Laura & Greg Digennaro

When Greg and I finally committed to the idea of actually leaving NYC, a place we both called home all our lives living as urban dwellers, Roanoke did not initially appear to be a viable option. Once we explored our options, we realized we found it! The place we imagined raising a family and calling home. We fell in love with it right away. Let’s see, there’s no traffic, everything is 20 minutes away, did I mention there’s no traffic, everyone is so nice and the mountains … spectacular! We love our neighborhood, our home and the wonderful people we’ve met. A week after we signed the contract on the house we found out we were pregnant. So here we were, new homeowners, pregnant and unemployed. I am a registered nurse and Greg is a self-employed, general contractor, Valley Craftsmen Construction, Inc. Our daughter, who is now 2 years old, goes to a wonderful daycare center, the Downtown Learning Center of which I am now president of their board of directors. We would love it if all our near and dear would move here. Roanoke is like, the best kept secret ever! We live close to Downtown Roanoke where new restaurants and ideas are popping up all the time. We are close to the Roanoke Civic Center and there is not a bad seat in the house. It’s no Manhattan and we are so grateful it’s not. Roanoke is our home, we can visit Manhattan anytime.

• Laura’s Occupation: Registered Nurse
• Greg’s Occupation: General Contractor, Valley Craftsmen Construction, Inc.
• Hometown: New York City, NY