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Article: The Roanoke Times, Va., Joe Kennedy's A Cuppa Joe column: Roanoke could be 'Rail World' of nostalgia.
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- The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA)
- Article date:
- August 4, 2007
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Byline: Joe Kennedy
Aug. 4--I have a dream of a Roanoke where the air is so pure we'll never have another hazy day.
Where downtown sidewalks will teem with residents and tourists.
Where money will pour into the city's tax coffers the way Little Stony Creek flows over Cascade Falls when a remnant of a tropical storm passes through Giles County.
If I'm gone from this life when that day comes, I hope that I'll be able to look up (or down) at the scene from wherever I am and say, "Well done, thou good and faithful city council. Your foresight has given Green Roanoke a better meaning than greenways ever could."
I dream of a ...
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