The Piedmont Triad Regional Council (PTRC) is a voluntary association of local governments - urban and rural - authorized by state law to:
•Make and implement joint regional decisions;
•Provide management, planning and technical services to local governments;
•Identify and solve short and long-term problems best addressed at the regional level;
•Bring together local elected officials on a regular basis, giving them an opportunity to form working relationships:
•Promote regional issues and cooperation among members.

The PTRC is one of 16 regional councils in North Carolina. We are designated by the State of NC to serve as the lead regional organization for the Piedmont Triad region. We serve 73 member governments in a 12 county area that includes the following NC Counties: Surry, Stokes, Rockingham, Caswell, Yadkin, Forsyth, Guilford, Alamance, Davie, Davidson, Randolph or Montgomery.