Advocacy

A river runs under it: the Star City’s stormwater woes

This second post in our Star City Series at SCH–”The Roanoke Valley’s Framework for the Future”–addresses a major concern across all neighborhoods in the City of Roanoke: stormwater drainage.
Most of Roanoke’s stormwater drainage problems, according to Roanoke’s City Engineer Phil Schirmer, stem from a pipe system that is too small or too overloaded with [...]