http://www.richmondbizsense.com Richmond's Homepage For Business News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:46:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/03/01/dude-where%e2%80%99s-the-skate-park/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/03/01/dude-where%e2%80%99s-the-skate-park/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:35:27 +0000 Andy Taylor http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=16000 A group of business people and academics grapple with the reasons Richmond is under-utilized. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/03/01/dude-where%e2%80%99s-the-skate-park/feed/ 11 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/03/01/monday-qa-a-class-with-south-university%e2%80%99s-president/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/03/01/monday-qa-a-class-with-south-university%e2%80%99s-president/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:25:15 +0000 Andy Taylor http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=15997 Troy Ralston is the president of Richmond’s newest institution of higher learning, South University. The university opened for classes in October at its campus in West Broad Village in Short Pump]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/03/01/monday-qa-a-class-with-south-university%e2%80%99s-president/feed/ 3 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/25/local-siblings-launch-new-web-startup/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/25/local-siblings-launch-new-web-startup/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:16:36 +0000 Andy Taylor http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=15955 Charles Bice and Amy de Venoge think they have come up with a way to take the juggling out of scheduling. The Richmond brother and sister have created a web-based organizer that they say will eliminate “phone tag” and “no reply all” when trying to bring a group together for a meeting or volunteer event. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/25/local-siblings-launch-new-web-startup/feed/ 2 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/24/a-%e2%80%9csign%e2%80%9d-of-the-times/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/24/a-%e2%80%9csign%e2%80%9d-of-the-times/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:41:31 +0000 Andy Taylor http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=15926 The FastSigns store at 8707 W. Broad St. has moved to a new location in the Innsbrook area. The company’s store at Horsepen Road and Broad Street can serve the area that the original FastSigns store in Richmond had served, said company executive Bill Sroka. Sroka and Ed Fagenson are partners in SignRush Inc., a ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/24/a-%e2%80%9csign%e2%80%9d-of-the-times/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/22/richbrau-files-for-chapter-7-bankruptcy-protection/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/22/richbrau-files-for-chapter-7-bankruptcy-protection/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:36:21 +0000 Andy Taylor http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=15908 Richbrau Brewery owner Michael T. Byrne said his Shockoe Slip restaurant collapsed under the weight of the recession]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/22/richbrau-files-for-chapter-7-bankruptcy-protection/feed/ 8 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/21/remodeling-carytown/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/21/remodeling-carytown/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:07:20 +0000 Andy Taylor http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=15888 Carytown is getting a face lift. You might not have noticed yet, because most of the work is still to come. But by summer, streetscape improvements should be quite noticeable, said Bob Broomfield, president of the Carytown Merchants Association. Broomfield is owner of the Play N Trade video game store. In September, the city paved ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/21/remodeling-carytown/feed/ 3 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/19/home-and-garden-shows-join-forces-during-slow-economy/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/19/home-and-garden-shows-join-forces-during-slow-economy/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:01:19 +0000 Andy Taylor http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=15840 This weekend’s Maymont Flower & Garden Show is an anticipated mid-winter event in Richmond, signaling that spring is on its way. This year’s show at the Greater Richmond Convention Center is combined with the MAC Events Home Show, giving attendees an opportunity to find items for inside the house, as well as out. While it’s ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/19/home-and-garden-shows-join-forces-during-slow-economy/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/18/sequel-coming-soon-to-east-end-theater/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/18/sequel-coming-soon-to-east-end-theater/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:21:54 +0000 Andy Taylor http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=15823 The place was once frequented by the likes of Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne and Bette Davis. But that was so long ago. Sterling Bilder Developers purchased the property Jan. 7 for $45,000. The company recently developed the Sterling Row Condominiums in Shockoe Bottom. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/18/sequel-coming-soon-to-east-end-theater/feed/ 5 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/17/a-shot-in-the-arm-for-injector-inventor/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/17/a-shot-in-the-arm-for-injector-inventor/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:14:36 +0000 Andy Taylor http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=15791 Evan Edwards was named Richmond’s Engineer of the Year, and it was an honor he never saw coming. “I absolutely was surprised,” said Edwards, who didn’t know he had been nominated for the award that the Richmond Joint Engineers’ Council will present to him Thursday evening at a banquet at The Jefferson Hotel. The recognition ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/17/a-shot-in-the-arm-for-injector-inventor/feed/ 2 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/16/toyota-firestorm-continues/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/16/toyota-firestorm-continues/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:00:25 +0000 Andy Taylor http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=15762 First it was Ford’s problems with the Pinto’s exploding gas tanks. Now it is Toyota that is in the throes of what Virginia Commonwealth University economics professor George E. Hoffer calls the industry's fifth “major safety firestorm." ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/16/toyota-firestorm-continues/feed/ 1