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New hockey venue Richmond Ice Box opens with NHL-sized rink in Chesterfield
10+ hour, 59+ min ago (818+ words) Jack Jacobs July 13, 2026 0 The puck has dropped at Richmond Ice Box. The newly built, 49,000-square-foot ice hockey venue was slated to open today (Monday) at 13100 Tredegar Lake Parkway in Chesterfield. Richmond Ice Box features an NHL-sized rink, 350 spectator seats and…...
Gas station rivals Sheetz, Royal Farms continue their Richmond-area expansion
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (641+ words) Jack Jacobs May 11, 2026 1 Competing convenience store chains are in expansion mode locally. Sheetz and Royal Farms are each planning new locations in the Chester area, along with other recently opened or anticipated stores elsewhere in the Richmond area. Last month,…...
Code Refresh Q&A: Checking in with planning director Kevin Vonck on Richmond's zoning code rewrite
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1917+ words) Jonathan Spiers April 27, 2026 0 Planning and Development Review Department Director Kevin Vonck outside Richmond City Hall. (BizSense file) In his fifth year at the helm of Richmond’s planning and development review department, director Kevin Vonck is in the midst of drafting…...
Stone Brewing beers will no longer be made in Richmond following sale to Belgian giant Duvel
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (776+ words) Mike Platania April 21, 2026 0 The beer-making operations of Stone Brewing Co. are not long for Richmond as the California-based brand is being sold for the second time in four years. This week industry giant Duvel Moortgat USA announced it has reached…...
Richmond high schooler looks to ramp up his electronics recycling business in deal with national nonprofit
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (985+ words) Jackie DiBartolomeo April 14, 2026 0 Loch MacFarlane and PCs for People’s Hampton shop manager Darrell Powell. (Courtesy Loch MacFarlane) While most of his peers are focused on their SAT scores or their high school sports teams, Loch Macfarlane is busy checking his…...
Richmond startup Remission Medical lands $5M from local private equity firm Blue Heron
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (968+ words) Jackie DiBartolomeo April 9, 2026 1 A 4-year-old Richmond-based telehealth company has just closed on its biggest capital influx to date, courtesy of a local investment firm. Remission Medical, which offers virtual appointments for rheumatology care, recently closed on a $5 million investment from…...
Richmond Traffic Control acquired by private equity-backed Colorado firm
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (669+ words) Jackie DiBartolomeo April 6, 2026 0 Richmond Traffic Control deploys its services across the Richmond and Norfolk regions. (Images courtesy Tom Kinsling) With two deals in less than a year, the traffic control industry has become a mini hot-spot in the local M…...
Packaging manufacturer to close Richmond plant, lay off 110 workers
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (398+ words) Jack Jacobs April 3, 2026 0 A national packaging manufacturer is planning to shutter its plant in Richmond. Packaging Corp. of America notified the state this week that it will close its facility at 2000 Richmond Highway and lay off its 110 employees. The local…...
Virginia Housing takes possession of Model Tobacco building after foreclosure auction
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (607+ words) Jonathan Spiers March 27, 2026 0 The Model Tobacco building at the center of imprisoned developer Chris Harrison’s legal troubles is now in the hands of the state’s housing authority, following a foreclosure auction held Thursday morning. Virginia Housing, the noteholder on a…...
Junior League of Richmond fills reinstated executive director role
3+ mon, 2+ week 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…...