Va Developer Ed Walker, Speaker at @VTSPIA’s Distressed Cities Conference, Highlighted in NYT Article on Roanoke’s Rebirth

Virginia Developer Is on a Mission to Revive His Town

by Melena Ryzik
New York Times 7/24/2012

“ROANOKE, Va. — The Kirk Avenue Music Hall, a four-year-old club named for its downtown block here, offers an unexpected perk to its performers: an apartment. For a night or so, before or after gracing the stage, artists stay at no charge in a loft a block away, signing the guest book with notes of gratitude.”  Read more at http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/25/us/in-virginia-developer-is-on-a-mission-to-revive-his-town.html?_r=2&smid=tw-share