Victor Banks, who runs Champ’s Gym, walks out of the old fire station on Jamison Avenue that the group leases from the city. PHOTO BY HENRI GENDREAU OF THE ROANOKE RAMBLER
Roanoke’s old Fire Station No. 6 is a crumbling foursquare in Southeast. A boxing club that’s been there since 2016 has been unable to renew its lease amidst confusion. In conjunction with online news source, the Roanoke Rambler, WFIR’s Taylor Sherrill has that story: