Deep Run Attracts New Businesses, Spurs Hiring
The city-sized properties that formerly housed the corporate headquarters of Circuit City Stores Inc. are coming back to life. In March, business and technology outsourcing company Aditya Birla Minacs leased the third floor of what is known as Deep Run I, a giant, class-A office building that for years served as the core of Circuit […]
Celebrating Visual Arts Center of Richmond
RVA recently celebrated the Visual Arts Center of Richmond’s 50th anniversary with a Lewis Carroll themed party, “Through the Looking-Glass: A Very Merry Birthday to VisArts.” The annual Collectors Night Auction is the nonprofit art center’s largest fundraiser of the year. This year’s shindig was the most successful in the history of the organization, exceeding […]
When Richmond Rallies
When Richmond rallies there can be no mistaking it. This is a community that comes together quickly to inspire and motivate. Such was the case following the fire that condemned the Sub Rosa Bakery building in Church Hill, which was also home to three tenants above the bakery. When news of the fire broke, Twitter […]
An Open Stage to Grow
Students and supporters alike are dancing at The School of Performing Arts in the Richmond Community (SPARC), which recently received $2 million in gifts to help raise the curtain on their future. The largest commitment in the Richmond nonprofit’s 32-year history, the donations came partly from long-time SPARC supporter the Steven and Katherine Markel Foundation, […]
Walking RVA
Bill Martin, the director of the Valentine Richmond History Center, has lived in Church Hill for 12 years. And for every one of those years, he has spent his weekend mornings walking the streets, climbing the hills, and crossing the footbridges of RVA. In addition to citing the many health benefits of being an avid […]
We Are Coffee Makers
As any Richmonder can tell, something is brewing in RVA. There’s collaboration around every corner, enthusiasm about the region, and an appreciation for local talent and creativity. Grid magazine scratched the surface of the many success stories in the last issue, featuring RVA Makers. At that time we reported on a number of our own […]
One Day in RVA
Nicole Lang is quick to point out that she’s not a gourmand, a foodie, or a chowhound. Instead, she’s simply stoked on food. Enthusiastic and unapologetic in the kitchen, Lang enjoys making food, sharing it with friends, creating movies about it, and blogging about it. She’s a food punk. Grid asked Lang to describe her […]
A Driver’s Seat Perspective to RVA
It’s interesting driving many different types of people around Richmond—from movie stars to in-and-out business travelers to long-time Richmonders. Being behind the wheel as a co-owner and operator of a transportation service, I get a chance to hear my clients’ perception of the region and what they like most about it. What’s even more interesting […]
A Perfect Match: Need Supply Co. and Warby Parker
By the time you read this, they will be gone. The men behind the glasses, that is. Not the glasses themselves. Luckily for you and the rest of Richmond, the glasses are here to stay. On May 2, with an in-store event featuring food by Goatacado, custom-made cocktails by Saison, complimentary cones from Mister Softee, […]
Recommending Our Richmond
About once a week, I find myself in a passionate conversation about the changing atmosphere of Greater Richmond. I get excited when I hear that a friend of a friend or someone’s distant relative is visiting RVA for the first time. I instantly want to introduce them to the RVA that I know and is […]