What is “Tech Town”?
Tech Town is a Redbird story series Cardinal News reporter Tad Dickens that explores Roanoke’s dramatic transition from railroad town to a revolutionary bio-tech hub.
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Tech Town! Part Four: ‘Stepping stone’ to ‘Staying’
Roanoke is building out its biotechnology future in a visible way, with projects focusing on lab space that can keep innovators in the region and attract new ones.
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Tech Town! Part Three: Making it fun to do serious work
Roanoke has invested in two programs — ChangeMakerZ and the J&J Advancing Oncology InnoVation QuickFire Challenge — with hopes of attracting and keeping tech and life sciences businesses, workers.
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Tech Town! Part Two: From immortal cells to ‘our region’s greatest strength’
Community college students learning lab techniques with help from a city contribution.
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Tech Town! Part One: From milling silos to medical buildings
Roanoke and Carilion Clinic combined to remake both the skyline and professional prospects in a city looking for a new economic direction.
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Tech Town! Introduction
Roanoke leaders’ moves over the past quarter century provided space and other resources for the city’s biotechnology sector.
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