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.
Sprout School to take root in shuttered Manchester church
Nonprofits
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.
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.