Why Go For Faux When You Can Have The Real Thing?
While developers are creating the faux traditional neighborhoods in the style of Disney’s town of Celebration, the real things are deteriorating or fighting for their lives.
Roanoke Neighborhoods
The Roanoke Valley offers a wide variety of real estate options, from downtown condos to four-square homes on wide tree-lined city streets and pristine new-style single family developments sprinkled along hillsides once devoted to agriculture.
Getting Tough With Allergies
Tips for surviving the allergy season
Home Sweet Home: Home Staging: Dressed Up Like a First Date
Home staging came to the Roanoke Valley a bit later than to larger metropolitan areas with huge housing inventories, but sprucing up property to catch the eyes of potential buyers has now become so routine, it is practically a requirement.
Home Sweet Home: A Time to Buy, and Yes, Also to Sell
The real estate market couldn’t be better – if you’re buying. Prices are down and lots of homes are on the market.
But, what if you are selling? That can work, too, if you have given careful attention to presenting and pricing your property.
Newcomers Guide to Roanoke Healthcare
In the realm of desirable living situations, Roanoke Valley’s health care is right at the top of the heap.
Best Local Wellness Tips
Wellness tips from local health gurus.
Shaking the Salt Habit
With the daily recommended amount of sodium at no more than 1,500 milligrams (a teaspoon of salt contains 2,235; two oz. of pretzels 800, a cup of tomato juice 650) many of us are exceeding the recommendation by a factor of two or three.
The Big Business of Medicine in Roanoke
It’s not often that the Roanoke Valley is a national harbinger. But when it comes to the job market, we’re already where experts say the country is headed, with 25,000 workers – 17 percent of the entire workforce – employed in medical-related jobs.
Pain: How to Manage It
Chronic or acute. Physical or emotional. No matter the form or severity, pain is often unbearable. Pain specialists in the valley offer techniques and procedures to control the aches, and can even help patients become pain free after years of hurt.