienced 2,872 Miles Raleigh sustained population and economic growth since the 378,508 Morrisville late 19th century and is now the 4th largest manu- 14,956 facturing region in the country as well as an 10 international center of finance and banking. Miles NC’s 8 largest cities as well as 9 major universities Staley and three international airports are located along 365 CHATHAM Cary this corridor which contains over 63% of the state’s 141,269 population. 10 COUNTY ¨¦§I-440 The Piedmont Crescent name is thought to have Miles been coined when the NC Railroad company laid Pittsboro tracks through the area in 1855-56. The “Piedmont Ramseur Crescent Railroad”, brought extensive growth to the 1,741 3,764 Apex Siler City » communities along its route. The rail corridor is still 8,522 ñ 31,257 critical, but i-85 and i-40 serve as the primary RANDOLPH Jordan transportation link. -Wikipedia COUNTY Lake Pittsboro is impacted greatly by the growth of this corridor, particularly by the Triangle region, for which it increasingly serves as a bedroom community. WAKE Holly Springs Projections are for migration to continue to fuel 20,634 the steady growth of NC's metro areas. ñ» COUNTY

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Goldston Fuquay-Varina 355 16,056 The Piedmont Crescent LEE COUNTY

15 HARNETT Angier MOORE 4,349 Miles Sanford COUNTY COUNTY 27,806 Figures below municipal names are population estimates. Miles 01.5 3 6 9 12