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Junior League of Richmond fills reinstated executive director role
13+ hour, 25+ min ago (783+ words) Jackie DiBartolomeo March 26, 2026 0 After doing away with its top paid management position for almost a decade, Richmond's Junior League chapter has brought that job back and has hired a longtime nonprofit leader to fill it." The Junior League of Richmond…...
Luxury car collector storage and social club to open in South Richmond
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (619+ words) Jackie DiBartolomeo February 20, 2026 0 After pumping the brakes on the concept a few years ago, a local auto shop owner is going all in on a luxury car collector storage and social club in South Richmond. Mike Moore, who owns Sportscar…...
Bills to launch recreational marijuana market in Virginia advance in House and Senate
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (830+ words) Jack Jacobs February 18, 2026 0 The General Assembly this week approved bills that would launch a recreational cannabis market in Virginia. (BizSense file) The years-in-the-making effort to launch a legal recreational marijuana market took a step forward in the General Assembly this…...
Richmond leaders highlight plant upgrades on one-year anniversary of water outage
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (811+ words) Jonathan Spiers January 6, 2026 0 It was a year ago today that what became known as the Richmond water crisis began. An overnight snowstorm on Jan. 6, 2025 knocked out power at the city's century-old water treatment plant, starting a snowball of events that…...
Therapy practice becomes own landlord in Chesterfield, relocates Richmond clinic
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (575+ words) Jack Jacobs January 6, 2026 0 A fast-growing local therapy practice is now its own landlord in Chesterfield. The Center for Creative Healing recently purchased the 8,000-square-foot building at 830 Southlake Blvd., where it has been a tenant for more than five years. It…...
Order Up: Richmond restaurant recap for 2025 and preview of what’s to come in 2026
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (726+ words) Mike Platania January 2, 2026 0 A handful of long-running and well-known restaurants serve their last meals in Richmond in 2025." Sam Miller's closed in Shockoe Slip, ending a run that dated back to the early 1900s, while Heritage and Ipanema Cafe closed in the…...
Open House: Richmond’s highest-priced home sales of 2025
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1125+ words) Jonathan Spiers December 31, 2025 0 The year in high-end home sales brought with it one of the largest purchase prices in metro Richmond in years, as well as plenty of transactions above the $3 million mark, including three off-market deals. A local law…...
Retail recap for 2025: Store openings and closings across the Richmond region
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (846+ words) Jack Jacobs December 30, 2025 0 A handful of local retailers moved into brick-and-mortar locations in 2025 after previously doing business as pop-ups. Meanwhile other homegrown shops changed hands or expanded, as new-to-market companies made their entrances into the region during the year. And…...
2025: The year Richmond’s water woes got the region boiling
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (624+ words) Jonathan Spiers December 29, 2025 0 The Richmond Water Treatment Plant along the James River. (Image courtesy City of Richmond) 2025 wasn't even a week old before what became known as the Richmond water crisis hit the region, affecting hundreds of thousands of residents…...
Ad Rewind: 2025’s best Richmond marketing moments
3+ mon, 20+ hour ago (1086+ words) Jackie DiBartolomeo December 26, 2025 0 From a team of ice and heat warriors in an Icy Hot bottle to a group of sleuthing cinnamon squares to Dick Vitale and Paige Bueckers, this year's output from Richmond's advertising industry saw plenty of quirky…...