Distinguished Retailer of the Year
Local retailers are amazing! And on Friday, December 6, Retail Merchants will host its annual award ceremony revealing the winner of the Distinguished Retailer of the Year Award. Since 1966, a dedicated committee has vetted and combed through nominated local businesses, in order to present the most deserving local retailer this award. Winners of the […]
Clothing & Supplies in Scott’s Addition
By Johnny Hugel As the city grows and revitalizes, few areas are seeing the transformation that Scott’s Addition realized in the past year. Outposts like Lamplighter, Ardent, and Lunch may have been the pioneers, but now weekly announcements of offce relocations, loft conversions, high-end restaurants, and a never-ending list of breweries continue to rapidly transform […]
Dogtown Rising
Hull Street is back. In recent months, Richmond has been treated to news of the soon-to-open Butterbean Market & Café, Hot Diggity Donuts, and Dogtown Brewing—all coming to the area affectionately known as Dogtown. In addition, residential development is continuing to rise, an upcoming sculpture by local artist Mickael Broth is in the works, and […]
Creating A Better Future Through Food
Real Local RVA is in the midst of their origin story. Three years in, and they’ve created a robust group of independent, like-minded businesses and advocates that are invested in creating a better local community through food. “It comes down to asking yourself: What kind of city do you want to live in?” says Real […]
Modern Wellbeing in the Heart of The Fan
Wellness, as a term and as a lifestyle, has a tendency to get thrown around a lot these days. As a result, wellness can at times feel too complex to attain. Jelena Nikolajevic, owner of Boketto Wellness, has set out to change this in Richmond. “‘Boketto’ is a Japanese word that loosely means gazing off […]
The Ethical Style Collective
Rupah Singh opened the doors of her airstream in 2013. Named Love This, Singh’s mobile business retails accessories, clothing and household goods considered socially conscious, ethical and environmentally friendly. “For a while, I felt like I was kind of the only voice talking about caring not just about clothing, but where everything came from,” says […]
Dress for Success Comes to the Southern Women’s Show
Before we head out to work each day, we all go through a similar series of motions. After breakfast, coffee, and social media check-ins comes the outfit. For some women, that also includes makeup, jewelry, and other accessories. The right pieces and parts (like those you can see if you look here) can mean the […]
Worse for Wear: Made for Women by a Woman
By Paul Spicer Laura Smith’s ex snuck a rusty 1981 Suzuki GS450L into her apartment late one fall night. The bike had more problems than she knew how to fix, but it was all hers. And she loved it. Over that winter the two spent time taking the bike apart. They cleaned it – […]
The Kickstand: RCC’s Earned-Revenue-Venture
If you’re biking along the Virginia Capital Trail in downtown Richmond, you’ll notice a shipping container 10 feet off the trail. It’s tricked-out and outfitted with an outdoor patio and lawn chairs. And there are bikes everywhere. More bikes than you’d even think could fit into the 40-foot container spill out into the surrounding grass. […]
A Market with a Mission
By Maurice “BarCodez” Jackson Richmond is a place at odds with what it is and what it could be. It’s place with a mixed identity, one constructed around art, music, culture, community, resources, wealth, privilege, and poverty. Its history is deeply rooted in soil, comprised of equal parts mud and blood. And it’s here we […]