The Roanoker Magazine

City Council: The Glass is More Than Half Full
Roanoke City Council, characterizing the last issue's taxes story (below) as "excessively negative and certainly misleading," defends the city as "one of the best places to live in the United States." Read their response...

Queen Darlene and Her Ever-Growing Bureaucratic Kingdom
For the first eight years of the new century, Roanoke City's tax revenues provided a gusher of revenue - to the point that the overall city budget has increased by about $83 million since the year 2000. But with pet projects galore and no thought to set any flush-time money aside, the leaner times that began to have an impact in 2008 have thrown a wrench into the legacy hopes of City Manager Darlene Burcham. And also sent us looking at what it took to run the city 50 years ago. Read more about Queen Darlene...

Colossal Kabuki
Times are tough, with dealerships closing and banks foreclosing on homes; but within the last year, Akio Koeda invested more than $1 million in a 5,000-square-foot expansion and revamping of his Kabuki Restaurant. The eight-month overhaul culminated in a grand reopening and a stream of customers anxious for a glimpse of the new Kabuki.

Valley Bride 2009
Your Guide to Venues, Florals, Caterers and More.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Great events for May and June.

2008-2009 Social Datebook
Click above for the full, unabridged version.


	OFF THE CLOCK Why Starbucks Is Evil: Associate Editor Cara Ellen Modisett puts forth the case for supporting the independents. (Archive)
	THE ROANOKER TALKS TO TERRY GROSS
	THE ROANOKER TALKS TO ChICK COREA
	THE ROANOKER TALKS TO...DOC WATSON Read the complete transcript of Cara Ellen Modisett's interview with flatpicking legend Doc Watson.


July 4, 2009


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