Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, April 12, 1990 TAG: 9004120661
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B6 EDITION: EVENING
SOURCE: LESLIE TAYLOR STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
Despite opposition from residents of the nearby Boulevard Estates subdivision, the commission voted 3-1 in favor of the rezoning, with Commissioner Don Reid casting the dissenting vote.
The DAV wants to build a $250,000 "combined chapter home" on 1.37 acres in the 2200 block of Boulevard, to be used only by card-carrying members. The property is across the street from a 17-acre site where construction of the state's first veterans' nursing home is to begin this year.
The proposed DAV building would include a thrift store, an assembly hall and club and would replace the facility operated by the DAV's Roanoke chapter in the Wasena Park area of Roanoke.
The Roanoke and Salem chapters want to combine their resources and be better able to serve members, Robert Cox, Salem chapter commander, said.
City Council will consider the rezoning request April 23.
by CNB