Roanoke County, VA Focus

Upcoming event:

Roanoke 'Keep the Ban' Kick Off Meeting
Thu, May 5, 7:00pm – 8:30pm

Where: The Unitarian Universalist Church of Roanoke, 2015 Grandin Rd, SW, Roanoke

Sierra Club, Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League and League of Individuals for the Environment will be hosting a Roanoke kick off meeting for this campaign. Can you join us? RSVP to Ann Rogers (amelvin3@verizon.net) Virginia has a nearly 30 year ban on uranium mining. Foreign backed interests are trying to lift that ban staring less than 50 miles away in Southside Virginia. Uranium deposits have been identified throughout the state. If the ban were lifted it would be lifted statewide. Drinking water, human health, farmland, property values, wildlife and tourism across Virginia are at risk. The ban could be lifted in the next 12 months. RSVP here to come to our kick off meeting and learn what you can do to protect our heath, our heritage and our future. For more information check out our website: www.KeepTheBan.org or contact: Ann Rogers amelvin3@verizon.net. Thanks and I'll see you on May 5th!


Here are some local resources in the Roanoke area of Virginia:

Roanoke Sierra Club
http://virginia.sierraclub.org/roanoke/

The Roanoke Group is a unit of the Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club. The Sierra Club, founded in 1892 by the legendary John Muir, is the largest grass-roots environmental organization in the world. We work on local, state, national, and global environmental issues. We sponsor programs, social, educational and recreational activities for our members and the public (see CALENDAR of EVENTS for details). For information about our officers and other leaders, click the "contact us" link.


NAACP in Roanoke, VA:
http://roanokenaacp.org/index.html
Post Office Box 12362
Roanoke, Virginia 24025
Office Phone (540) 344-2424

The Roanoke Branch was originally established 87 years ago to follow through on the promise of equal rights for all minority communities in Roanoke, Virginia and the surrounding areas. The branch has been actively fighting civil rights issues ever since. Today, our branch is proud to carry on the goals and objectives of the National Office for all citizens of Roanoke, Virginia.

Check out NAACP's Our Voices on Television:
Our Voices television broadcast each Sunday (12:30 PM and 6:30 PM on WDRL 24)
Our Voices radio broadcast each Saturday (9:00 AM on WTOY 1480 radio)


Roanoke County Democrats
P.O. Box 20061
Roanoke, VA 24018-0007
(540)774-1905
info@roanokecountydemocrats.com



(540) 343-5652
1319 Grandin Rd
Roanoke, VA 24015

General Store Hours
Mon. - Sat., 8am - 8pm
Sunday, 9am - 7pm

Happy Belly Deli Hours
Now Open Everyday
11am - 2pm

Incorporated in 1975, Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op...provides our community with nutritious food choices and earth-friendly products. Operating from cooperative principles, we support sustainable environmental practices, local organic farmers, local businesses, and our community.

We are the largest cooperatively owned natural foods grocery store in Virginia, and though we’re member owned, ownership is not required to shop. Our products are many, our selection diverse, and our promise unwavering – that you will find quality items for sale in our store with no artificial colorants, preservatives, or additives.


LGBT Roanoke, Virginia is on Facebook
An open group for Roanoke, VA that support LGBT members, and the friends, family, and supporters of the LGBT community! Serving Roanoke, VA and surrounding cities!

Check them out here.

Also check out: Outright Roanoke Book Club
outrightroanokebooks@yahoo.com
We are a new book club for LGBT youth!
Each month we read a book that has an
LGBT theme or main character.
We meet on the first Thursday of each
month from 7-8pm.


SOME GREEN RESOURCES IN THE ROANOKE AREA:
From Roanoke's Clean and Green website

RIDE Solutions
This initiative of the Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission advocates and provides information and referral for alternatives to single-vehicle transportation, such as carpool matching, bike route mapping, and telecommuting. Works with groups such as ShareBike, which supports the availability of a fleet of bicycles for short-term use by anyone in the community.

Roanoke Community Garden Association
RCGA’s mission is to create sustainable community gardens throughout the Roanoke Valley. Its flagship is the Frank Roupas Community Garden in Southeast, dedicated in December 2009. (website not up and running yet??)

Roanoke Permaculture Education Guild
Promotes an integrated approach to sustainability through such practices as planting edible landscapes, expanding the urban forest, and composting, with an eye toward healing the earth and encouraging self-sufficiency.

Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition
Cool Cities uses education, outreach, and community action to work toward policy-level solutions to the problem of global warming.

Roanoke Valley Greenways Commission
The Roanoke Valley Greenways Commission is an umbrella organization for the development of the valleywide greenways network by the City of Roanoke, Roanoke County, the City of Salem and the Town of Vinton. Pathfinders for Greenways is a partner group that provides an outlet for volunteers who want to work on greenways projects.


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