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More small-business relief funds on the way
President Donald Trump on Friday signed a bill that allocates an additional $320 billion to the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) — and Virginia banks are poised to resume making loans and taking applications Monday. The SBA approved 1.7 million loans before the initial $349 billion small-business relief fund ran out after […]
Va. health department reports 11,169 COVID-19 cases
Virginia reported 542 new confirmed COVID-19 cases Friday, bringing the state’s total to 11,169 confirmed cases, not including 425 probable cases. As U.S. COVID-19 deaths surpassed 50,000, Virginia has reported 410 deaths attributable to the pandemic and 1,829 Virginians are hospitalized from the coronavirus. Fairfax County alone has 2,534 cases, the most of any locality […]
Northam extends ban on elective surgeries until May 1
Gov. Ralph Northam on Thursday extended the ban on elective surgeries at Virginia hospitals until May 1, despite the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association’s (VHHA) letter sent to Northam urging him not to extend the executive order. Northam issued Order of Health Public Emergency Two on March 25, prohibiting non-emerg[...]
American Family Fitness building in Henrico sells for $4.1M
An outparcel building at Virginia Center Commons Mall, which is leased to American Family Fitness, sold for $4.1 million, Norfolk-based real estate company S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co. announced Thursday. The 86,627-square-foot building is located at 10101 Brook Road in Glen Allen and has been leased to American Family Fitness for [...]
The Breeden Co. starts construction on $70M waterfront apartment complex
Virginia Beach-based real estate developers The Breeden Co. began construction this week on a $70 million waterfront apartment complex in the Fort Norfolk area. The Lofts at Front Street will include a 258-unit, five-story apartment complex with studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units, an internal parking garage and a pedestr[...]
Chester shopping center sells for $4.04M
A shopping center in Chester has sold for $4.04 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer’s Capital Markets Group announced Wednesday. The strip mall, Centralia Crossing, is located at 9801 Chester Road and its anchor tenant is Food Lion, which recently extended its lease. The property sold by Berman Kappler Properties was [...]
Metro to use downtime for construction on Orange, Silver lines
Metro will close nine stations in Northern Virginia to perform construction work on the Orange and Silver lines this summer, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) announced Thursday. The projects come at time when Metro service has been drastically limited as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to WMATA, its ridership was down […]
The last shift
For many restaurant workers, their final shifts fell on Saturday, March 14. “We had kind of a weird weekend, and at Saturday night, it was so dead in there, we said, ‘Should we shut down?’” recalls Brandon Peck, bartender at The Jasper, a popular Richmond craft cocktail bar. “The governor had, that day, made a [&hellip[...]
80k+ Virginians filed jobless claims last week
More than 80,000 Virginians filed initial claims for unemployment last week, down nearly 21% from the previous week, according to a news release issued Thursday by Virginia Unemployment Commission. During the week that ended April 18, Virginia saw 82,729 workers file for unemployment, bringing the most recent five-week total for[...]
Fairfax NAACP teams up with local nonprofit to aid small businesses
The nonprofit Virginia 30 Day Fund and the Fairfax County NAACP announced Thursday they have launched a partnership to provide funding to minority-owned small businesses in Northern Virginia that have been hurt economically by the COVID-19 crisis. The Virginia 30 Day Fund was founded two weeks ago by Pete Snyder, a technology entrepreneur and CEO […]
Virginia now has 10,600+ COVID-19 cases
Forty-seven days after COVID-19 was first found in Virginia, the state’s confirmed coronavirus cases have jumped over the 10,000 mark. The Virginia Department of Health reported Thursday that the commonwealth has 10,627 confirmed COVID-19 cases and an additional 371 probable cases. The report represents an increase of 672 [...]
Protesters bring the noise, demand to reopen Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. — Horns blared and flags waved from vehicle windows as hundreds of Virginians converged Wednesday on Capitol Square to protest restrictions implemented by Gov. Ralph Northam during the COVID-19 pandemic. Protesters reiterated the message of similar demonstrations taking place in state capitals across the coun[...]
