Stop throwing away money

Richmond businesses can cut their trash bill by more than 13% percent, particularly offices and restaurants, if they start recycling. No concrete figures exist about how many businesses recycle, but interviews and a driving tour of suburban office parking lots and downtown alleys suggest it’s not exactly popular (despite endless headlines about “going green”) One likely reason: cost. Unlike residents in Henrico County and in the City of Richmond, who don’t pay anything extra to recycle, businesses are on their own to find and retain recycling haulers.

E-Mail Regret

Have you ever noticed that immediately after you hit the send button on an e-mail, you start second guessing yourself? ‘Oh crap, did I remember to spell check that? I didn’t just hit forward to all, did I? Why did I use so many exclamation points?’

The Pipeline: businesses on the move for 5.2.08

This is the first installment of a regular (possibly weekly) feature that will report on businesses that are leasing new space, buying property, expanding or shrinking. Flagstop CarWash bought 1.72 acres at 9828 E. Parham Rd. from the Royal Oldsmobile Company for $1.3 million and plans to tear down the existing structure and build a carwash. Thalhimer handled the sale.

Craigslist…where everything is for sale

When it comes to taking a pulse of Richmond’s economic activity, leave the consumer confidence index or consumer price index to people who know how to index things. Instead, there’s an easy-to-use alternative in Richmond. Craigslist, the online bulletin board bemoaned by newspapers for stealing classified revenue, is equally loved by those seeking a roommate or unloading a used record player. And by curious reporters.