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Free beer and other stimulus spending ideas
The Commonwealth of Virginia has launched a new website to solicit proposals from the public as to how the state should spend federal stimulus dollars. Virginia is expected to receive close to $3 billion
Read More »Op/Ed: Boomer businesses blindsided by recession ask, “What’s next?”
Editor’s note: The views expressed in Friday Op/Eds are those of the writer and are not RBS. Last summer I met with the owners of a local business to discuss ways to grow. They
Read More »Is Richmond the worst residential rental market in the country?
The U.S. Census Bureau says the Richmond metro area has the highest residential rental vacancy in the country, but local rental agents aren’t buying it
Read More »Sneak Preview: Movieland
Movieland by Bow-Tie Cinemas, Richmond City’s first movie theater in 35 years, opened its doors to the press to showcase the 17-screen multiplex in advance of its opening Feb.
Read More »NewsFeed 2.13.09
AA team may be coming (Times-Dispatch) A Richmond group hopes to buy a franchise that belongs to the Class AA Eastern League, the Connecticut Defenders, and move it to Richmond, according to sources familiar
Read More »The Pipeline: Commercial Real Estate Round Up for 2.13.09
Grubb & Ellis Harrison & Bates report Magan & Sons, LLC purchased a 1.48-acre parcel at Short Pump Town Center in Henrico for $1.2 million. The buyer plans to develop a hotel on the
Read More »Sneek peek inside Movieland, Richmond’s new movie theatre
A sneak peak inside the first movie theater to open in Richmond in 35 years
Read More »First Market Bank gets $34 million in bailout money
Richmond-based First Market Bank might be in the mood for granting more loans after receiving a $34 million loan from the federal government
Read More »NewsFeeds 2.12.09
LandAmerica unit wants funds access (Times-Dispatch) A LandAmerica Financial Group Inc. subsidiary wants access to customer funds to pay vendors and expenses while going through Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. LandAmerica 1031 Exchange Services Inc.
Read More »Richmond PR professional on BusinessWeek.com
Casey Quinlan, a PR profession and ubiquitous member of the business networking circuit in Richmond, has a guest column on BusinessWeek.com arguing that health care costs should be driven down by a push for
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