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Roanoke City Council accepts emergency‑response and tourism grants, approves historical marker and fare‑free transit day

Roanoke City Council (Roanoke City, Independent City) · January 24, 2025
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Summary

At its Jan. 21 sessions, Roanoke City Council accepted multiple grants to support hazmat and all‑hazards response teams, approved a tourism marketing grant for the Go Outside festival, and passed resolutions authorizing a Lucy Addison historical marker and a fare‑free transit equity day on Feb. 4.

Roanoke City Council on Jan. 21 approved four ordinances to accept and appropriate grant funds and passed two resolutions addressing local history and transit equity.

The council accepted a grant to support the city hazmat team from the Virginia Department of Emergency Management and appropriated funds for the Southwest Virginia All Hazards…

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