On Monday, the Roanoke City Council will consider allocating up to $400,000 in next year’s budget to help turn the Washington Park caretaker’s cottage into an amphitheater.
The resolution also calls for the city manager, Valmarie Turner, to provide a letter of support to Friends of Washington Park Caretaker’s Cottage and other community organizations to pursue grants, complete a condition survey and undertake parts of the restoration of the structure.
The resolution also says that if funds are not secured through proposed grant applications and/or donations by October 2026, Turner is directed to proceed with the demolition of the cottage. Councilman Phazhon Nash, who wrote most of the resolution, said Friday that he did not know how much more funding would be needed to keep the cottage from being demolished…