A local blogger, adjunct professor and recent president of the Richmond Ad Club is starting her own firm focused on online PR and social media strategy. Christina Dick recently launched TFB Agency, a consulting practice to help clients improve their online presence and reach potential customers through social media, blogs and other techniques. Named for… Read more »
A live lobster tank. A full-service sit-down restaurant. A children’s play area with movies on rotation. An extensive wine and craft beer selection. These are just some of the things that shoppers will be oohing and ahhing over when the area’s first Wegmans grocery store opens its doors Sunday morning. The 115,000-square-foot store in the… Read more »
Two years after they purchased it, a local couple has listed their West End residence for $2.75 million. The 5,700-square-foot home at 210 Virginia Ave. in the Westmoreland Place neighborhood was listed Monday by Lucy Williams of The Steele Group | Sotheby’s International Realty. Property records list the owners as Douglas R. Cornell Jr…. Read more »
A local agency’s campaign for a Japanese tattoo exhibit at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts swept the best-in-show awards at this year’s Virginia Public Relations Awards. Ndp’s campaign last year for the “Japanese Tattoo: Perseverance, Art, and Tradition” exhibit won both the Capital Best in Show and the Commonwealth Best in Show – a… Read more »
A newcomer to the Richmond advertising scene is making its entrance to the market through a pair of Golden Arches. San Francisco-based H&L Partners has set up shop in Shockoe Bottom after picking up the regional co-op account for McDonald’s. The local office adds to others in St. Louis and Boston, with a fifth office… Read more »
Shockoe Slip became ping pong central last Friday, as a segment of Richmond’s creative industry turned their mutual love of table tennis into a charitable cause. The inaugural Shockoe Showdown Ping Pong Tournament took place over three hours in four different locations in the Slip, culminating with a final round at WorldView Solutions’ new space… Read more »
Like a mirage in the desert, the Sahara is no more. The former Sahara restaurant – a holdout in the heart of VCU’s transformation of West Grace Street – was torn down Friday, leaving an even larger void between the towering buildings on either side of it. The quarter-acre property at 813 W. Grace St…. Read more »
It was furniture and upholstery that brought Travis Hamilton to Richmond, but it was Richmond, surprisingly, that brought him back to his favorite sport: the “chess on ice” game otherwise known as curling. The owner and founder of U-Fab, a Richmond-based upholstery and home décor chain of stores, Hamilton picked up curling in middle school… Read more »
A local real estate startup that recently picked up some national press has secured an agreement with its hometown Realtors group. Nestiny, a website for homebuyers and real estate agents, has struck a deal with the Central Virginia Regional Multiple Listing Service to provide member agents with discounted access to its platform and services. Members… Read more »
Fresh off its close-up on a hit TV series, a local motorcycle maker is getting its next shot of exposure. Richmond-based Classified Moto, which recently saw its custom bike creations featured on the AMC series “The Walking Dead,” was recruited by St. Louis-based Rebel Yell Bourbon to build a custom motorcycle as part of its… Read more »
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