The pandemic’s effects reverberate in a peculiar way for coffee shops, which in normal times rely on the human connection and community – and customers sitting and often staying a while.
Jack Jacobs
Youth athletics gym slides into online training program
Pandemic or no, and despite having just opened a new 5,000-square-foot gym in Midlothian in January, a Ferrum College grad and former Arena League Football player is keeping his fitness business moving.
HCA withdraws proposal to rezone land for ER in Henrico
The hospital chain has pumped the brakes on plans for a 24-hour, 11,000-square-foot facility on about 3 acres at the intersection of Nuckols Road and Hickory Park Drive near Innsbrook.
BizSense Assembly VIII Recap: ‘This is not going to be easy’
From minor league baseball to concerts and musicals, organizers of large, in-person events in Richmond have a lot of unknowns to tackle as they look to come back from the coronavirus shutdown.
Morton’s permanently closes Shockoe steakhouse
The coronavirus pandemic has claimed another business, this one a high-end steakhouse that’s been a fixture of Richmond’s downtown dining scene since the early 2000s.
H&M permanently shutters Stony Point Fashion Park store
As local malls begin to reopen after the coronavirus shutdown, the Swedish clothing brand has walked away from the South Richmond mall for good.
Local urgent care centers shift into coronavirus testing
Not even health care is totally safe from the economic disruptions of the coronavirus pandemic, as Richmond-area urgent care providers juggle the regular business of urgent care with operation of COVID-19 testing centers.
Richmond-area malls plan to reopen Friday
With the governor’s blessing, at least a few Richmond-area malls will take the plunge and reopen Friday. But it won’t be business as usual.
Local arts groups shift away from venues and into the digital realm
From the Byrd Theater to the Richmond Symphony, even in a time of pandemic, the show must go on.
Chesterfield car hauler revs up $5M capital raise to build home delivery service
While the big players like Carvana and CarMax are bringing vehicle home delivery into prominence, locally based Sweetie Boy Delivers wants to bring that type of service to other auto dealers nationwide.