A plan to enhance a stretch of Leigh Street downtown recently was awarded funding priority by the state. But the award could end up being moot if redeveloping the area around the street and the Richmond Coliseum comes to fruition.
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The Agenda: Local government briefs for 6.17.19
Chesterfield unveils a draft plan for guiding development in Midlothian, construction starts on a county cricket field and wraps on the city’s 911 Training Center, and events start this week to officially rename Arthur Ashe Boulevard.
The Agenda: Local government briefs for 6.10.19
Henrico supervisors meet in regular session this week, Goochland embarks on a private street sign replacement program, and Richmond City Council adjusts an ordinance related to the seemingly stalled Navy Hill redevelopment.
Manchester software firm bags $2M in capital raise
A local startup is returning home from a trip to Silicon Valley with seven figures’ worth of extra baggage.
Newsbites: Noteworthy tidbits for 5.22.19
Startups Uzurv, a local transportation startup, closed on a $5 million Series A financing round. Lantera Labs, a consulting and adult education firm, launched six-week pilot courses on front-end development, data science, and marketing. Charlottesville-based agriculture startup Babylon Microfarms added operations within Hatch Kitchen at 2601 Maury St. in Manchester. Local coworking company Gather is… Read more »
Developer combo adding hundreds of homes in Hanover
A 400-home development more than a decade in the making is beginning to take shape on the former Giles Farm in Hanover County’s Atlee area.
Updated with video: Panel talks Boulevard potential at The Diamond
“Funnville” was all business at The Diamond Wednesday evening, as the Richmond Flying Squirrels’ home base played host to BizSense’s most ambitious event yet – which, as it turned out, brought the “Funn” too.
Creative Q&A: The Martin Agency’s executive of the year
When Kristen Cavallo was named CEO of The Martin Agency in the midst of a #MeToo scandal in late 2017, the marketing strategist and 25-year industry vet had less than 24 hours to wrap her head around the idea, let alone come up with a game plan or entrance strategy.
Former Richmond economic development head lands at Hunton law firm
Five months after parting ways with City Hall, the former face of economic development efforts in Richmond has taken a comparable gig with a downtown law firm.
Business license tax cuts highlight area budget proposals
Local governments in the region are in the thick of finetuning their proposed operating budgets for next fiscal year, with some tweaking their approaches to supporting business activity and economic investment more than others.