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Planning, Building and Development
Public Meetings and Redevelopment Forums
To date, the City of Roanoke has held seven meetings to discuss redevelopment opportunities and the Brownfields program.
June 17, 2008 at Mountain View Recreation Center - Mountain View/Norwich Corridor Plan - Open House - This meeting followed up on the June 14, 2007 meeting regarding the creation of a plan for this target area. The creation of a Special Use District is being considered as part of the corridor plan. This district would include a mixture of uses from commercial and residential to limited light industrial such as woodworking shops, specialty millworking and furniture repair. Comments from gathered at this meeting are available for your review.
The draft plan is tentatively scheduled for a public hearing at the Planning Commission meeting on July 17, 2008.
September 25, 2007 at the Municipal Building - City-Wide Brownfield Plan - This meeting followed up on the initial January 2007 public meeting that expressed the desire for the city to create a vision and establish priorities beyond the two target areas in our EPA Brownfield Grants. The meeting focused on redevelopment issues, potential brownfield corridors in the city and policy actions/incentives the City may pursue to facilitate redevelopment of brownfields.
Public Comments from the September 25th meeting are available for review.
September 20, 2007 at Norwich Recreation Center - Review of Draft Mountain View/Norwich Corridor Plan - This meeting reviewed specific brownfield redevelopment issues for this corridor along the Roanoke River in the Mountain View and Norwich Neighborhoods. Discussion focused on long-term land use for the corridor based on input from the June 14th input meeting and strategies and policies to achieve those uses.
Public Comments from the September 20th meeting are available for review.
June 14, 2007 at Mountain View Recreation Center - Open House. The City of Roanoke has identified the Mountain View/Norwich area as one of two initial focus areas in the Brownfields Initiative. This meeting gave participants an opportunity to comment on the Brownfields Initiative and learn more about the varying aspects of the program. The following topics were discussed and had exhibit tables
Flood Reduction & Greenways
Zoning & Future Land Use
Brownfields
Environmental Issues
Development Issues
City staff gave a short presentation to the Mountain View/Norwich group on the Brownfields Initiative and requesting their input.
Public Comments from the June 14th meeting are available for review.
April 2007 - Redevelopment Forums. In early April two Redevelopment Forums were held, one geared toward property owners and another for developers, lenders, consultants and other business partners. Presenters included the City of Roanoke, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and the U.S. Enivronmental Protection Agency.
If you are interested in viewing any of the presentations from this forum, they are available in pdf format.
City of Roanoke Presentation
DEQ Presentation for Owners Selling Property
DEQ Presentation for Potential Property Buyers
EPA Brownfield Presentation
January 22, 2007 - Public Meeting. This initial public meeting took place as an introduction to the City's Brownfields Initiative. The Rebirth of Redevelopment was presented by City of Roanoke staff.
Public comments from the January 22, 2007 meeting are available for review.
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