McDonnell continues study on contracts given to minority-, women-owned firms (Virginian-Pilot) McDonnell has decided to fund the second phase of a study assessing state contracts awarded to small businesses, including those owned by women and minorities, giving a glimmer of hope that conditions will improve to those who believe the share of state government work… Read more »
Aaron Kremer
Aaron Kremer is the founder of Richmond BizSense. Email him at [email protected].
Smells like a winner
A year after winning a University of Richmond business plan contest, two recent grads are now ready to start selling their first batch of products.
NewsFeeds 6.25.10
Chester-based Uppy’s Convenience Stores chain is sold (Times-Dispatch) Private-equity firm Catterton Partners acquired a majority interest in the Chester-based chain, which operates 44 stores in Virginia, for an undisclosed sum. Old Point carries out dig at bank site (Inside Business) Archeologists are spending the next few weeks digging around an Old Point National Bank location… Read more »
As if you don’t see enough commericals
While you pump gas you can’t really go anywhere. I guess that’s why it makes sense advertisers would want to run commercials on video screens attached to gas pumps. Especially advertising yummy snacks that can be bought inside. Before too long these commercial-at-the-pump players at this Innsbrook gas station will be everywhere.
SportsQuest-like plan in ’03 would have needed public funding, report found
Style Weekly reported earlier this week that a study produced by a consultant that specializes in convention centers and sports facilities (you can read the 120-pager here) concluded that a project similar to SportsQuest proposed in 2002 at the same plot of land in Chesterfield County wouldn’t break even without local tax support.
NewsFeeds 6.24.10
S-A-T-I-R-E IndyCar Series Announces Monument Avenue 400 (Tobacco Avenue) The IndyCar Series will race along the Richmond street for the first time in May 2011, according to a press release from the Indianapolis-based organization. The start line will be placed at the J.E.B Stuart monument at Lombardy Street and run west before looping around the… Read more »
The Herd: New hires and promotions for 6.23.10
A recent business school graduate who competed as a student entrepreneur joins Boxwood, plus moves in marketing and real estate.
NewsFeeds 6.23.10
Fredericksburg entrepreneur built portable sawmill (Freelance Star) One box contains a 5.5-horsepower Honda engine. Another contains the Lumber Smith’s innovative, cast-aluminum casing for a horizontal band saw that can cut boards as wide as 16 inches and as thin as one-quarter inch. Hampton’s new town center takes off (Daily Press) The manager says Peninsula Town… Read more »
Foreclosures 6.22.10
Another huge list of properties this week. Most have assessed values of less than $250,000, but a handful in Chesterfield, Hanover and Henrico are much more expensive.
NewsFeeds 6.22.10
Small Chesterfield case sparks big discussion on proffers (Times-Dispatch) Two years ago, developer George Emerson requested a rezoning to add 65 apartments to the 300 already built at his Chester Village Green. After the case was twice being sent back by the Board of Supervisors, the county Planning Commission last week reluctantly recommended denial of… Read more »