"Few places have shaped how we think about cities, talent, and innovation as profoundly as Research Triangle Park, and no one has told its full story until now. In Miracle Road , Allen and Mack Paul show that RTP was never a one-shot miracle but a decades-long project: universities, business, government, and civic leaders building an innovation ecosystem that lifted a low-wage region into the front rank of the knowledge economy. They write with candor about the challenges that have followed that success--inequality, sprawl, and a research park built for an earlier world--and they pose an essential question for the future: how to transform RTP into a more genuine and connected place for the knowledge and creative age."-- Richard Florida, author of , The Rise of the Creative Class "Mack and Allen Paul have given us an authoritative account of the rise of RTP from bold but uncertain beginnings, to the validation provided by IBM and federal environmental labs, to decades of growth and current efforts at reinvention. Miracle Road is an inspiring and instructive story of cooperative business, educational, and political leadership."-- The Honorable David E. Price, Ph.D.

, North Carolina Representative to U.S. Congress (1987-1995, 1997-2023) "This book tells the fascinating story of how one of the most important technology hubs of the United States--indeed, the world--was created and thrived for over a half century. It has important lessons for other communities trying to do the same for AI companies and their large data centers. More than local history, it is as guidebook of lessons for public officials. A fascinating story that is well researched and told."-- James Cortada, author of , IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon " Miracle Road tells the remarkable story of Research Triangle Park's ascendancy through the personal contributions, inventions, and discoveries of many. The bold idea for a research park was in doubt in the early 1960's when I was at NC State.

But IBM's selection of RTP in 1965 validated RTP and laid the foundation for this extraordinary journey."-- Smedes York, Chairman of York Properties, Former Raleigh Mayor, and former chair of Research Triangle Foundation "Discover how North Carolina defied the odds, transforming from 'brain-drain' state to global technology titan. Read firsthand accounts of the Triangle's evolution, where elite academic assets, radical collaborative spirit, and ambition for excellence built the foundation for decades of success. A must-read!"-- Timothy Humphrey, Provost at Wake Technical Community College "Research Triangle Park's story comes to life with the release of Miracle Road: The Story of Research Triangle Park , the first comprehensive history of RTP."-- Durham Magazine "The colorful narrative, which includes oral histories from 160-plus sources, begins in the 1950s, when a handful of forward-thinking public officials and industry leaders first conceived the advantages of creating a research center that would tap into burgeoning post-war innovations in technology. The visionaries who brought RTP to the region got an early start and took a long view. They were planning for an economy of the future. Miracle Road reminds us that the long-term success of not only RTP, but the Triangle and the state as a whole, requires the same approach.

"-- Rebecca Troyer , Triangle Business Journal.