Local Industries & Shopping

Major Industries/Corporations:

• Bayer Corporation (pharmaceutical)
• Caterpillar (heavy equipment)
• Novo Nordisk (pharmaceutical)
• Plastron Company (medical/electrical tubing)
  
  Local Shopping Centers:
• Factory Stores of America (Smithfield, NC)

  Schools & Education

  Elementary, K-5 Schools:
   
• River Dell Elementary
• East Clayton Elementary
  
  Middle Schools:
• Clayton Middle School (grades 6-8)
• Riverwood Middle Schoool (grades 6-8)
  
  High Schools:
• Clayton High School (grades 9-12)
  School Re-Assignment to new Archer's Lodge High School '10-'11
  
  Community Colleges:
• Johnston Community College
  
  Colleges/Universities:
• NC State University (Raleigh, NC)
• Duke University (Durham, NC)
• UNC Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
• NC Central University (Durham, NC)

  Area Chamber of Commerce

• Clayton Chamber of Commerce
• Smithfield-Selma Chamber of Commerce
• Wendell Chamber of Commerce
• Cleveland Area Chamber of Commerce
  
  Parks: 
• Clayton Municipal Park
• Legends Field
• Clemmons Educational State Forest
  Golf Courses in the area:
• Pine Hollow Golf Course
• Neuse Golf Course
• River Ridge Golf Course
• Riverwood Golf Course
  
  Recreational Lakes:
• Jordan Lake
• Harris Lake
• Falls Lake
  
  Pro/Semi Pro
• Carolina MudCats (minor league baseball)
• Carolina Hurricanes (hockey)