Creative Commerce: Downtown Design District
With events in November signaling the launch of the Shockoe Design District, Andy Thornton is confident that downtown Richmond is ready to realize its potential as a world-class center of production, consumption and innovation. “We’re a creative community. We have great schools, great artists and crafts people. We actually do make stuff here. Why don’t […]
Richmond International Wine Excursion at Historic Tredegar
Featuring wines from more than 12 countries, the “Richmond International Wine Excursion” will take place on October 28-29th at Historic Tredegar (470 Tredegar Street). There will be over 60 wineries showcasing more than 300 wines from across the globe, as well as 8 to 10 restaurants and wine-related vendors,” explains Tracey Reed Leverty with Echelon […]
Online App Clicks Into Community Knowledge & Experience
Tucked away, nestled between Richmond’s financial district, are cobblestone streets and alleyways that tell a story. The story of RVA-found in places like Shockoe Slip and Shockoe Bottom-is laced with many dips and turns. However, one thing is obvious-Richmond keeps moving forward. Always. Today the story of the Shockoe neighborhood, and Richmond at large, can […]
Social Media Math: Factoring the Plus and Minus Aspects of Google+
There’s no getting around it, Richmond likes a new shiny toy. In recent months RVA has been abuzz about Google+. Hatched on June 28, 2011, many Richmonders began taking the nascent social network for a test drive on an invite-only basis. With demand quickly spiking, RVA wasted little time debating how G+ stacks up against […]
#DSRPT11
When Virgin Companies founder Sir Richard Branson rockets into RVA Downtown at The Richmond Convention Center on September 9th for the innovation extravaganza #DSRPT11 (Disrupt 2011) , attendees will not only have a chance to rub elbows with the polymathic business mogul and philanthropist, they will also have an opportunity to discover other national and […]
Calling All Creatives: ConnectRichmond & ConnectSouthside to Merge Online Resources, Announce Logo Contest
The winning design will serve as the official Connect logo and tagline.
RVA VIBE: Skydog
Don’t tell me girls don’t like the Allman Brothers,” challenges Jeremy Simmons, bass player and vocalist for Skydog. “They’re front and center at every show.”
Elegant Life Summer Reading
High summer, and if you are enjoying a stay-cation, you may be looking for a few books to read by the pool.
Idea Interchange: Richmond Innovators Talk Shop
A Photo Tour of the Downtown Event Surveying Creativity in All Things RVA
Six Pigs in a Tub’
In His New Column for GRID, Gene Cox Ponders Pigs, People & Prepositions