The town is seeking development proposals for a site it called a “visible scar.”
Roanoke Zone
Roanoke, Roanoke County, Salem, Vinton, Franklin County, Craig County, Botetourt County
Posted inRoanoke Valley
Emerging Technology Conference will offer focus on entrepreneurship and managing growth
Last year’s event, hosted by the Roanoke Blacksburg Technology Council, drew more than 500 attendees.
Posted inNew River Valley
Virginia Tech alumnus named as university’s new president
Richard Linton is currently president of Kansas State University. He will succeed Tim Sands, who announced in April that he would step down from Virginia Tech’s top job.
Posted inRoanoke Valley
HopeTree and Stateson Homes gearing up to begin largest Salem development of its kind
The start of construction on hundreds of homes is scheduled to begin by spring.
Posted inEconomy
As electricity demand soars, Virginia’s power transformer industry is booming
Makers of the on- and off-ramps for the power grid are undergoing major expansions and adding thousands of jobs.
Posted inRoanoke Valley
Lawmaker Rasoul has become a licensed lawyer
Del. Sam Rasoul, a Democrat who has represented the city of Roanoke for more than a decade, learned Friday that he passed the bar exam. He’d quietly started attending law school nearly five years ago.
Posted inPath to Solutions
Community teams work to aid Virginia first responders so they can focus on what’s needed most
Volunteers bring food, water, a generator and a cot where firefighters can lie down. They also take over administrative duties.
Posted inRoanoke Valley
Why did regional authority that owns Wood Haven pull out of data center NDA? Transparency, it says
“Ethical obligations” remain to protect information, including the name of the buyer’s corporate parent, its director said.
Posted inEducation
8 takeaways from this week’s Virginia school accountability results, from gains at virtual schools to problems with absenteeism
The annual report card shows highs and lows across Southwest and Southside school divisions.
Posted inRoanoke Valley
Google commits $10 million geared toward energy efficiency to Virginia localities including Botetourt County
The tech company is building a data center at the Botetourt Center at Greenfield and says that repairs and other household investments will target homes near the industrial park.
