ROANOKE, Va. – When you think of gun violence, the first solution that comes to mind probably isn’t building a garden. But that’s exactly what the Roanoke Redevelopment and Housing Authority (RRHA) is doing.
Thanks to a nearly $300,000 grant from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, RRHA is launching a new violence prevention initiative called “It Takes a Village.” The two-year program will focus on families living at the Villages at Lincoln and Hunt Manor, two of Roanoke’s public housing developments.
“It’s a violence prevention grant and we are taking a whole family approach,” said Greg Goodman, director of community support services at RRHA…