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Higher‑education center asks city to deed parking lot; Gainsborough residents press for safeguards
Summary
Roanoke Higher Education Center asked Aug. 19 for the city to transfer deed of a surface parking lot to the Roanoke Higher Education Authority to provide free student parking. Neighbors from the Gainsborough community urged council to protect planned playground and ask staff to fully brief council before any conveyance.
Kaye Dunkley, executive director of the Roanoke Higher Education Center, told the Roanoke City Council on Aug. 19 that a deed transfer of an adjacent surface lot would add about 68 spaces, bringing the center’s total available student parking to about 202 spaces as enrollment is projected to rise this fall.
Dunkley said the center leases three lots (two from the city and one from Norfolk Southern) and that free parking operates on a first‑come, first‑served basis for many students whose schedules run roughly 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. “Today, I am standing before you to request the city transfer the deed of the higher education lot, which is currently operated by Park Roanoke, to the Roanoke Higher…
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