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===Neighborhoods=== {{Main|List of neighborhoods in Roanoke, Virginia}} [[File:Grandin Theatre, Roanoke, Virginia.jpg|alt=A nighttime photo of the exterior of the Grandin Theatre|thumb|The Grandin Theatre located in [[Grandin Road Commercial Historic District|Grandin Village]]]] Roanoke is divided into 49 separate neighborhoods.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roanoke City Planning |date=June 23, 2023 |title=About Our City |url=https://www.roanokeva.gov/DocumentCenter/View/2841/About-Our-City?bidId= |format=PDF |access-date=June 23, 2023 |archive-date=June 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623202026/https://www.roanokeva.gov/DocumentCenter/View/2841/About-Our-City?bidId= |url-status=live}}</ref> The city has incorporated into its comprehensive plan the goal of developing these neighborhoods into "villages", each with their own [[Town centre|village center]], and with the [[Downtown Roanoke|Downtown]] neighborhood acting as the village center for the city as a whole.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roanoke City Planning |date=June 23, 2023 |title=Roanoke, Virginia Comprehensive Plan Vision 2001-2020 |url=https://www.roanokeva.gov/DocumentCenter/View/9716/Roanoke-Vision-2001-2020-Comprehensive-Plan |format=PDF |access-date=June 23, 2023 |archive-date=June 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623202021/https://www.roanokeva.gov/DocumentCenter/View/9716/Roanoke-Vision-2001-2020-Comprehensive-Plan |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Raleigh Court, Roanoke, Virginia|Raleigh Court]] neighborhood has been cited as a model for such development, consisting of a variety of residential settings located around [[Grandin Road Commercial Historic District|Grandin Village]], an active commercial hub anchored by the Grandin Theatre, the city's only surviving historic theater.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Planning Building and Economic Development |first=Roanoke City |date=May 21, 2007 |title=Greater Raleigh Court Neighborhood Plan |url=https://www.roanokeva.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1246/Raleigh-Court |format=PDF |access-date=June 23, 2023 |archive-date=June 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623202022/https://www.roanokeva.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1246/Raleigh-Court |url-status=live}}</ref> That commercial district is one of the city's nine neighborhoods (or portions thereof) that have been listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historic Registers Archive |url=https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/ |access-date=June 23, 2023 |website=DHR |language=en-US |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513234129/https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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