Local Business and Economic Development
The Roanoke Regional Partnership has released its annual report for 2023. As WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno tells us the Partnership says last year was a record breaker.
The Roanoke Regional Partnership’s annual report shows the region’s outdoor attractions are bringing in big bucks. WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno has more.
https://roanoke.org/about-us/annual-reports/2023-annual-report/
Roanoke County has extended the deadline for its broadband survey. As WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno reports the county wants to hear from residents so it can improve internet access.
Roanoke County residents have more time to fill out a survey requesting information on their broadband service, or lack there of…As WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno reports the information helps providers know where to expand their services.
www.roanokecountyva.gov/connected
Total Action for Progress, also known as TAP, is offering a free housing seminar for first-time homebuyers, WFIR’s Alex Torres has more on that:
For more than a decade Roanoke City has attempted to drum up interest in the Evans Spring tract across from Valley View Mall – considered the last large undeveloped parcel in the city. The latest attempt to focus on Evans Spring has been met with controversy, as WFIR’s Gene Marrano reports:
In a warmup to what will likely be tension-filled Planning Commission and City Council public hearings on the proposed Evans Spring development later this month, things got a little hot under the collar at yesterday’s Council session. The story from WFIR’s Gene Marrano: