Wake Forest & The Triangle A close-knit community with a world of opportunity just minutes away, Wake Forest and the Triangle area offer something for everyone. Wake Forest is a unique opportunity with a thriving downtown where you can walk just about anywhere to shop, eat, have coffee, or simply visit. Wake Forest was born as a college town, and for more than a century the town and the college have grown up together with intertwined histories. The original 1830s campus, called Wake Forest College, has changed owners and names, but remains a geographical focus of the community that has grown around it. Historic homes, some nearly 200 years old, decorate the downtown streets surrounding Southeastern’s campus and give the town a genuine neighborhood feel. The downtown streets feature coffee and tea shops, specialty boutiques, restaurants, and much more. While proud of its history, Wake Forest is also a town of the future. The area teems with dozens of restaurants and major nationally-known chains, as well as locally-owned establishments. Several large grocery stores serve the town, and a number of major retail chains, including Target, WalMart, Home Depot, and Lowe’s, have stores in Wake Forest. In 2009, the town of Wake Forest was listed by the Gadberry Report as in the top ten nationally for high-growth areas in the midst of recession.
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