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George Harmon and Helen Harmon Logan donated $1 million to Carilion Clinic.
Jan 10, 2023

Roanoke couple gives Carilion $1M toward expanding cancer services

Roanoke businessman George Logan and his wife, Helen Harmon Logan, have donated $1 million to Carilion Clinic to help fund expansion of the Roanoke-based health system’s cancer services. “The Logans have contributed much to Carilion and to our community’s success over the years,” Ralph Alee, Carilion’s vice president for philanthropy, said in a statement released […]

Friendship staff assist a rehab patient. Photo courtesy Friendship
Dec 22, 2022

Va. nursing homes, assisted living facilities struggle with staffing

Virginia’s nursing homes and assisted living facilities continue to struggle with staffing shortages, according to a Virginia Health Care Association-Virginia Center for Assisted Living survey released in December. Of 154 long-term care providers who responded to the survey, 86% said their workforce situation worsened in 2022 compared with 2020, an increase of five percentage points [&hellip[...]

Economic Development
Jun 15, 2022

Va. Beach economic development director is finalist for Oregon job

Virginia Beach Deputy City Manager and Director of Economic Development Taylor Adams is one of three finalists to be the next city manager in Salem, Oregon. Adams has worked for the city of Virginia Beach since 2015 and became deputy city manager in 2021. He heads up the city’s economic development department, and also has […]

Salem apartment complex sells for $12M
May 9, 2022

Salem apartment complex sells for $12M

A 132-unit apartment complex in Salem has sold for $12 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Wednesday. Viewnorth Apartments LLC purchased the property from Northview Apartments LLC on April 29. The buyer plans to upgrade the community, according to a news release about the transaction. The apartments are located at 411 to 515 Yorkshire […]

HCA Virginia names new LewisGale CEO and market president
Apr 19, 2022

HCA Virginia names new LewisGale CEO and market president

Alan Fabian, formerly CEO of LewisGale Hospital Montgomery in Blacksburg, has been promoted as market president and CEO of Salem-based LewisGale Regional Health System, its parent health system, HCA Virginia, announced Tuesday. Fabian has been with HCA Healthcare since 1995 and at LewisGale Hospital Montgomery since 2013. Before that, he held leadership roles in Louisiana […]

Roanoke College selects next president
Mar 22, 2022

Roanoke College selects next president

Roanoke College’s next president will be Frank Shushok Jr., the college announced Tuesday. Shushok, Virginia Tech’s vice president for student affairs, will succeed Michael C. Maxey, who served as president for 15 years and is retiring in July, to become the school’s 12th president. “I am thrilled to welcome President-elect Frank Shushok to the Maroon […]

Salem names new economic development director
Mar 17, 2022

Salem names new economic development director

Salem’s new economic development director, Tommy Miller, says he has “the entrepreneurial gene,” a trait that should come in handy with his new role. Miller established Richmond Brewery Tours, a venture he ran from 2012 through 2020 to highlight the burgeoning craft beer industry. “Any entrepreneurial venture should be both calculated and gut driven,” he […]

Maxey elected Council of Independent Colleges chair
Feb 7, 2022

Maxey elected Council of Independent Colleges chair

Roanoke College President Michael C. Maxey has been elected chair of the Council of Independent Colleges’ Board of Directors, the council announced Monday. “The Council is pleased to have Michael Maxey as chair of the board,” CIC President Marjorie Hass said in a statement. “CIC is in the midst of implementing many exciting new projects […]

Jan 24, 2022

Salem’s Spartan Square sells for $16.5M

Spartan Square, a 180,346-square-foot shopping center in Salem, has been sold for $16.5 million, Colliers announced on Jan. 18. Spartan Square Limited Partnership sold the 91% leased shopping center to a joint venture between Essential Growth Acquisition Properties and Viking Partners. The shopping center is anchored by a Kroger and tenants include Dollar Tree, Pet […]

Shaun McConnon donates $15M to Roanoke College
Nov 2, 2021

Shaun McConnon donates $15M to Roanoke College

Roanoke College has received a $15 million donation, the single largest cash gift in the school’s 179-year history, college president Michael Maxey announced Thursday to the board of trustees. College alumnus Shaun McConnon, former CEO of Massachusetts-based cybersecurity company BitSight Technologies, donated the money for the new science center. The center will house the psychology, [&hell[...]

Roanoke College president to retire in 2022
Sep 23, 2021

Roanoke College president to retire in 2022

Michael C. Maxey, the 11th president of Roanoke College, announced Thursday that he will retire at the end of the academic year. Maxey has been with Roanoke College, located in Salem, since 1985 and has served as president since 2007. He has served the longest of any of the college’s presidents, according to a news […]

“The opportunity for Roanoke is greater now than it has been in quite some time,” says John Hull, executive director of the Roanoke Regional Partnership. Photo by Don Petersen
Aug 30, 2021

A Roanoke reawakening

The Roanoke area is anything but sleepy when it comes to economic development these days. In fact, “the opportunity for Roanoke is greater now than it has been in quite some time,” says John Hull, executive director of the Roanoke Regional Partnership, a public-private joint venture that works to attract new business to the region. […]

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