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Pandemic prompts increased usage of Capital Trail
The Virginia Capital Trail reported a substantial bump in usage in March compared to the same time last year. (Courtesy of Basket & Bike) The Virginia Capital Trail has experienced a burst of...
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Salvation Army pays $1.8M for site for new HQ
The Salvation Army bought a Northside property from a church to be the site of its future regional headquarters in March. (BizSense file photo) The Salvation Army took another step toward its eventual...
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Green building nonprofit adds to its ranks with acquisition
Viridiant provides consulting services to help builders and developers incorporate environmentally friendly features in their projects. (Courtesy Viridiant) A Richmond nonprofit that advocates for...
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PPP loan in hand, Lewis Ginter looks to rehire some laid-off workers
Lewis Ginter is rehiring employees with the help of a recently acquired PPP loan several weeks after it laid off 80 percent of its workers. (Courtesy Lewis Ginter) Several weeks after Lewis Ginter...
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Virginia Home for Boys and Girls embarks on $1M renovation
The Virginia Home for Boys and Girls will spend $1 million to renovate its dining hall and help modernize its building. (Courtesy VHBG) A local nonprofit is about to give its 54-year-old dining hall a...
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Local arts groups shift away from venues and into the digital realm
The Byrd Theatre has introduced a virtual streaming service to help generate more revenue. (Courtesy Byrd Theatre) Even in a time of pandemic, the show must go on. Just as businesses figure out how to...
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Goodwill pulls plug on construction training center project
The warehouse building on Goodwill’s Midlothian Turnpike campus, where the trades program was to be housed. (File photo courtesy Goodwill) Facing higher cost projections, and feeling the financial...
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Children’s Museum permanently closes Fredericksburg location
Museum officials decided to permanently close the Fredericksburg branch due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Courtesy Children’s Museum of Richmond) As it waits to reopen its three outposts in the...
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Nonprofit aims to cover cost to remove city-owned Confederate monuments
A rain-soaked crowd watched Wednesday as the Stonewall Jackson statue on Monument Avenue was removed from its perch for the first time since its unveiling in 1919. (Submitted photo) An estimated...
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Underground Kitchen founder launches hunger relief nonprofit amid pandemic
Jean Lorestil, an Underground Kitchen chef, prepares meals for the pop-up dinner group’s new hunger relief nonprofit, UGK Community First. (Ashley Cameron photos) The coronavirus has spawned a new...
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Showstopper: Pandemic forces opera nonprofit to replace inaugural...
Jessica Harika performs with the dell’Arte Ensemble in New York City last August. Harika is artistic director and co-founder of River City Opera. (Courtesy River City Opera) It’s been a tough year for...
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Children’s Museum of Richmond to permanently close Short Pump Town Center...
The Children’s Museum of Richmond will permanently close its Short Pump facility after 10 years in the area. (Courtesy Children’s Museum of Richmond) The Children’s Museum of Richmond will close...
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Nonprofit clinic becomes its own landlord in Manchester for $2.7 million
The Manchester Medical Center at the corner of Cowardin Avenue and Bainbridge Street sold last week. (Mike Platania) A South Richmond building has been traded from one local health care provider to...
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Richmond developer sues RRHA, claiming a year and a half’s worth of housing...
RRHA faces a lawsuit alleging nonpayment of housing assistance voucher payments. (Photos by Jonathan Spiers) A dispute over housing assistance voucher payments is pitting a local landlord and developer...
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City launching $3 million grant program for small businesses and nonprofits
Mayor Stoney announced the program Wednesday. (Screenshot) Nearly three months after the program was first mentioned, the city of Richmond is launching a $3 million grant program for small businesses...
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Hungry for more space, food banks lease warehouse in Lakeside
The Virginia Federation of Food Banks leased out the Lakeside warehouse to serve as a staging area for a state-level food reserve. Photos courtesy VFFB. A statewide nonprofit has staked out a sizable...
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Nonprofit raises $45K toward city’s $1.8M Confederate monument removal bills
The empty pedestal of the J.E.B. Stuart statue on Monument Avenue in early July. A grassroots campaign overseen by a local nonprofit to cover the costs of the removal of the city’s Confederate...
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Better Housing Coalition planning $11M apartment building in Jackson Ward
The unimproved city block is across Duval Street from Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church in Jackson Ward. The smaller block beside it is not included in the project. (Michael Schwartz photo) A local...
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Catholic Charities, Diocese planning dozens of income-based apartments in...
A development with 56 affordable housing units is being planned for this vacant site in Northside. (Mike Platania photo) A local nonprofit is looking to add to the city’s stock of income-based housing....
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Housing nonprofit marks five years by launching new rent-to-own program
This house on North 30th Street in Church Hill is the first built specifically for the rent-to-own program. (Photos courtesy of MWCLT) On the heels of its fifth year in existence, and its third...
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