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One Couple’s Year of Roanoke Dining

Choices are limited only slightly by choosing to travel to and from dining rooms solely on foot or on bicycles.
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Breaking Bread Together

How Larry Landolt’s Food Tours are giving Roanokers new friendships.
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Salem Avenue: A Working Man’s Street

The street’s rugged, raucous past is finally giving way to a present and future built around trendy lofts and apartments and equally fashionable businesses to serve their residents.
Brick Colonial house with dark shutters, a white pediment doorway, potted topiaries, and a street sign reading "1910 Avenham Avenue.

Home Prices, Sales Are Up

The Roanoke housing market is not the most robust in the state, but the recovery from the Great Recession is at least complete in most areas of the valley, and far better than that in others.
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Your Furniture Could Use Some Paint

Bring a little bit of Black Dog Salvage home with you, thanks to their new paint line.
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Time to Hit the Ice

Hockey season is upon us, and this year, the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs are leading the pack with community support and enthusiasm.
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LEAP Kitchen Offers Opportunity

Entrepreneurs, farmers and businesses benefit from LEAP's new food business incubator, encouraging good nutrition and health for the entire community.
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Len & JoAnne Boone

The Speed limit for the king and queen of modern Roanoke real estate is still about 90 miles an hour, but they're traveling different lanes these days.
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Jefferson: Roanoke’s Main Street

Even as downtown vacancies cause a wince, the southern end of Jefferson continues to show growth and promise for the future.
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A Person of Principle

Realtor of the Year? With a guy like Kit Hale, try "Decade."

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