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Despite Public Outcry, Roanoke Council Adopts Evans Spring Plan To Guide Development

The plan says Evans Spring should become a mix of big box stores, smaller shops, and hundreds of houses and apartments.

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Evans Spring Could Be Suited for Mixed-Use 'Human-Scaled Neighborhood,' Consultants Tell Roanoke City Council

Consultants gave Roanoke City Council its first update since the city tasked them with devising a master plan for the land.

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City of Roanoke to Collaborate With Developer To Transform Former American Viscose Property

The City of Roanoke, the Roanoke Economic Development Authority, and local developer, Ed Walker, are collaborating and co-investing on a transformation of the…

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EDA approves Roanoke's Riverdale project, city to finance $10 million loan

The Economic Development Authority approved the project unanimously, the morning after the City Council did the same.

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Plan approved with goal to transform Viscose plant area in southeast Roanoke

The city is teaming up with developer Ed Walker, who has completed numerous Roanoke projects.

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CASEY: Presenting the 2022 Dano Awards for Glaring Public Stupidity

We’ll begin the 2022 Dano Awards for Glaring Public Stupidity with a new and updated trophy. It’s of a bearded guy in a dunce cap holding a lighted joint.

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Appeals court paves way for possible Jeffrey release

Jeffrey will also try a second time to return to the Roanoke City Council, his attorney says.

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Jailed ex-Roanoke councilman Robert Jeffrey Jr. files legal action, seeking to return to office

Convicted of financial crimes and sentenced to prison, Robert Jeffrey contends a Roanoke judge did not follow proper procedure in ordering that Jeffrey had forfeited his council seat as a

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Judge sets bond for former Roanoke Councilman Robert Jeffrey

Former Roanoke City Councilman Robert Jeffrey Jr. bonded out of jail late Wednesday afternoon, four and a half months after criminal convictions that cost him his office and put him

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Former Roanoke Councilman Jeffrey denied release, faces prison and restitution

Former Roanoke City Councilman Robert Jeffrey Jr. faces a possible penalty of 22 to 57 months in prison when sentenced later this summer for financial crimes that cast him out

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