Foodspotting
It used to be a lot easier to eat in RVA. You saw food you liked, and simply dug in. Today we fiddle with our phones to “check-in” using location-based apps, tweet about the wait staff, and search for menu recommendations by friends. Now, thanks to Foodspotting, there’s yet another way to play with our […]
MPACT & SeeClickFix
Mayor Dwight Jones launched a program to engage city residents to cite neighborhood needs and to drive municipal action in response to those issues. The program is called MPACT (Mayor’s Participation Action Communication Team) and is ultimately designed to foster communication between government and residents to develop a shared vision for Richmond’s future. A cornerstone […]
Venture Forum’s ‘Greater Richmond’s Companies to Watch’ Event to Feature Wall Street Journal CEO Council Member, Christopher Fey
The November Award Ceremony to Highlight Local Entrepreneurial Innovation
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 […]
Local Business Forecast Offers Improvement Over Last Year’s Findings
Between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011, more than 560 business leaders weighed in, shared their story and shed some light on what the region’s economic future may hold.
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 […]
Channel Surfing
By now you’ve seen them on a social platform or two-those snazzy little RVA stencils that folks are using to support our talented city by the river. Thanks to West Cary Group, founded in 2007 by Moses Foster, Blair Keeley and Camille Blanchard, we have the RVA Generator-a web app that allows Richmonders to upload […]
Making Media Mobile
It’s fitting that Studio 108 relocated to Manchester, Richmond’s creative frontier. While other media company’s might opt for strictly-business corridors around RVA, Studio 108 has taken its film and video production operations to the south bank of the James River, an up-and-coming arts district that has yet to undergo major urban rehabilitation. The decade-old production […]
CEO of Duke Energy Targets Creative Cooperation for Energy’s Future
Jim Rogers, chairman, president and CEO of Duke Energy, will speak on “Creative Cooperation: The Roadmap to Our Energy Future” April 18, 5:30 p.m. at University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business. Rogers will address what he calls “creative cooperation” needed among businesses, legislators, environmentalists and academics to design a roadmap to the country’s energy […]