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Frustration remains decades after Roanokeโs urban renewal projects
Read full article: Frustration remains decades after Roanokeโs urban renewal projectsROANOKE, Va. โ This article is a continuation of a previous piece published in August focusing on the lasting effects of urban renewal on Roanokeโs Black community. Throughout history, urban renewal in Roanoke, in many cases, meant splintering that community. Many people who are still alive continue to feel the pain of being uprooted by those urban renewal projects. โUrban renewal just came in with a sledgehammer,โ said Dr. Reginald Shareef, a Radford University professor with a Ph.D. in public administration from Virginia Tech. Shareef grew up in Roanoke and later researched the impact on Roanokeโs urban renewal project, publishing the book, โAn Evaluation of the Impact of Federal Urban Renewal and Redevelopment Programs on Three Roanoke, VA Neighborhoodsโ in 1992.