Richmond’s housing authority hires a chief of staff, Goochland gets a new IT director, and county and airport departments win achievement awards. (BizSense Pro required)
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City won’t meet Diamond District incentive deadline, plans to lobby G.A. for missed $24M
The city said the loss of the $24 million in state sales tax incentives does not jeopardize the stadium or the Diamond District project overall, which remains scheduled to break ground next month.
Amazon returns re-seller Where Ya Bin opening new store in Henrico
Where Ya Bin is a relatively new retailer that buys truckloads of customer returns and overstocked products from online sellers every week, and uses those products to stock its locations.
Nonprofit withdraws ‘agrihood’ project, alleges racial discrimination against Chesterfield supervisor, commissioner
Maggie Walker Community Land Trust issued a statement that it had withdrawn its rezoning application for the proposed Bensley Agrihood project after multiple deferrals by the Planning Commission to hear the case.
Life sciences startup support program looks to boost biohealth industry in Richmond
Activation Capital is launching the Frontier BioHealth program for up to 10 startups from August to November to groom life sciences companies in the area for the long term.
100-acre site of aborted ‘Project Rocky’ back on the market in Goochland
The land on Ashland Road is where Panattoni Development Co. had been pursuing the codenamed industrial development before pulling the plug on the project late last year.
The Agenda: Local government briefs for 6.10.24
Chesterfield seeks input for a new land-use plan for the Route 60 corridor, Goochland will discuss proposed ordinance amendments, and Henrico opens new restrooms along the Virginia Capital Trail. (BizSense Pro required)
The R&D Dept.: Local patent roundup for 6.4.24
Patents for Afton Chemical, TemperPack, Capital One, Altria and more. (BizSense Pro required)
Chesterfield continues Southside Speedway talks with developer as rival team vies for position
Two things are clear: the discussions between Chesterfield and Competitive Racing are still ongoing; and the rival development team that got passed over for the project still wants to be the one to bring it across the finish line.
Diamond District bonds help Richmond achieve first AAA credit rating from Fitch
The upgrade from the city’s previous AA+ rating was announced Wednesday by Fitch, which assigned the highest-possible AAA rating to two bond series including $130 million in bonds to fund the new Diamond District ballpark.