http://www.richmondbizsense.com Richmond's Homepage For Business News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:55:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/01/07/200-more-apartments-coming-to-shockoe-bottom/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/01/07/200-more-apartments-coming-to-shockoe-bottom/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:04:08 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=14597 The project had been in the planning and financing stages for about three years, but the development company just closed on the property about two weeks ago]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/01/07/200-more-apartments-coming-to-shockoe-bottom/feed/ 10 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/08/28/shockoe-businesses-sue-city-for-31-million/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/08/28/shockoe-businesses-sue-city-for-31-million/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:43:04 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=10968 Time has not healed all wounds. Within weeks of the five-year anniversary of a flood that ruined dozens of businesses in Shockoe Bottom, several businesses filed a lawsuit against the City of Richmond]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/08/28/shockoe-businesses-sue-city-for-31-million/feed/ 9 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/06/29/monday-qa-frustration-floods-shockoe/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/06/29/monday-qa-frustration-floods-shockoe/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:12:36 +0000 Aaron Kremer http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=8894 Sometimes good things don’t come to those who wait. David Napier, president of the Shockoe Bottom Neighborhood Association, and his fellow business merchants are questioning why Richmond will not be getting a baseball stadium and more than $300 million in development to potentially help rocket the area into a thriving hub of commerce. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/06/29/monday-qa-frustration-floods-shockoe/feed/ 2 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/12/asking-for-change-in-response-to-panhandling/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/12/asking-for-change-in-response-to-panhandling/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 10:56:46 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=7429 Local businesses, in particular retailers, say panhandlers scare off customers, even if there is no threat to safety. And a growing homeless population can also be a blemish for economic developers trying to show off the region. To combat the problem, the nonprofit group Homeward launched a three-month campaign Monday to remind residents that handing over spare change might not be the best way to help]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/12/asking-for-change-in-response-to-panhandling/feed/ 2 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/04/17/oped-the-road-ahead-for-shockoe-bottom/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/04/17/oped-the-road-ahead-for-shockoe-bottom/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:06:05 +0000 David Napier http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=6628 David Napier says Shockoe Bottom has come a long way and a new baseball stadium could help that growth. GRTC’s proposed transit may not. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/04/17/oped-the-road-ahead-for-shockoe-bottom/feed/ 1