Salisbury is promoted on AOL homepage

Want to see pictures and read about Salisbury on your computer?

America On Line’s home page is promoting Salisbury as a good day trip. And a nice place to spend the night.

Just go to — careful now, this is long — AOL TRAVEL: Raleigh-Durham-Quick Getaways as in http://aolsvc.travel.digitalcity.com/raleigh/getaways/main.adp, and there it will be — through Thursday, said Judy Newman, executive director of the Rowan County Convention and Visitors Bureau.

“And we are so excited!” she said this morning.

She discovered Salisbury and Southport are featured on the home page from Greer Beaty, director of public relations for the N.C. Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development, who told her a travel writer, Catherine Croteau, who prepares travel pieces for AOL wanted something from North Carolina.

“And Greer told her, ‘There’s this wonderful little town, Salisbury,’ ” Newman said.

She knew about Salisbury because the state had already profiled it on www.visitnc.com, and that link is on the AOL site now.

She also learned about Salisbury, Newman said, “because she used to work for the Main Street Program and Salisbury’s part of that.” The Main Street Program works to maintain downtowns.

The AOL feature started last Friday and will continue through Thursday, giving people details about how to get here, a little history, what to see when they come and showing a number of pictures, including a street scene, the Salisbury Prison, a steam engine and more.

“It will be available to people throughout the state,” Newman says, “and I hope it’s seen by millions!”

Contact Rose Post at 704-797-4251 or rpost@salisburypost.com .