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The Roanoke Outside Foundation was created as an economic development initiative by the Roanoke Regional Partnership to leverage natural assets to attract talent and investment to the region. The inaugural race was held on Saturday, April 24, 2010, with 324 runners completing the marathon and 450 completing the half-marathon.
Each year, usually in the first week of August, the residents of Appalachia and the surrounding area celebrate their heritage in a week-long celebration known as Coal/Railroad Days. The festival includes a 5K road race, music concerts at the town's amphitheater, amusement rides, street vendors, a parade, and numerous other festival type events.
Roanoke is the largest city along both the Appalachian Trail, which runs through Roanoke County just north of the city, [61] and the Blue Ridge Parkway, which runs just south of the city. [62] Carvins Cove , the third-largest municipal park in America at 12,700 acres (51 km 2 ), lies in northeast Roanoke County and southwest Botetourt County ...
Atlantic Union Bank has sponsored Roanoke's certified 5K run, called the Drumstick Dash, [31] [32] as well as the 10K Mini run for children in Richmond. [33] [34] Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the bank co-organized a fundraiser in support of Ukraine. [35]
The Roanoke Region (/ ˈ r oʊ. ə ˌ n oʊ k / ROH-ə-nohk) is the area of the Commonwealth of Virginia surrounding the city of Roanoke.Its usage may refer to the metropolitan statistical area or the Roanoke Valley, but it sometimes includes areas in the Allegheny Mountains and New River Valley which includes Alleghany County, Montgomery County, Covington, Clifton Forge, Blacksburg ...
The American Viscose Plant Historic District is an industrial park and historic district located in Roanoke, Virginia.The site is the location of the former American Viscose Corporation rayon processing plant that once employed over 5,000 and for a time was reportedly the largest rayon producing mill in the world.
The Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area is a Metropolitan Statistical Area ... The Roanoke, VA MSA population changed from 288,307 in 2000 to 315,251 in 2020, a ...
WDBJ (channel 7) is a television station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for the Roanoke–Lynchburg market.It is owned by Gray Media alongside Danville-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WZBJ, channel 24 (and its Lynchburg-licensed Class A translator WZBJ-CD, channel 24).