Beautiful Strangers
The connectedness of Richmond is special. It’s something I’d looked forward to experiencing when I’d considered moving here in 2012, and something I’ve enjoyed ever since moving here in 2013. Everyone’s doing something or got something going on that’s cause for conversation, and maybe becoming friends in the process. Last year I told a coworker […]
WHY IS HAM?
Hamilton Glass, often known as WHOISHAM, is on to something. At this point, most folks in town take one look at his rainbow paint-splattered Pumas and assume they know what he’s all about: “Hey, isn’t that the WHOISHAM? guy I saw on TV?” But, they’re only partially correct. Ham is a visual storyteller, appointing this city […]
Strangers Connect
At the center of Monroe Park sits an opportunity to meet strangers. To connect. And to learn from a person you’ve never met located somewhere else on Earth. This is the Richmond Portal, part of a global public art initiative designed to spark meaningful dialogue between communities that wouldn’t otherwise find an opportunity to interact. […]
A Community Remembers
Growing Up in Civil Rights Richmond: A Community Remembers, a new exhibition organized by University of Richmond Museums, features 30 large-scale portraits of Richmond residents whose lives were impacted by their experiences as youth during the civil rights movement. Each portrait by Richmond-based visual journalist Brian Palmer is accompanied by excerpts from conversations conducted by Laura Browder, UR’s Tyler and […]
Naborforce Reimagines Care in Richmond
Paige Wilson wants all of Richmond to become “Nabors.” And her innovative startup, appropriately named Naborforce, couldn’t have come at a better time to make this happen. An aging baby boomer population means that for the first time in U.S. history older adults will outnumber children. Family members caring for aging adults are often at […]
HYPE Honors Career-Bold Young Professionals
ChamberRVA, the chamber of commerce representing the greater Richmond region since 1867, awarded its annual HYPE Icons Awards to eight individuals and companies on Thursday night at Science Museum of Virginia in front of over 450 attendees from the region’s young professional community. HYPE (Helping Young Professionals Engage) works to develop talent and strengthen the […]
Finalists Picked for #GEEKPROM Honoring RVA’s Tech Leaders
Richmond Technology Council (RVATECH), central Virginia’s catalyst for technology, have announced the finalists for its Annual Technology Awards, also known as #GeekProm. This is Richmond’s twenty-fourth annual “Academy Awards” of technology and is designed to celebrate the outstanding technologists who are driving the region’s technology-based economy.Each year over 700 of Richmond’s technology leaders attend the award […]
The Power of the Front Porch
Front porches are powerful. They call us outside of ourselves. And they’re a catalyst for community connections – neighbors and strangers alike – in RVA. The civic nature of front porches in RVA is explored in a series of photos by Cheyenne Varner at The Front Porch Café in Richmond’s East End. Some will have […]
BridgePark Receives Major International Design Award
Ted Elmore stands in front of a 28-foot-long architectural model of downtown Richmond. The model shows the falls of the James River, the original granite piers that once held the Richmond-Petersburg Railroad Bridge, five national historic landmarks, and a broad sweep of a city with unique natural and historic beauty. It’s the perfect vantage point […]
Strangers Helping Strangers
Nearly 53,000 people live in poverty in the City of Richmond.Richmond is one of the lowest ranked cities in the nation for individual economic progress. And we have one of the highest eviction rates in the country. Despite hard work and courage, many of our neighbors who are born into poverty find themselves still there […]