Food Access Northwest Roanoke Residents See Glimmer of Hope As Grocery Store Plans Take Shape The Market on Melrose is slated to open in November in the heart of a food desert. The store will create up to 70 jobs in its first year.
Food Access In 'Restoration' of Northwest Roanoke, Goodwill To Transform Campus Into Community Hub Anchored By Grocery Store Called Melrose Plaza, the facility include a grocery store, banking center, health clinic and free high school for adults.
Food Access In A Northwest Roanoke Food Desert, An Urban Farm Takes Root A new partnership will allow Roanoke farmer Cameron Terry to consolidate his patch of backyard plots into a 3.5-acre plot in Northwest Roanoke.
Food Access Could a Grocery Store Come to Northwest Roanoke? Residents Have Been Waiting 25 Years. Establishing a grocery store in Northwest Roanoke has emerged as a top contender for some of the $64.5 million in federal coronavirus relief funds allocated to the city.