WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - A private Winston-Salem club founded as an alternative to places that had restricted memberships is closing.
The Winston-Salem Journal reports (https://bit.ly/2lI59jQ) the Piedmont Club was opened in March 1987 by local business and political leaders who thought the city needed a private club for all people. A club official says it will close on March 17.
Dallas-based ClubCorp, which has managed the club since its founding, said it was leaving Winston-Salem. The club is inside the BB&T building in downtown Winston-Salem, and club officials said the bank had plans for the space.
J. David Branch, one of five people who helped develop the club, said in 2012 that the Piedmont Club was an alternative to the Twin City Club and local country clubs that didn’t allow women, Jews and African-Americans.
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Information from: Winston-Salem Journal, https://www.journalnow.com
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