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Nonprofit dishes out $100K to local startups

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An annual program to fund and guide startups has chosen this year’s participants, which each receive a $20,000 check, a course in building their businesses, and an opportunity to pitch to investors.

Buyers plan mixed-use project at GRTC site

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After winning GRTC approval for their $9 million bid on the GRTC bus depot property, local developers said they envision a mixed-use project on the site that will keep its nine buildings intact and add new construction.

Shockoe Bottom restaurateurs plan new venture next door

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With their new bar and eatery just getting off the ground in Shockoe Bottom, the restaurant’s owners and chef are already working up a new dining and event space in the neighborhood.

A Kokonut rolls into Main Street

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A Fan sandwich shop has shut its doors, and a Northern Virginia couple launched a new Southeast Asian restaurant in the space last week.

Church Hill developer sues project’s investors

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The developer reviving an abandoned stretch of O Street is taking her private investors to court for $8 million and alleges that the husband and wife conspired to wrench the project away from her.