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 […]
SoundView Project Taps into Street Energy
On a lively stretch of E. Broad sits a brand experience shop that boasts a bold name and even bolder ideas. Release the Hounds, which offers advertising and graphic design led by John Mills, is known for its street-level window display that has featured everything from art to pop-up shops over the years. This fall […]
Passing on Wellness to Others
Seo Kelleher doesn’t believe in success stories. And she’s not interested in a predetermined end point. “I think life is a journey, and we constantly make turns and adjustments as we go,” explains Kelleher, a marketing pro turned fitness and life coach. Before launching CO2Fit, her growing fitness company in Richmond, Kelleher was focused on […]
The Richmond Transit Network Plan
By Ross Catrow Earlier this year, a team of nationally recognized transit experts came to town to help the city completely reimagine Richmond’s transit network. Our current bus network is built on the bones of America’s first electric streetcar system and has resisted major overhauls to its lines for at least 40 years. To […]
Nurturing the Next Generation of Bold Entrepreneurs
The innovation and entrepreneur ecosystem in Richmond is thriving. And that is, in part, because of the strong universities and corporations that call Richmond home. As the president of Virginia Commonwealth University and Chairman of the Virginia Biotechnology Park’s Innovation Council, I see every day the actions fostering the environment that landed RVA on CNBC’s […]