Mysterious countdown almost complete

rvacreates copyHere at the BizSense News Lair, we have been stumped as to what exactly the countdown clock at www.rvacreates.com is counting down to.

BizSense first spotted the site last week with 8 days remaining until, presumably, something will happen. Now there is less than 4 hours left.

Not much information could be found by checking some domain registry databases, except that the site was registered in mid-August. The only other clue is I remember seeing the RVA downtown logo on the website on a metal sign that was displayed inconspicuously on Brown’s Island during the Richmond Folk Festival.

Any out there want to take a guess as to what this is all about? You got about 3 hours and 44 minutes and 2 seconds left.

Update

As of 5:34 P.M., thirty minutes after the countdown ended, the ticker has stopped at zero. Nothing appears to have changed. Not sure if there has been a glitch, if this is a cruel joke, or I am missing something.

Update 2

After weeks of anticipation the countdown is complete. No big revelations here, but a pretty fun web-based widget that let’s you upload any image to use as the background. The RVA template is overlaid over top and you can change the subtext if you would like. Below is a sample of my brief experimentation with it using a picture from the BizSense pics archive. You can see there is lot’s of potential, and it all seems to be in the spirit of cheerleading the city.

rva1Still no clue on who is behind this though.

rvacreates copyHere at the BizSense News Lair, we have been stumped as to what exactly the countdown clock at www.rvacreates.com is counting down to.

BizSense first spotted the site last week with 8 days remaining until, presumably, something will happen. Now there is less than 4 hours left.

Not much information could be found by checking some domain registry databases, except that the site was registered in mid-August. The only other clue is I remember seeing the RVA downtown logo on the website on a metal sign that was displayed inconspicuously on Brown’s Island during the Richmond Folk Festival.

Any out there want to take a guess as to what this is all about? You got about 3 hours and 44 minutes and 2 seconds left.

Update

As of 5:34 P.M., thirty minutes after the countdown ended, the ticker has stopped at zero. Nothing appears to have changed. Not sure if there has been a glitch, if this is a cruel joke, or I am missing something.

Update 2

After weeks of anticipation the countdown is complete. No big revelations here, but a pretty fun web-based widget that let’s you upload any image to use as the background. The RVA template is overlaid over top and you can change the subtext if you would like. Below is a sample of my brief experimentation with it using a picture from the BizSense pics archive. You can see there is lot’s of potential, and it all seems to be in the spirit of cheerleading the city.

rva1Still no clue on who is behind this though.

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Kevin Anderson
Kevin Anderson
14 years ago

Does it have something to do with inLight? I think it starts on Friday though.

Doug B.
Doug B.
14 years ago

Give the Domain Registrant a call. It is public information. The physical address and phone number are with Venture Richmond. Their web site shows that the registrant, Lucy Meade, is the Director of Marketing and Development for Venture Richmond.

Registrant:
Lucy Meade
200 South Third Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: RVACREATES.COM
Created on: 16-Aug-10
Expires on: 16-Aug-12
Last Updated on: 16-Aug-10

Administrative Contact:
Meade, Lucy [email protected]
200 South Third Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
United States
+1.8047886466

Technical Contact:
Meade, Lucy [email protected]
200 South Third Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
United States
+1.8047886466