The Memorial's Foundation gave Roanoke City Council a progress report yesterday, displaying a scale model of the Memorial's monument and its surrounding grounds. Tonight is National Night out. Roanoke is one of several sites around the country observing the 15th annual vigil against crime. Roanoke police kicked it off a day early with a Showcase '98. The idea was to put the police and how they serve the area in the public eye.
Officials say it's a different way of developing community policing.
The event included games for children and demonstrations involving drug sniffing dogs, finger printing and crime prevention. Tomorrow, neighborhood groups will conduct activities in recognition of the national campaign to rid communities of crime. By the end of September two motion pictures, six TV series and a mini-series will be in production in the commonwealth. Both Columbia Pictures and DreamWorks will be filming in the Commonwealth. The state film office says movie and TV production did 60-million dollars worth of business last year.