Brewer’s Ball
The Virginia Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation introduced RVA to the inaugural Brewer’s Ball this June at the Virginia War Memorial. The event showcased Richmond’s finest craft beer, restaurants, and cocktails. Beer aside, the heart of the event was found with this year’s class of honorees. Members of the community nominated young professionals for […]
World Pediatric Project: Rock ‘N Heal
In between hard work, the World Pediatric Project and its junior board know how to throw a good Richmond party. In fact, the nonprofit invited around 500 of its closest friends to a gathering this spring to benefit its work in providing critical lifesaving care to children in developing countries. Presented by Northwestern Mutual and […]
Local Physicians Collect Sports Equipment for Fit4Kids
RVA likes to give. This spring and early summer, Richmonders dug deep into their closets and searched their garages for gently used sporting equipment as part of the annual AdvancedItUp! initiative. Advanced Orthopaedics, a Richmond full-service orthopaedic practice featuring 10 separate “Centers of Excellence,” each focused on the treatment of one specific area of the […]
Broadening Richmond’s Music Scene
In so many situations, the line between watchers and doers is prohibitive. The Olympics? Yeah, right. Chainsaw sculpting? I’m good, thanks. But when it comes to live music, the line is a little blurrier. People like Rand Burgess, owner of The Camel, understand that the health of a city’s music scene is dependent both on […]
Businessweek Reporter Brings Radio Show to RVA
RVA has a new radio show thanks to Roben Farzad, previously a senior writer at Bloomberg Businessweek for nine years. Farzad moved from Manhattan to Richmond a few years ago and fell in love with the region. It didn’t take him long to begin making connections. From an active social media presence on Twitter to […]
Q&A With Jesse Vaughan
There are 2,615 miles that separate RVA from Hollywood, but the award-winning director Jesse Vaughan is comfortable in both cities. The Richmond-native, who once served as a director for WTVR-TV6 at the age of 19, moved to Los Angeles in 1992 to pursue his dream of making films. After nearly 20 years, Vaughan triumphantly […]
The Richmond Cycling Corps Story
Nonprofit organizations are essentially non-sustainable business models. The outreach/charitable cause is often approached and delivered as a commodity instead of a product. And most nonprofit organizations continue to operate in a disempowered manner—meaning they completely rely on the generosity of others (donations) to fulfill their missions. When I launched Richmond Cycling Corps as a nonprofit, […]
RVA Creativity Awards
It was a Tuesday night and a gaggle of C3 board members were beginning to gather for their monthly meeting. Some arrived fresh from the office, others fresh from their latest creative pursuit. Carl Johnson arrived with an idea. Shortly into the meeting he pitched it. The concept was simple, but the impact was lasting. Richmonders have […]
Bike-In-Theater
Whether you’ve been riding since you first set out on training wheels or are gearing up to start a new two-wheeled hobby, you’ll fit right in at Bike-In-Theater. The only requirement for admission is the love of cycling. In lieu of driving to the event, riding is encouraged. Started by Hunter Davis of Home on […]
Building a Better Block
In the Church Hill North neighborhood, the two blocks of North 25th Street between P and R Streets are often bustling and noisy, like many of Richmond’s great streets. But for many people, North 25th Street is not a pleasant place to linger. There are ever-present (and ever-rotating) “missing teeth” in the rows of small […]