Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 20, 1991 TAG: 9103200130
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV5 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: Cathryn McCue New River Valley bureau
DATELINE: BLACKSBURG LENGTH: Medium
Town officials met with Tech's vice president for business affairs, Ray Smoot, for the monthly liaison meeting Tuesday.
"We preferred that it not be advertised as a bar night, but it was," Smoot said. The event was planned by the this year's senior class, and is included in the commencement program of activities.
Bar night did not need university approval because it's off campus, he said.
"We'll hope for the best, and maybe make some suggestions for planning next year," Mayor Roger Hedgepeth said, adding that no major problems were reported from the Class of '90 Bar Night last year.
The officials also discussed a joint project to build a parking deck downtown. A join selection committee has recommended Kimley Horne and Associates to prepare architectural and engineering drawings for the proposed deck at the Donaldson Brown Center parking lot.
The North Carolina firm is working in association with Architects Alliance in Blacksburg and Hill Studios in Roanoke.
Smoot said that the earliest the parking deck would be complete is sometime in 1993. In the meantime, he has asked his staff to see if additional parking can be found hear Schultz Hall.
That would help ease the expected parking crunch downtown when Squires Student Center reopens this fall.
Lastly, Smoot said the university supports making the Two Town Trolley a permanent route because of its benefit to Tech students.
The trolley's 14-month tryout period ends in May, and the town is considering keeping the route. Assistant Town Manager Bonnie Svrcek said the proposed budget includes money for the next year in case the route is made permanent.
Town Council has scheduled a public hearing on the trolley for April 23 to hear from citizens, she said.
by CNB