Five North Carolina cities have at least doubled in population since 1960; five Virginia cities have contracted. What’s going on?
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Roanoke: Economic Failure or “Just a Small Metro?”
The view from Salem Memorial Ballpark is emblematic of the valley’s anguish over economic development over the last 35 years: “$12 million for a stadium?” we collectively asked 15 years ago. Now, as an anchor in Sportstown, USA, it’s a little engine that helps fuel Salem’s sports train; that helped bring the Boston Red Sox to town as a partner.
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Why Court Rosen Proposed Upping the City Meals Tax
In late winter one of City Council’s newest members – 31-year-old Court Rosen – did something few politicians would dare by proposing a tax increase in the middle of a recession. Read why.
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Whither The Amphitheater?
What if we’re thinking about it all wrong? What if it shouldn’t be at Riverside or at Elmwood Park, but on some acre-sized plot we haven’t identified yet?
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Roanoke Real Estate Developer Weighs In
There are two other City projects initiated and strongly supported by Mrs. Burcham that have not been mentioned but I feel need to be investigated further. The first is the acreage behind Berglund Auto on Williamson next to VDOT’s road maintenance facility that was to be a new stadium site. This investment totals approximately $3.5 [...]
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Why Starbucks is Evil, and Other Reasons to Patronize Independent Establishments
Here’s the challenge: don’t give in to the easy.
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