City Hall Audit Finds Flaws in How Roanoke Handled Funding for Gun Violence Reduction Roanoke has steered more than $2.5 million to a gang outreach team, the police department and grants for nonprofits and churches.
City Hall Fishburn Park Coffee Shop Bid Gets Second Chance After Roanoke Council Amends Sale City Council extended its sale of the cottage and 1.1 acres of parkland through September, allowing more time for a new rezoning.
City Hall 'It's Not Over': Fishburn Park Coffee Shop Proposal May Be Revived, Roanoke Leaders Say Some members of Roanoke City Council say a deal over the Fishburn Park caretaker's cottage could still be worked out.
City Hall New Washington Park Pool May Replace Historic Caretaker's House, Roanoke City Plans Say Roanoke has earmarked $3.25 million for the construction of a new pool to replace the one built in 1976.
City Hall How Roanoke's Proposed $355-Million Budget Came Together — And What Didn't Make the Cut Sometimes called “a moral document,” a city’s budget may be its most important plan and one on which citizens can have a direct impact.
City Hall E-Scooter Parking Planned for Downtown Roanoke As Blocked Sidewalks Remain a Constant Plans for the parking corrals come about a year after officials had hoped to bring the matter before City Council.
City Hall Roanoke Has A New Way For Residents and Businesses To Pay Taxes Online. Here's What You Need To Know. You have questions. We have answers.
City Hall Roanoke To Name Kennedy Park After Late Neighborhood Icon Estelle McCadden McCadden founded the Melrose-Rugby Neighborhood Forum in the early 1990s as a way for residents to address problems plaguing the neighborhood.
City Hall Dozens Serving on Roanoke City Citizen Boards Don't Live in Roanoke City, Data Show While Black residents are well represented, Roanoke's citizen panels have few Hispanic and Asian members.
City Hall 'Friends of Mountain View' Seeks To Restore Roanoke's Historic Fishburn Mansion A nonprofit is raising funds for the city-owned Fishburn Mansion, which needs as much as $2 million in repairs.
City Hall A Roanoke Boxing Gym Wants To Renew Its Lease in An Old Fire Station. So Why Has the City Put Its Building Up For Bid? “There’s been a lot of misinformation going around concerning our program,” said the president of the Melrose Athletic Club.
City Hall City Agrees To Sell Fishburn Park Cottage, Land To Roanoke Couple Proposing Coffee Shop The fate of the dilapidated caretaker's cottage has been a point of contention over the years.
City Hall After Hearing Pros and Cons, City Council Delays Vote on Selling Fishburn Cottage to Couple Proposing Coffee Shop Many neighbors support the plan, while others have long resisted efforts to sell the building, one of the oldest in Roanoke.
City Hall Roanoke City Council Created An Equity Advisory Board Two Years Ago. Here's What It's Been Up To. Roanoke City’s panel on equity emerged in 2020 amid a nationwide reckoning over racism.
City Hall Roanoke Parks Nonprofit Seeks To Raise Funds That City Can’t Through private philanthropy, the Roanoke Parks Foundation is intended to enhance the city’s parks, centers and trails.
City Hall Roanoke Mulls Sale of Fishburn Park Cottage for Coffee Shop Roanoke City Council is mulling a sale of the house after an effort to sell the property five years ago fell through.
City Hall As Roanoke City Council Appoints Anita Price to Seat, Jockeying Begins for Special Election Her appointment has prompted jockeying for the special election that will determine Price’s successor.
City Hall Tax Bills Could Spike As Roanoke Leaders Disagree Over Options To Assess Value of Used Vehicles Disagreement has broken out among Roanoke leaders over how and whether the city can tweak car tax bills.