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GREENSBORO — Downtown Greensboro Inc. has spent $5,000 to place 10 information stations in key downtown locations to help visitors navigate the area.

The “you-are-here” map displays are accompanied by brochures from the Greensboro Convention and Visitors Bureau, which relocated last year from downtown to High Point Road.

“It does help fill the void, and hopefully it provides another layer of information for visitors,” said Ed Wolverton, president and CEO of Downtown Greensboro Inc. “They can still stop at the High Point Road location and get information. But now as they come downtown, this gives them the opportunity to get a bigger map and understand the geography a little more.”

An interactive version of the map can be found at www.downtowngreensboro.net. It shows the location of hotels, restaurants, shopping and attraction sites as well as their distance to each other and public parking.

“Some folks are still old school and like to have a print piece in their hand to walk around with,” Wolverton said. “Some folks want to download it all on their smart phone.”

The sites were chosen because they are key locations visited downtown and because people are available at each site to talk with visitors, Wolverton said.

Downtown Greensboro started installing the stands about two weeks ago. The last went in Thursday.

You can find them at the Carolina Theatre, Greensboro Cultural Arts Center, Central Library, Greensboro municipal building, Greensboro Children’s Museum, Greensboro Historical Museum, Triad Stage, Greensboro Marriott Downtown, Biltmore Hotel, and Downtown Greensboro Inc. offices.

The next step is creating an outdoor version that would withstand the weather, Wolverton said. The group is working to find the money to design and make such a stand, he said.

Contact Jennifer Fernandez at 373-7064 or jennifer.fernandez@news-record.com