About 30 dogwood trees outside Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church are recent plantings from Roanoke’s urban forestry department, and a request from a longtime church congregant hoping to improve the neighborhood.
"They re being notified tonight," said Vice Mayor Joe Cobb, who chairs the city s Gun Violence Prevention Commission. "We wish that we could have supported all of them."
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There are a number of initiatives spurred by work that Roanoke's Gun Violence Prevention Commission has undertaken, in an effort to turn young people away from criminal activity. Now a proposed summer-time program focused on rising 8th grade students is seeking General Assembly funding. More from WFIR's Gene Marrano: