Market on Melrose’s First Year, Roanoke Airport Runway Talks & Southeast’s ‘Unpolished Gem’ — On The Record: with The Roanoke Rambler
WFIR’s Ian Price goes On The Record: with The Roanoke Rambler as reporters Sinclair Holian and Jeff Sturgeon break down this week’s top local stories. Sinclair explains why Goodwill’s Market on Melrose in Northwest Roanoke is running a roughly $1 million first-year deficit, what that says about the grocery business, and why the nonprofit still sees a path to sustainability.Jeff walks through the stalled talks over Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport’s hoped-for runway expansion across I-581, including the gap between what the city paid for the former Countryside golf course land and what the…
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