ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Tuesday, September 17, 1996            TAG: 9609170080
SECTION: BUSINESS                 PAGE: B-8  EDITION: METRO 

ROANOKE REGIONAL ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Two projects on Hollins Road in Roanoke County are among the $12.2 million in building permits issued last month in the Roanoke Valley.

The Roanoke County building office reported that a permit for $800,052 was issued for a new Clover Creamery building, while another is for construction of the $521,551 Norman Mason office building nearby.

The City of Roanoke issued a $1.34 million permit for construction of The Jefferson condominiums at Jefferson and 22nd streets in south Roanoke. The largest permit in Salem was to Joe Prillaman for a $65,000 telephone tower.

The value of August building permits rose 39.5 percent from $8.7 million last August.

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