Martin Agency Partners with Väsen for Collaboration Ale and Fundraiser
Richmond’s largest creative shop, the Martin Agency, has volunteered its talent to support a local nonprofit working to change the lives of youth who live in public housing. Richmond Cycling Corps worked with some of the Martin Agency’s top creatives on an event designed to help fund its efforts to develop underserved communities through cycling. […]
Local Popsicle Slingers Become Tree Elves
After a busy season of slinging pops around Richmond, Paul Cassimus is trading his fleet of popsicle carts and colorful umbrellas for elf hats and Christmas trees. Cassimus, the owner of King of Pops Richmond, and a band of real live elves are once again bringing magic to the holidays. An offshoot of the ever-expanding […]
Richmond Inventors Compete in American Dreams Contest
Two Richmond inventors are finalists in the Home Shopping Network’s American Dreams Contest. Myrf Bowry and Leah Dodge, the duo behind the interior design firm Decorum, created Dipadidoda, a decorative container for store bought dips that caught the attention of contest organizers. In conjunction with Good House Keeping magazine, the winner of the American Dreams […]
Handyma’am Goods Looks Toward Expansion
Local workwear brand, Handyma’am Goods, recently launched a Kickstarter campaign in order to return to production on their flagship garment: The Coverall. Designed specifically for women, Handyma’am has been filling a wide gap in the workwear market for three years now, but due to challenges in securing American manufacturing for their products, the brand has […]
Kung Fu BBQ To Benefit Tricycle
Kung Fu BBQ to Benefit Tricycle Local meatsmiths JM Stock Provisions, based out of Charlottesville & Richmond, are teaming up The Veil Brewing and Brooklyn’s The Meat Hook for a fundraiser benefiting Tricycle Urban Ag this Saturday. The event, dubbed “Kung Fu BBQ”, will feature a unique menu of Chinese-inspired barbecue prepared by JM Stock and […]
Making It in Shockoe Valley
Making It in Shockoe Valley An old brick warehouse, tucked under I-64, sits proudly at a sharp bend in Shockoe Valley Road. It has a fully working dock door Richmond, plenty of space, and easy accessibility. Nearby, train tracks hug the curve, barbed wire outlines large chunks of industrial property, and trucks dodge potholes along […]
Building the New American Barn
By Paul Spicer Jonathan Frey wants you to rethink the role of the barn. Within the doors of this classic wooden structure is the possibility of rebirth. An accomplished inventor and scientist, Frey sees the barn as “the birthplace of invention.” Designed as a common ground, the American barn was a place where people came […]
Shalom Farms Grows Deeper Roots
By John Haddad Shalom Farms, initially established as a pilot project of United Methodist Urban Ministries of Richmond in 2009, has rapidly grown into a multifaceted nonprofit improving access to healthy food for everyone. Last year alone, the group logged 1,677 educational visits and 4,547 volunteer visits, and farm volunteers invested a total of 12,436 […]
One Richmond
Hello Grid readers. Since being elected mayor of this great city, I’d like to share some of my objectives to lead a city that grows and prospers as “One Richmond,” a theme I incorporated in both my campaign and now in my new administration. My immediate objectives include bringing accountability to City Hall, an initiative […]
Mayoral Candidates: Joe Morrissey
At Grid, we believe that everyone in Richmond has a superpower – a unique combination of personality traits and aptitudes that they bring effortless to everything they do. What’s your superpower and how will you share it with RVA? My superpower, if it qualifies as a superpower, is my relentless tenacity and work ethic. I’ll use […]