Airport, Roanoke, Virginia

Airport, Roanoke, Virginia

Airport is a Roanoke, Virginia neighborhood located in north, central Roanoke surrounded roughly by Virginia State Route 118 to the south and by Interstate 581 to the west, centered on the Roanoke Regional Airport. It borders the neighborhoods of Miller Court/Arrowood on the west, Roundhill on the south, and Roanoke County on the north and east.cite web
url=http://portal.roanokegov.com/portal/neighbor/dspMapView.cfm?CFID=267366&CFTOKEN=97675491
title=Explore Roanoke Neighborhood

publisher=City of Roanoke Department of Neighborhoods
accessdate=2008-04-29
]

History

Annexed from Roanoke County in 1976,cite book
last = Kagey
first = Deedie
title = When Past Is Prologue: A History of Roanoke County
edition = 1st
year = 1988
publisher = Roanoke County Sesquicentennial Committee
location = Roanoke, VA
language = English
pages = 547
chapter = Annexations Continue
] most development within the Airport neighborhood has been commercial in nature beginning with the opening of Crossroads Mall in 1961.cite web
url=http://www.roanokeva.gov/85256A8D0062AF37/CurrentBaseLink/EC5B1D24CD75FD418525740A00621F11/$File/WRAP_Intro.pdf
title=Williamson Road Area Plan: Development History
publisher=City of Roanoke Planning Division
accessdate=2008-04-06
] Outside of the Roanoke Regional Airport property, today the area remains primarily commercial and is also the location of the Advance Auto Parts corporate headquarters.

References

External links

[http://www.roanokeva.gov/WebMgmt/ywbase61b.nsf/CurrentBaseLink/EC5B1D24CD75FD418525740A00621F11/$File/WRAP.pdf Williamson Road Area Plan] which includes the Airport neighborhood


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