The expansion project added nine additional classrooms, two of which are dedicated to career and technical education. The expanded building also includes a new cafeteria and kitchen to feed students.
Nonprofits
Sports Backers moving HQ to Lakeside building at Fall Line trailhead
The nonprofit will be moving from its similar-sized home at Sports Backers Stadium, which is set to give way to the Diamond District redevelopment.
Nonprofits Daily Planet, Senior Connections strike nearly $2M downtown office deal
The building became available when Senior Connections moved to Manchester. Daily Planet will use it to expand its dental services.
New architectural design guidelines in the works for downtown Ashland
The Downtown Ashland Association is kicking off its Downtown Ashland Revitalization project, which will be powered by state-provided grant funds and done in coordination with town officials.
‘The goal is long-term sustainable employment’: Nonprofit CEO discusses Good Foods Grocery deal
The purchase, to be funded by the sale of real estate owned by Commonwealth Autism, gives the nonprofit the retail venue it needs for its new vocational training venture.
Community groups raise back thousands of dollars lost in Enrichmond collapse
Many groups have dug up various means to survive – some underwent the process of becoming a nonprofit on their own, while others found a new fiscal sponsor or obtained donations from the community to keep them afloat.
Richmond Ballet to relocate in-house performance series to renovated VMFA theater
A driving force for the relocation is VMFA’s plans for a $190 million expansion and renovation project to its facilities, which includes improvements to the museum’s Leslie Cheek Theater, where the ballet will perform.
Downtime: Sportable’s Hunter Leemon pedals for nonprofit in 500-mile bike ride
The executive director of the Richmond nonprofit is riding next week in RAGBRAI, a 500-mile bike ride across Iowa, raising funds for Sportable along the way.
Ronald McDonald House opens new $1.5M facility at VCU Health children’s hospital
The new facility comes as the nonprofit continues to plan for a larger, regional family center on the scale of what it envisioned for the nixed VCU Health-anchored redevelopment of the nearby Public Safety Building property.
$250K grant initiative launching for groups left hanging by Enrichmond Foundation
“We felt so many people were burned by the Enrichmond process,” Chopus said. “We wanted the reputation and gravitas of the Community Foundation behind us as we try to right this wrong.”