Gene Marrano

Norfolk Southern NS LogoLike many other officials in the area, Roanoke City’s Director of Economic Development is adopting a glass half-full outlook after Norfolk Southern’s announcement to close its Roanoke corporate office … more from WFIR’s Gene Marrano:

Mill Mountain ZooMill Mountain Zoo’s Board of Directors has announced that they have hired a new Executive Director. Lucy A. Cook, formerly of Buffalo, New York, joins the Zoo, bringing years of fundraising experience, organizational development, resource development, grant writing, grants management, and strategic planning. Cook succeeds Ray Corriea, who left late last year for family reasons.

Cook has most recently worked through Cook Associates as a national consultant specializing in non-profit management and resource development services. Serving as the founding Executive Director of the organization during its transition from the Buffalo Friends of Olmsted Parks to the Conservancy, Cook guided the organization’s growth from a small Friends group to a Conservancy model that today is a multi-million dollar entity responsible for the management of all the parks within the Frederick Law Olmsted designed system. WFIR’s Gene Marrano spoke with Lucy Cook:

 

Huckabee bookHe was in Roanoke signing copies of his new book yesterday … you hear him every morning on the “Huckabee Report” … former Arkansas governor and potential presidential candidate Mike Huckabee also spoke to WFIR’s Gene Marrano yesterday:

Click here to hear more from Mike Huckabee on his future plans – and his new book: