With the new addition of 7 Brew, Cookout, Wawa, and First Watch in Salem, the Roanoke Valley has exciting new improvements that brings business to the area.
On June 20, Google announced plans to continue the area’s development. They purchased 312 acres of an industrial park in Botetourt County with plans to build a new data center.
While this is exciting news, and is sure to benefit business and employment in the Roanoke area, there have been several concerns from local utility companies as well as citizens about the water and energy demand that this might bring to the Roanoke Valley…