An estimated $8 million in pandemic relief funding is set aside for the development of the neighborhood hub, to include a recreation center and space for small business owners.
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Last summer’s Groceries Not Guns buyback was so popular, organizers had to shut down hours early, because they quickly ran out of $14,000 worth of Kroger and Food Lion cards.
Self-Guided Tour of Historic Gainsboro for a greater perspective and understanding of Black history in Roanoke and the surrounding region.
We hope this list will introduce you to some of the amazing examples of Black history and culture that are part of our community in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Booker T. Washington
Before he would go on to become one of the most prominent and influential African Americans in the United States, Booker T. Washington was born into slavery on a farm in Franklin County. Today, that farm is the location of the
Booker T. Washington National Monument, which spotlights Washington’s life and legacy, while also offering a glimpse of what it would have been like on a tobacco farm in the mid 1800s.