Richmond plans upgrades for faster snow removal (Times-Dispatch) Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones said yesterday that the city would respond to future snowstorms by mobilizing sooner and dispatching more equipment and workers. James City County taps W&M to run incubator (Inside Business) James City County’s Economic Development Authority announced last week it is revamping its… Read more »
Aaron Kremer
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BizSense Presents
We’ve posted a few photos from our big event “The Future of News” last Thursday. More than 200 attended.
NewsFeed 2.2.10
Empty offices tax Henrico coffers (Times-Dispatch) Empty commercial buildings are cutting deeply into local governments’ tax bases across the region. In the case of the former Circuit City headquarters at 9954 Mayland Drive, Henrico’s reassessment will cost the county about $337,000 a year in real estate taxes at the current rate of 87 cents per… Read more »
Monday Q&A: From the farm back to finance
Todd Newton spent the past 18 months growing soybeans in Alabama. Now the North Carolina native is back in a suit and tie in the corner office of Anderson Strudwick. His job is to help turn around one of the last remaining independent financial services firm in Richmond. This week BizSense chats with Newton about his new role and his goal of growing the firm.
NewsFeeds 2.1.10
Mortgage on Circuit City headquarters a ‘loan of concern’ (Times-Dispatch) Now the tenant, Circuit City Stores Inc., is bankrupt, and the bonds that its western Henrico County headquarters helped to finance have been downgraded. The mortgage on Circuit City’s now-empty headquarters – arranged by a now-defunct firm that sold the loan to itself and then… Read more »
NewsFeeds 1.29.10
Atlanta developer in talks to buy Norfolk Ford plant (Virginian-Pilot) Ford Motor Co. is in discussions with an Atlanta developer who wants to buy the automaker’s shuttered Norfolk pick up plant and redevelop it as a mixed-use industrial project, a Ford spokeswoman said Thursday. $5,000 tax credit for each new job a big part of… Read more »
Media General stops the bleeding
By cutting costs 22 percent, Media General reported a profitable fourth quarter.
NewsFeeds 1.28.10
S-A-T-I-R-E Report: Second Floor In Shockoe McDonald’s A Fake (Tobacco Avenue) The cover story investigation found “no internal stairwell leading to a second story” at the popular Richmond McDonald’s location, while hidden cameras in the kitchen area – placed by McDonald’s employees – similarly found no access to the restaurant’s purported upper floor. Richmond-area foreclosure… Read more »
Business Licenses for 1.28.2010
Best names this week: Bleeding Hearts Graphics and Sign Worx Warehouse.
Photo Post: bank downtown
Does anyone remember what used to be in this building on the north east corner of Eighth and East Main Streets downtown. It’s available for lease now.