After getting its start in Henrico, a local transportation company dedicated to getting kids where they need to be recently expanded its footprint inside the city limits and other areas of the state.
Nonprofits
Daily Planet drops $1.7M for Commonwealth Catholic Charities building on Grace
The nonprofit picked up the neighboring building and plans to renovate it and use it to expand operations.
38,000-square-foot coworking space planned for Westwood area
The Collaboratory of Virginia will lease office space exclusively to nonprofit organizations. The $5 million venture will operate within the U-Turn Sports’ building at 2101 Maywill St.
Sprout School to take root in shuttered Manchester church
The school’s move will free up the YWCA to carry out a nearly $6 million renovation of its downtown facility at 6 N. Fifth St.
Goodwill building momentum for construction training center
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.
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.