The Region’s Best StartUps
To understand the significance of Tenant Turner being named the Region’s Next Best Start-Up at the i.e.* Start-Up Competition finale, you must first take yourself back to the 2008 housing crisis. Many homes were bought at the height of their value and quickly toppled alongside the housing bubble. To make up for lost ground, many […]
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 […]
RVA is for Sharing
Three old newspaper boxes, now coated in neon colors, sit unchained in front of 7 West Broad Street. Inside the recycled boxes are stacks upon stacks of books, some tattered and dog-eared and others barely touched. Painted above them, a sign reads: “Books Are Always Free.” Along Grove Avenue a blue water cooler is perched […]
Sharing a New Medium
A collection of colorful Post-it Notes decorate the walls at 804RVA, a shared working space on Broad Street. Some of them are obviously written by entrepreneurs. Others by graphic designers. And some are penned by people just looking to build a robot that serves beer. The Post-it Note wall at 804RVA has always served as […]
Sharing the Space
Jacky Flav likes to use a straight razor. It’s meticulously precise. As a proprietor of High Point Barbershop and Shave Parlor, Jacky is a tonsorial artist and a purist. That isn’t the only tool he has in his locker, though. You’ll be sure to find the best clipper for buzz cut, super sharp scissors and […]
Lift Coffee Goes from Plant to Cup
About two hours east of Managua, Nicaragua, deep inside the rainforest, two Richmonders shared an experience that will forever change the way they serve a cup of coffee in RVA. Coffee beans can be turned into a beverage that is loved by millions at any time of the day. A lot of people take their […]
TEDxRVA 2014: Ideas Worth SPREADING
Look closely and you can find small tunnels carved inches beneath each aisle at Virginia Rep’s November Theatre. There was a time when large blocks of ice were placed under the stage at the mouth of these tunnels, and powerful electric fans blew across the ice. The year was 1911, and the chilled breeze coming […]
Sharing RVA
Sharing is RVA. It’s who we are. Over the past year Grid has covered the maker movement, collaborative consumption, social enterprise, and more. At their core, each of these movements have a common theme: sharing. It’s through sharing that we find a way forward. We talked to a handful of Richmonders who know that sharing […]
Sweeter Together
It’s no secret that Richmond is a collaborative city with a tendency to pool ideas for the greater good. In the spirit of collaboration, what happens when Richmond favorites Sugar Shack Donuts and Blue Bee Cider team up to create something delicious? Apple cider donuts happen and customers can’t get enough of the unique flavor. […]
Model of Collaboration: Merging Sculpture and Medicine
It’s easy to imagine a collaboration between a doctor and a medical student, but an art student? Not so much. That is, until you meet Morgan Yacoe and learn what she can do. When Virginia Commonwealth University surgeons set out to separate a set of conjoined twins, they called on Yacoe, then a junior at […]