The layoffs follow a reduction in the company’s Plow & Hearth brick-and-mortar store count, which once stood at 26 but has been trimmed to three.
Richmond-based Evergreen to lay off 100 workers as it ends direct-to-consumer sales
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Breakfast chain Rise eyes expansion with new location in Carytown
Rise claimed one of the few remaining storefronts at Carytown Exchange and has plans for continued expansion both locally and elsewhere in Virginia.
131-home mixed-use project proposed in east Ashland
Hank Wilton is planning Patriot Glenn, a mixed-use development with 131 residential units and commercial space on a 60-acre site where East Patrick Henry and Providence Church roads meet, just off I-95.
Chesterfield’s inaugural restaurant week to feature nearly 40 eateries
Only Chesterfield-based, locally owned restaurants that have been in business for at least a year are able to participate.
Financial planner’s career change brings first Bella Ballerina franchise to the region
Allie Wine spent 12 years working in financial planning before deciding she was ready for a change of pace and found one that tapped into her passion for dance.
Two new-to-market steakhouse chains open outposts in Short Pump
Brazilian steakhouse Fogo de Chão is now open at West Broad Village, just a mile down Broad Street from the Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille that recently opened outside of Short Pump Town Center.
Chesterfield picks contractor to build new $9M fields at River City Sportsplex
The project will add four new synthetic turf athletic fields at the county-owned 115-acre sports complex, bringing the total number of fields to 16. It’s the first of a multi-phase plan to upgrade the facility.
Horse trailer-turned-mobile bar saddles up in the Richmond region
Shaken Not Spurred, fashioned from a horse trailer, will be at least the fourth mobile bar venture to pop up in the area in recent months.
‘Elections have consequences’: New Kent board rejects Liberty Landing mixed-use development
The board last week voted against a rezoning request for Boyd Homes’ plans for Liberty Landing, which would have featured 60,000 square feet of commercial space as well as 290 homes.
New phase of $500M Goochland retirement development opens, with another underway
Avery Point, which at completion will span up to 1,400 residential units on a 94-acre campus in West Creek, expects to open a 103-unit apartment building called Wilton Crossing this summer.
