An effort to increase the number of local workers entering the construction industry is attracting support from Richmond-area builders and philanthropists, as backers aim to reach a fundraising goal for a new training facility on a nonprofit’s Southside campus.
Nonprofits
Bakery rising from HDL-spawned nonprofit
Spawned from the wreckage of Health Diagnostic Laboratory, a nonprofit helping students with developmental disabilities is firing up a new bakery in Westover Hills.
Nonprofit completes ‘Solar Row’ homes in Carver district
Seven solar-powered homes are now part of the Carver neighborhood’s housing stock, six months after their foundations first saw the light of day.
Better Housing cuts ribbon on Union Hill apartments
A Union Hill property named through the years as a place of happiness and hope now can add another description – housing – to its century-long history.
Nonprofits team up on three Barton Heights home rehabs
Three vacant homes in Richmond’s Barton Heights neighborhood are set to be revitalized through a collaboration between two local nonprofits.
An incubator for the nonprofit set
The area’s latest startup incubator has arrived, with a focus on nurturing organizations for which turning a profit is not a mandate.
New developments add to Faison, St. Joseph’s Villa campuses
Two local nonprofits recently hit construction milestones on their respective campuses in Henrico, in a pair of projects amounting to more than $9 million that allow for a greater expansion of services to the area’s autistic population.
Construction starting on $8M eastern Henrico aquatics center
Henrico County’s goal of making the community “drown-proof” is 10 golden shovels’ worth of dirt closer to being met.
Newly redeveloped apartments for homeless open in Carver
With a $19 million expansion and renovation now complete, a local nonprofit has nearly doubled the capacity of its apartment house for homeless people in the Carver neighborhood.
To the highest bidder: face time with Richmond’s business elite
How much are Richmonders willing to donate to get a sit-down meeting with Bill Goodwin, Tom Farrell or the owners of some of the area’s most popular restaurants? A new fundraiser plans to find out.