Once given the green light to begin, it will be one of the largest tree-felling episodes in recent memory to alter the landscape of the city.
Roanoke has hired loggers to partially clear-cut a forest in a city business park this winter to accommodate new industry, according to city records.
The city signed a $95,000 contract last week for timber harvesting services on more than 30 acres at the Roanoke Centre for Industry and Technology.
The payoff? A new building pad for at least a 300,000 square-foot facility…