D-Day Memorial at risk of closing (Roanoke Times) The National D-Day Memorial is running out of cash, William McIntosh, president of the memorial’s foundation, said Thursday afternoon. The problem is so dire the World War II memorial honoring the largest land, air and sea operation in military history is at risk of closing — and… Read more »
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NewsFeeds 5.28.09
Nolan Ryan group visiting Richmond today (Times-Dispatch) Reid and Reese Ryan, of Ryan-Sanders Baseball, will visit The Diamond and the proposed site of a Shockoe Bottom ballpark today and then attend an evening meeting with community leaders and Eastern League President Joe McEacharn. As if It Needed to, Virginia Bans Smiles at the DMV (Washington… Read more »
HR firms merge, double office space
Local HR consulting firm TitanHR has merged with CT Executive Benefits.
Businesses seek tourniquet for health care costs
Insurance agents in Richmond who help businesses select plans say they are hearing from every one of their clients as the recession forces business owners to find savings.
NewsFeeds 5.27.09
Nolan Ryan’s business looking into Richmond baseball (Times-Dispatch) Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan’s Texas-based baseball business is sending representatives to Richmond this week to investigate possible ownership of the Eastern League franchise that is to move here next season. How to sell an eyesore (Virginia Gazette) A long-vacant gas station and a blighted bank… Read more »
A problem with all these ‘solutions’
Virginia Business’s magazine releases its list of the 50 fastest growing companies in Virginia. A few thoughts: Twenty percent had “solutions” in their names, and most were related to technology. And not one firm was in Richmond.
NewsFeeds 5.26.09
Lakeside Appliance coming back under new name (Times-Dispatch) A month after watching the company founded by his father 55 years ago abruptly shut down, Jeff Francisco is resurrecting the Lakeside Appliance chain under the name Appliance Solutions. Big squawk over big-box drugstore (Virginia Gazette) “You should be ashamed of yourselves,” one man told attorney Vernon… Read more »
NewsFeeds 5.22.09
Rose & Womble buys Leading Edge Realty (Virginian-Pilot) Rose & Womble Realty Co. announced Wednesday that it has purchased Leading Edge Realty, a small Virginia Beach-based real estate firm that specializes in new home sales. Leading Edge currently has 35 agents and staff. It was founded in 1988 by Scott Ayers, who will become a… Read more »
S&K To Liquidate
Just like Circuit City before it, at the end of its corporate life no other company was interested in buying S&K Famous Menswear and trying to turn it around. The company was founded in 1967 by two brothers who found a niche selling quality men’s clothes at a good price, but that niche evaporated as fewer men bought suits and the lower-end marketplace became more cutthroat. Plus, a brief Q&A with former CEO Joseph Oliver.
BizSense hires a new reporter
BizSense Nation, please meet David Larter. He’s our new business reporter and he will be covering some new beats for us, including local universities, health care, technology and nonprofits.