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Hi there, Roanoke! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Hotel Roanoke's sale could reshape city debt and downtown's future
  • How Salem's new apartments could boost housing options for Roanoke-region workers
  • Meet the Roanoke brothers whose service spanned Korea to Vietnam

Also on today's calendar: Heirloom - Silver and Brass Restoration Services: Tuesdays and Wednesdays 10-4 and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the wall say to the other wall. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 84 and low of 67 degrees.
  • Thursday: Humid; heavy p.m. t-storms, temps: high: 84, low: 66.
  • Friday: Humid with a stray t-storm, with a high of 80 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Virginia Tech: Sale of Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center 'best positioned' with current use (cardinalnews.org) — Roanoke officials and Virginia Tech are negotiating the $14 million sale of the publicly owned Hotel Roanoke conference center to the Virginia Tech Foundation, a move that could reshape city finances and future development. Leaders are weighing how bond debt, subsidies, and potential sale proceeds will affect taxpayers, while firmly downplaying speculation that the historic hotel could become an alternative casino site.
   

• Salem's Valleydale Apartments expansion continues with second building under construction (wdbj7.com) — A major apartment expansion in nearby Salem is adding new housing that local leaders say will support growth across the Roanoke region. Valleydale Apartments' second building could open within six months, with a third planned, after the first filled faster than expected. City of Salem employees even get a rent discount, underscoring how closely this project ties into the area's workforce and economy.
   

• Tuesdays of Honor: The Brown Brothers (wdbj7.com) — From right here in Roanoke, a sister is saluting her four Brown brothers, who served during the Korean and Vietnam eras in roles from medic work in Japan to stateside security at missile ranges. One brother, Bobby, is still living and recently turned 90, and viewers are invited to submit stories of their own veterans for future Tuesdays of Honor segments.
   

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  • Any suggestions for a good place to go out for a birthday dinner?
    Nothing super fancy, just want a good reasonable meal out of the norm. I do love a GOOD chicken cacciatore but doesn't have to be Italian. Just no… (Nextdoor Hillview)
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    To all my "neighbors" who live anywhere near Keagy Village in Roanoke (ALMOST SALEM!): I had seen something on Facebook by a social media platform… (Nextdoor Oak Grove)
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  • Virginians will weigh in on 3 changes to their state constitution this fall. Here's a look at the proposed amendments. (cardinalnews.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Meet me at the corner. (Thank you Earlene M. for sending it in!)
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