A fresh face in the local fitness industry has signed on for its next location in an expanding Southside shopping center.
Fitness franchise takes second set to Midlothian
Sports & Recreation
Sports ticketing app gets in the game
The app is the brainchild of Roanoke resident Russell Hertzberg, who saw an opportunity to combine the fundraising, sponsorship and ticketing functions of non-professional sports teams into a single mobile platform after his daughter’s team planned to sell season tickets to raise money.
Panel: Sports add boost for July tourism market
A group of government officials, hoteliers, restaurateurs and other business leaders gathered Friday in Brandermill to discuss sports tourism’s impact on Richmond businesses and the regional economy.
Sports Backers’ Lugbill preps for ride to nation’s capital
“Ultimately, when you’re advocating with elected officials, it shouldn’t be all about what they’re doing wrong or trying to push for change. Some of it is talking about what they’ve done right and getting out and enjoying it with them, so this is one way to do that.”
Gym finds better fit in Ashland
On the heels of its one-year anniversary, a fitness startup has pressed into a new location.
Sports site breaks off from Chester newspaper
Linked by a love of sports, a business manager, a veteran sportswriter and a social media junkie are calling the plays at a startup news site focused on local high school athletics. RVA GameBreak, launched last fall by Elliott Fausz and Josh Mathews of Chester’s Village News, has brought in Thomas Dozier as a third… Read more »
Uphoff’s bowling venture striking into China
Steve Uphoff is rolling further into the Far East. Backed by a new set of Chinese investors, the local businessman and founder of bowling alley chain Uptown Alley announced plans last week to open 15 locations for the brand in China over the next five years, a more aggressive expansion than Uphoff announced in 2014… Read more »
Struggling riverfront golf club weighed for development, conservation
There may finally be a light at the end of the fairway for a down-on-its-luck local golf course. Several deals are on the table to salvage and transform parts of River’s Bend Golf Club in Chester, including potentially selling the bulk of its riverfront land to a developer, conserving that land, and revamping the remaining… Read more »
NASCAR team sees rush of local logos
As the Sprint Cup Series roars into Richmond this weekend, more locally based companies are catching a ride with NASCAR. Three cars in this Sunday’s Toyota Owners 400 will be sporting the logos of six Richmond-based sponsors, including E.J. Wade Construction, the Richmond Flying Squirrels, private security services firm RMC Events, frozen yogurt chain SweetFrog,… Read more »
Real estate agent feeling the burn in Short Pump
A local real estate agent’s new side business will bring another out-of-town fitness franchise to Richmond. Jonathan Ceaser of Keller Williams is working to open Burn Boot Camp, a gym chain that caters to women, to 3406 Pump Road at Short Pump Crossing. Ceaser has a lease on a 4,000-square-foot space that was previously home… Read more »