Beer Lovers, Beer Drinking & Custom Furniture in RVA
By Karri Peifer What happens when a professional stunt drinker/international celebrity/Richmond bartender/furniture maker gets together with the chief beer officer of Richmond over a few beers? A whole new look and feel for a beloved Richmond restaurant-and the number one beer bar in America. An Bui, owner of Mekong restaurant in the Near West End, […]
A Botanical Makeover of the RVA Arts District
The RVA Arts District just got a makeover-a botanical makeover, that is. The RVA Arts District Beautification Plan has successfully revamped the Broad Street gateway and the 400 block of E. Grace Street thanks to the efforts of Capital One, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Venture Richmond, and the City of Richmond. “This project says ‘you […]
Feeling The Impact of TEDXRVA
The TEDxRVA forum earlier this year was a place for local, national, and international speakers to come together and create an experience for themselves, the audience, and the greater community. It was, in many ways, an experiment within itself. We assembled an incredible group of community leaders who share a love for TED and a […]
Neighborhoods That Work — Together
Shockoe District By Pete Humes It has often been said that everything good ends up in Shockoe. While young, exciting minds are busy making cool stuff at VCU and downtown, all of the energy behind those good ideas eventually flows down to Shockoe. Shockoe is the epicenter of everything awesome. As you walk the cobblestone […]
Pedicabbing Around RVA
By Cameron McPherson Who has the best quad muscles in Richmond? There’s no scientific evidence, but it’s likely the dependable, customer service-driven crew at Spoken4. The team of cyclists is known for carting Richmonders around in the company’s environmentally-friendly and attention- grabbing bike taxis. The brainchild of Richmond couple Katie Hurst and Kyle Langemeier, Spoken4 […]
Southside Renaissance Man: A Mash-Up of Talent
By Richard Hayes It is not uncommon for a person to be good at something. Nearly all of us have a special niche we fill with our unique skill. Every now and then you run into someone whose talents fill up one niche and then spread to the next and the next, and before long, […]
Mash Up: Defining RVA by The Way We Co-Create
Two things became clear when putting together our stories of collaboration among Richmond’s finest organizations. One, these mash-ups were so unplanned—natural, even—that people involved in them could barely recall how they started. At first glance, there’s not even that much to the story. “That’s pretty much it.” “It just happened.” “That’s basically the whole story.” […]
Over the Edge
Dot Heffron is terrified of heights. Last month, however, she rappelled from a 25-story building in downtown Richmond with ease. Heffron called her accomplishment, “Jumping for Jane.” “If you saw what I saw when my daughter Jane finished her first lap across the swimming pool after training with Special Olympics, you’d fly to the moon […]
Let Them Eat Cake
By Aine Norris “I’m not even a baker. But yet, here I am, committed to baking a cake every week for a year and presenting it to a stranger, all in the name of sharing homemade food and the nostalgia it brings,” says local graphic artist Ryn Bruce. Batter Up, a social experiment launched by […]
Collaboration of Light and Human Kindness
Successful creative partnerships are a lot like marriage. They require trust, support, flexibility, sensitivity, and above all, open and honest communication. With partnerships, opposites often attract, the timing has to be just right, and there tends to be that something special in the mix to make everything come together. Hamilton Glass calls that something special […]