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Pending sale of Mayo Island gets $7.5M boost from state grant
Mayo Island totals 15 acres and sits between Shockoe and Manchester. (Google Maps) The nearly $12 million price tag to reshape the future of Mayo Island just got a lot more manageable for its...
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Nonprofit drug maker to begin manufacturing this year at $140M Petersburg plant
Civica Rx pharmaceutical manufacturing plant at 1 Civica Way in Petersburg. (Photo courtesy of Civica Rx) A Utah-based nonprofit pharmaceutical manufacturer is gearing up to kick off production at its...
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Food pantry expanding facility in Colonial Heights
Warren Hammonds (third from left) along with The Cameron Foundation and John Randolph Foundation leaders and others in January 2023. (Photo courtesy Stephen G. Studios/Colonial Heights Food Pantry)...
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Former CarLotz, Need Supply CEOs launch new startup in Richmond
Endowment Project cofounders Michael Bor (left) and Chris Bossola. (Contributed photo) It wasn’t long after Michael Bor had steered his company CarLotz through an IPO when he got a call that would...
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Long-planned FC Richmond soccer complex aims to break ground this year
FC Richmond is a Chesterfield-based youth soccer organization that offers recreational and competitive programming. (Photo courtesy of FC Richmond) More than six years in the making, a new Chesterfield...
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Community groups seek new ways to operate as Enrichmond collapse remains...
Volunteers collect litter at Brown’s Island during a July 2017 RVA Clean Sweep event. (Photo Courtesy of Dave Parrish/RVA Clean Sweep) When a RVA Clean Sweep volunteer using a leaf blower accidentally...
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Feed More to relocate to $40M warehouse planned near St. Joseph’s Villa
Feed More CEO Doug Pick outside the food bank’s current home on Rhoadmiller Street in Richmond. (Jonathan Spiers photos) A code-named industrial project in the works near St. Joseph’s Villa has turned...
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Powhatan Habitat chapter places first modular home
A crane placed the modular home on its foundation in late February. (Images courtesy Susan Winiecki) To provide its latest home for a family in need, an area housing nonprofit took a different approach...
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Part of old Goochland golf course back up for sale as proposed Covid memorial...
Humanitarian Ambassadors of America Community Development Corp. bought 151 acres of the former Royal Virginian Golf Course. (Photos courtesy of Humanitarian Ambassadors of America CDC) Less than a year...
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Bids due for surplus city properties intended for low-income housing
Three of the surplus parcels offered for sale are in Northside. See full map below. (Google Maps) After weeding out lots that it deemed unbuildable, the Maggie Walker Community Land Trust is getting...
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Feed More buys future HQ site, lists Diamond District-area complex for sale
The stage is being set for Feed More’s pending move to Henrico, as the regional food bank recently closed on a seven-figure deal for the site of its future home near St. Joseph’s Villa, while its...
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Portion of former Goochland golf course up for auction
Humanitarian Ambassadors of America Community Development Corp. is selling it 151 acres of the former Royal Virginian Golf Course. (BizSense file) There’s been yet another twist in the tale of the...
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Nonprofit breaks ground on new $9M James River education center on Dock St.
From left: JRA sturgeon mascot Scoot, Virginia Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources Travis Voyles, First Lady of Virginia Suzanne Youngkin, Mayor Levar Stoney and Councilwoman Cynthia Newbille....
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Chabad of Virginia becomes its own landlord at VCU center
The house near VCU dates to the mid-1800s. (Mike Platania photo) Just over a year after moving into the building, Chabad of Virginia has become its own landlord in the VCU area. The nonprofit Jewish...
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VPM to build new 5-story HQ on downtown parking lot
A rendering of VPM’s planned five-story headquarters that would feature TV and audio studios in addition to event space in downtown Richmond. (Images courtesy of VPM) After nearly 60 years on Sesame...
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$250K grant initiative launching for groups left hanging by Enrichmond...
Volunteers with Richmond Tree Stewards, which lost $29,000 when Enrichmond folded. (Courtesy Richmond Tree Stewards) When the Enrichmond Foundation suddenly ended operations last summer, it took down...
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Ronald McDonald House opens new $1.5M facility at VCU Health children’s hospital
Children’s Hospital of Richmond Vice President Jeniece Roane, left, with children who received care at the hospital and others who participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the hospital’s new...
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Downtime: Sportable’s Hunter Leemon pedals for nonprofit in 500-mile bike ride
Hunter Leemon at a practice for the River City Rumble Wheelchair Rugby Tournament, one of Sportable’s newer events held last weekend at Highland Springs High School. (Jonathan Spiers photo) When Dan...
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Richmond Ballet to relocate in-house performance series to renovated VMFA...
Richmond Ballet dancers in a production of “Thrive” by Ma Cong. (Courtesy of Sarah Ferguson/Richmond Ballet) The State Ballet of Virginia is getting ready to take the stage at the state’s fine arts...
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Community groups raise back thousands of dollars lost in Enrichmond collapse
The restoration of the 19th century Pump House has been hindered by Enrichmond’s collapse. (Charlotte Matherly photo) When the Enrichmond Foundation dissolved last June, dozens of community groups were...
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