Winston Salem Visitor Guide 2017 - 45

ALL WALKS OF LIFE Carroll Leggett (above left) loves the thriving arts culture and dining scene downtown; Holly and Rodney Pilson
(above right) returned to Winston-Salem to raise their 4-year-old son, Silas.

PHOTOS (THIS PAGE): COURTESY OF LINDSAY BIERMAN, JAY SINCLAIR, SWEET SNAPS PHOTOGRAPHY, JAY SINCLAIR

"The streets are alive any night of the week.
If you go downtown, the place is bustling."
restaurants now - I couldn't choose just
one - and so many of them are clustered in the center of the city downtown.
My favorite restaurant depends on what
I'm doing that night. I love Winston for
many reasons, including the tremendous
amount of vitality! The streets are alive
any night of the week. If you go
downtown, the place is bustling. There's
energy, there's a robustness, people are
moving around."

THE YOUNG FAMILY

Rodney and Holly Pilson met at a local gym
in 2006, when she was a medical student at
Wake Forest University and he had just
returned from deployment in Iraq. She soon
graduated, and he returned to school - also to
Wake Forest University in the Divinity School.
They left Winston-Salem in 2013, but living
and working elsewhere made them eager to
return, which they did in early 2016. The
couple both work at Wake Forest Baptist
Health, Holly in Orthopaedic Surgery Health
and Rodney in Pastoral Care. They have a
4-year-old son, Silas.
Have It All
"Everything is very accessible here. We're
three-and-a-half hours from the beach,
just a few hours from the mountains.

The seasons are mild; it doesn't get too
cold or too hot. Relatively, the cost of
living is fair. You can get a good quality
education."
Community Driven
"Winston-Salem is the kind of place
where it's actually kind of impossible to
not plug in somewhere. As part of the
medical community, we're frequently
invited to dinners. As parents, we're
always going to birthday parties. Our
neighborhood has a small-town feel.
We meet our extended family for lunch
in the park. A lot of what we do, as far as
recreation, revolves around community."
Family Oriented
"There are a lot of great museums in
the area, and they're quick to get to and
never too crowded. There's a lot to do
outside with our son. For kids, there are
ample recreational opportunities, from
soccer to martial arts. There's always
an educational program going on at
Old Salem. The number one reason we
came back is because we knew this would
be a really great move for our family."
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