Area food banks are struggling with increasing demand for services. After asking the state for $1 million in emergency funding, the Federation of Virginia Food Banks is preparing for an unprecedented amount of need during 2009. Leslie Van Horn, executive director of the Federation of Virginia Food Banks, says the state’s food banks are in… Read more »
Aaron Kremer
Aaron Kremer is the founder of Richmond BizSense. Email him at [email protected].
Trading on tight times
With fewer paying customers, businesses are turning to trades to keep busy and reduce spending. Trade exchanges work like mini-economies, wherein members perform services and earn trade dollars. And if the trade dollars can be used for things that the company would pay for with cash – then it’s almost as good as cash. (BizSense… Read more »
Getting stiffed
Hurry up and wait. That’s the only option for local businesses owed money by bankrupt Circuit City and LandAmerica. More than 1,000 entities are owed money by Circuit City, according to a list of creditors filed with the bankruptcy court in Richmond, and the money from a liquidation sale might not yield enough money to… Read more »
Circuit City draws mobs, but where are the deals?
So this is why furniture stores are always advertising “going out of business” sales. At Circuit City stores in Richmond and across the country, consumers smell a bargain and are dropping thousands on items even though the deals are few and far between. It sort of makes you think that if Circuit City had lowered… Read more »
The end of the trail for a popular triathlon?
After more than a decade in Richmond, the Xterra East Championship off-road triathlon will likely not stop here in June. But a new race might take its place in the cooler month of May.
January Newsfeeds
1.29.2009 Richmond gets extra time on ballpark (Times-Dispatch) The developers pitching a minor-league ballpark for Shockoe Bottom are giving Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones an extra five months to swing. Region’s new homebuilding hits lowest point since 1984 (Virginian-Pilot) New home construction and sales in Hampton Roads last year fell to their lowest point in… Read more »
Newsfeeds for January
1.29.2009 Richmond gets extra time on ballpark (Times-Dispatch) The developers pitching a minor-league ballpark for Shockoe Bottom are giving Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones an extra five months to swing. Region’s new homebuilding hits lowest point since 1984 (Virginian-Pilot) New home construction and sales in Hampton Roads last year fell to their lowest point in… Read more »
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Two restaurants close
It’s looking like two more Richmond restaurants have closed shop. One blog is reporting that Shockoe Bottom eatery Relish has closed after two years in operation. And the popular foodie blog in vino veritas has posted that that upscale Carytown restaurant Karsens is also closing. I went by last night and it wasn’t open, but… Read more »
Ukrop’s puts brakes on gas promotion
In an unusual newspaper advertisement, Ukrop’s supermarkets told shoppers Monday that it was reducing its fuelperks! promotion, which allowed motorists to get a discount of $.10 a gallon when they flashed their Ukrop’s card at participating gas stations. Now motorists can get only get $.05 off a gallon of gas. The full-page ad first appeared… Read more »