Forsyth County, North Carolina

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Forsyth County will be closed for Labor Day

Published by Todd Luck / August 26, 2025

Forsyth County Government offices will be closed, except for essential personnel, for the Labor Day holiday on Monday, Sept. 1, and will reopen Tuesday, Sept. 2, at 8 a.m.

Cooperative Extension

Take Control of Your Health: Dining With Diabetes

Published by Virginia Lopez / August 25, 2025

Take control of your health without giving up the foods you love!

Parks and Recreation

Great Trails Grant awarded to PTRC for Piedmont Greenway

Published by Forsyth County Parks and Recreation / August 21, 2025

The Piedmont Triad Regional Council (PTRC) has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources through the Great Trails State Program. This funding will support design and engineering work for the Triad Park/Reedy Fork Segment of the Piedmont Greenway.

Public Health

Don't miss the school vaccine deadline!

Published by Todd Luck / August 20, 2025

Forsyth County Department of Public Health will host Operation Zero Exclusion to provide back-to-school vaccinations and health assessments to students before this year’s deadline.

Forsyth County

Vape-Free Future: Free Teen Program

Published by Hannah Phillips / August 18, 2025

We're hosting a free, 5-week, evidence-based vaping prevention program for youth in grades 6–12 on Thursdays from Sept. 4–Oct. 2, 6–7:30 p.m., at the Forsyth County Central Library, 660 W. 5th St., Winston-Salem.

Cooperative Extension

Forsyth County Pawpaw Field Day

Published by Celine Richard / August 12, 2025

Come join NC Cooperative Extension this year to learn about this tree and taste its unique fruit at the 2025 Pawpaw Field Day on Sept. 6 between 10 a.m.–3 p.m. at the Forsyth County office demonstration orchard, 1450 Fairchild Road in Winston-Salem.