In early 2008, we began working with Innovative Educational Partners to find a suitable and permanent home for an “Urban High School dedicated to critical thinking through the arts.” Today that relationship has expanded into a mixed-use development that connects Community High School with the larger Downtown Roanoke residential community, and with individual partners such as the Taubman Museum of Art, and the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra. As with many of our projects, the development of this site required many different partners: the Virginia Department of Transportation, Norfolk and Southern Railroad, and the National Park Service to name a few.
