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From left: Steve King, workforce administrator of the city Richmond’s Office of Community Wealth Building; Truist Chairman and CEO Bill Rogers; Lift CEO Michelle Rhone-Collins; Truist Foundation President Lynette Bell; Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney; and Thomas Ransom, Truist’s Virginia regional president, formally announced the grant at Richmond City Hall. Photo courtesy Truist Financial Corp.
Jun 9, 2023

Truist grants $500k to aid Richmond Community Wealth Building office

Truist Foundation announced it has made a $500,000 grant that will ultimately help Richmond‘s Office of Community Wealth Building provide further financial, education and employment coaching to city families, the philanthropic arm of Truist Financial Corp. announced in a press conference Friday. “At Truist, our purpose is to inspire and build better lives and communities, and […]

Richard Bradley serves as acting CEO of the new Tysons Community Alliance, which replaced the Tysons Partnership in October. Photo by Will Schermerhorn
Nov 29, 2022

Tysons alliance replaces biz partnership

It’s been a decade since Tysons unofficially dropped “corner” from its name amid plans by Fairfax County to transform the area into an urban live-work-play mecca anchored by four Metro Silver Line stations. As Tysons marches toward the county’s goal — laid out in its 2010 comprehensive plan — to grow to 100,000 residents and […]

Mary Anne Holbrook headshot
Nov 28, 2022

United Way of SWVA promotes exec to VP of community impact

The United Way of Southwest Virginia named Mary Anne Holbrook, who has been with the nonprofit since 2016, to the newly created position of vice president of community impact, the nonprofit announced Monday. Holbrook assumed the role on Nov. 1. She is providing strategic leadership for UWSWVA’s programs and community initiatives. She previously served as […]

Sep 29, 2022

Vantage point

Norfolk leaders have high hopes for redevelopment projects that will reposition older properties — from an aging mall to an underused marine terminal — to better match modern market demands. “We are always asking, ‘What can we do that allows for some sort of creative transformation to actually happen?’” says Sean Washington, the city’s acting […]

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