These were replaced by a highway, a Holiday Inn, a Ford dealership, a civic center, and the Lincoln Terrace public housing project, according to reporter Mary Bishop’s impressive 1995 Roanoke Times ...

Now decades removed from city policies enacted between 1955 and 1980, the generational pain caused to Black residents by urban renewal remains acute in Roanoke. Most families and businesses never ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ ... Lim says we can look to history to understand how we got here. He says Urban Renewal played a role in developing the issue. “Sure. So, two ways Urban Renewal happened ...

ROANOKE, Va. – A crucial way to understand systemic racism and its effects on generations is by taking a look at discriminatory housing practices, urban renewal and redlining. Roanoke’s Martin ...

Roanoke received a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to create an urban heat island map of the city. Heat islands are hard and dark places that generate ...

according to reporter Mary Bishop’s impressive 1995 Roanoke Times special section, “How Urban Renewal Uprooted Black Roanoke.” Thus, the Ramey show serves as a reminder of the loss both of ...