Nonprofits

Henricus Historical Park is short roughly a third of its annual operating budget after the Henrico Board of Supervisors did not earmark any money for the riverfront attraction in its FY25 budget.

The botanical garden is formally breaking ground this week on a $31 million expansion that will nearly double the size of its centerpiece conservatory and add over 7 acres of new gardens.

The 86-unit conversion of the former Seven Hills Health Care Center also provides a new home base for Virginia Supportive Housing, which led the project.

The nonprofit, which dates back nearly 100 years, promotes women’s leadership, volunteerism and community service.

Phil Whiteway, who had been with the theater and its predecessor for more than 40 years, claims he was fired due to his age.

The land deal is another step toward the public media group’s plan to build a new five-story, 53,000-square-foot home to replace its current headquarters in Chesterfield County.

The newly opened Pioneer Hall at 1600 Willow Lawn Drive was the last phase of a campus-wide improvement project at the nonprofit’s headquarters complex that included construction of four new buildings.

“They’re the largest form of un-subsidized housing in the country; they’re one of the largest forms of affordable housing, period,” Lee Householder said Project:Homes’ multimillion-dollar effort to revitalize a 50-home park in Chester.