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Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center
    110 Shenandoah Avenue 
    Roanoke, VA 24016  
    Phone (540) 985-5900  
    Fax (540) 853-8290

Hotel Reservations Information:

Book rooms by September 6, 2006 to get conference rate

Reservations may be made by calling 540.985.5900 locally or 1.866.594.4722 toll free and asking for the VGFOA 2006 group.  The group rate is $109 single occupancy and $119 double occupancy.  The VGFOA block is limited in size and is available on a first-come, first-serve basis until the rooms in our block are sold out or September 6, 2006, whichever comes first.  It may be possible to book rooms at the Hotel Roanoke after this date, but the rate and availability cannot in any way be assured.

Overnight parking options at the Hotel Roanoke include valet parking ($9) and self parking ($6).  Daily self parking is also available at a cost from $1 - $5, depending on length of stay.

Exhibitors Technology Request Form

For exhibitors who need some type of technology for their booths you can request the technology from the Hotel Roanoke.  The hotel's Technology Request Form is available HERE.
 

About the historic Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center

Your conference hotel, the Hotel Roanoke, was built in 1882 by the Norfolk and Western Railway (now part of the Norfolk Southern Railway), which had recently constructed its administrative offices in Roanoke, bringing in over a thousand railroad workers. It officially opened on Christmas Day, 1882. In July, 1898, a fire started in the kitchen which shut down the hotel for several months. The hotel was reopened in January, 1899, restored with a few additions.

The next major renovation took place in 1938, remodeling the hotel to have a more Tudor look. Additonal new wings were added in 1947 and 1955.

In 1989, Norfolk Southern gave the Hotel Roanoke to the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). After the flag lowering ceremony on November 30, the hotel was closed. Sale of the contents began and continued for 17 days.

In 1992, the Renew Roanoke campaign was launched to raise enough money to reopen the hotel. Virginia Tech had set a deadline of December 31, 1992 to have enough money. By late fall, the campaign was still short $1 million. In an unpreceded Christmas-time fundraiser, the campaign succeeded, raising $5,006,000. Norfolk Southern then donated an additonal $2 million; 30 times what it paid for the original hotel. The Hotel Roanoke reopened in 1993 and still operates today.

A conference center was built directly adjacent to the Hotel Roanoke and opened in 1995. A pedestrian bridge was also constructed over Norfolk Southern's railroad tracks to link the hotel and conference center to downtown Roanoke near the Wachovia Tower.

Source: Wikipedia.com

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   The conference registration fee is $235, which includes the 2007 VGFOA membership dues ($35)
                                                                 (Associate non-voting membership dues are $50 per year)
                                 (An optional ethics course is offered during the conference for an additional $50)

   If you are not currently a member of the VGFOA you can get a membership application here.

   Registration Form:

   Online conference registration is available here.

   A printable registration form, for mailing, is available here.

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As a service to VGFOA members, an ethics course will be offered during the VGFOA Fall conference (check program for scheduled time).  The course will be taught by Marycarol White of York County.  This course qualifies for 2 hours of CPE credit.

The fee for the ethics course is $50, which is in addition to the conference registration fee.

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Information about your host city, Roanoke, VA.

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The Texas Tavern

A Roanoke landmark! Texas Tavern is a consistent winner in polls conducted by the Roanoker Magazine in categories such as "Best Late Night Dinner", "Best Chile", "Best Hotdog" and "Best Inexpensive Lunch".

One of the last remaining open-air marketplaces, right in the heart of downtown Roanoke. The Historic Roanoke City Market has been recognized as a "Great American Public Place" by the Lyndhurst Foundation along with other winners like the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, DC and Central Park in New York City. Locally, the market receives many "Best of Roanoke" awards by readers of the Roanoker Magazine.
   The Historic Roanoke City Market, also called the Farmer's Market due to the profusion of plants, fresh fruits, and vegetables available during the growing season, is the oldest continuously operating open air market in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It began when 25 licenses were issued to "Hucksters" (Vendors) in 1882.

The Mill Mountain Star

The Roanoke Star is something else when visiting Roanoke. Allows a spectacular view of almost the entire city on a clear night, plus you can make a close-up inspection of the famous Roanoke Star. Additionally, there is also park space on Mill Mountain, as well as a zoo. All in all, a great place.

Directions: From Jefferson Avenue, keep straight till you get to WALNUT & JEFFERSON. Make a left onto WALNUT AVENUE! Keep straight till you get to the sign stating you make right to Mill Mountain Star & Zoo!

Mill Mountain Theatre

In 1964, two New York producers established a summer stock theater in a vacant resort inn on the highest point in Roanoke, Virginia. Soon dubbed Mill Mountain Playhouse, the company underwent a series of institutional changes, finally incorporating as a not-for-profit, non-Equity resident stock theatre. When the original Playhouse burned down in 1976, the company moved to the recently re-opened Grandin Theatre, an old movie house in an established neighborhood.

Years of planning and building in a new, state-of-the-art home. With the opening of Center in the Square in 1983 came a year-round production schedule and a new name – Mill Mountain Theatre. The growing company’s ever-increasing quality and scope was a major force in the renaissance of a once-dying downtown.

From these modest beginnings grew one of the most respected regional theatres in the US. Mill Mountain Theatre now presents world premieres, dramatic classics, full-scale musicals, youth-oriented productions, and educational classes for all ages – on its two stages in Roanoke, and touring productions that travel throughout Virginia. As a professional, year-round, regional theatre with roots in its community and excellence as its primary objective; MMT has proudly served the region and the industry for almost 40 years.

Within its shops and offices spread across the Center in the Square complex, MMT has created almost 400 productions, including world premieres and regional premieres; the national hit All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten; and the American premiere of Children of Eden.

The Norfolk Southern Festival of New Works served as an annual home for the winners of the MMT New Play Competition (no longer running), and now showcases other notable playwrights like Sherry Kramer (Partial Objects): Jeffrey Stanley (Tesla's Letters and Medicine, Man); Julie Jensen (Tenderhooks, Last Lists of My Mad Mother); Tom Ziegler (Grace and Glorie); Jim Henry (Angels of Lemnos); and Robert Caisley (The 22-Day Adagio)

As a professional, year-round, regional theater with roots in its community and excellence as its primary objective, MMT has proudly served the region and the industry for almost 40 years. We look forward to another 40 years of presenting locally produced world class theatre.

Visit Mill Mountain Theatre Website HERE

Address: One Market Square

Source: MMT Website

The Virginia Museum of Transportation

Although it isn't the largest of towns, Roanoke became what it is by way of the rail. The railroad gave birth to the industry that gave economic birth to this town, so the city and its downtown are built around it. The Transportation museum is a great place for train and rialroad buffs to stop in and see how the rail systems have advanced over the years.

Directions: 303 Norfolk Avenue, between 2nd Street and 5th Street, SW.
 

The Blue Ridge Parkway

The Blue Ridge Parkway is a scenic road that runs through the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western Virginia. It begins in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and runs northeast for over 400 miles untils it joins up with Skyline Drive in Virginia's Shenandoah National Park. It passes within 10 miles of Roanoke.

Directions: The easiest way to access the Blue Ridge Parkway is from Interstate 81

Mill Mountain Zoo
 

Directions: From Jefferson Avenue, keep straight till you get to WALNUT & JEFFERSON. Make a left onto WALNUT AVENUE! Keep straight till you get to the sign stating you make right to Mill Mountain Star & Zoo!

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