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Richmond, Capital One offering restaurant 101 seminar
The city of Richmond’s Office of Minority Business Development, in partnership with Capital One, will offer a free information session for current and prospective restaurant owners in April, covering topics such as setting menu prices, meeting city requirements and creating improvement plans. Award-winning Richmond chef, r[...]
Hilb Group acquires N.J. risk management firm
Henrico County-based insurance company The Hilb Group LLC announced Thursday that it has acquired New Jersey-based E.B. Cohen Insurance and Risk Management. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “E.B. Cohen aligns perfectly with our strategy for growing among industry leaders — bringing a terrific histor[...]
Henrico-based TemperPack receives $140M in financing
TemperPack Technologies has received $140 million in new equity financing, the Henrico-based manufacturer announced Tuesday. The company manufactures ClimaCell thermal liners, a recyclable, nontoxic alternative to expanded polystyrene and Styrofoam, used to ship food, pharmaceutical and other products which help to reduce waste and carbon emissions. TemperPack produces millions of ClimaCell box liners monthly from […][...]
RIR president to head Henrico sports/entertainment authority
Henrico County officials on Wednesday named longtime Richmond Raceway President Dennis Bickmeier to lead its new sports and entertainment authority. Bickmeier’s last day with the raceway, where he has led for more than a decade, is April 15. He will begin working in his new role on April 18. “With Dennis Bickmeier serving a[...]
Richmond pares down Diamond District developer pool
Story updated, March 24 at 11:45 a.m. The city of Richmond announced Wednesday that six competing development teams have been chosen out of 15 applicants to continue in the competition to redevelop the Diamond District area near the Richmond Flying Squirrels’ stadium. The city requested applications late last year for the [...]
Cameron Foundation president to retire
The Cameron Foundation’s president, J. Todd Graham, will retire Dec. 31, the Petersburg foundation announced Monday. Graham has served as the foundation’s president since fall 2012. Under his leadership, the foundation has supported projects that have established school-based health clinics in Petersburg and Hopewell high sc[...]
Carilion Clinic, Richmond firm part of $3.5M concussion grant
Roanoke-based Carilion Clinic and Richmond’s BRAINBox Solutions Inc. are part of a $3.5 million National Institutes of Health grant to research and develop a new way to diagnose brain injuries in the elderly. The research will include enrolling 300 patients with head trauma and 70 patients as controls. Patients will be followed for a year […]
Bank of America grants VUU $1M
Bank of America granted Virginia Union University $1 million for its new banking and financial services workforce development program, the university announced Monday. VUU’s Sydney Lewis School of Business will lead the program, called MORE for My Opportunity is Real Essential, in partnership with the university’s workforce development division and its Evelyn Reid Syphax School […]
Capital Square promotes James Brunger to CSO
Henrico-based real estate firm Capital Square has promoted James Brunger to chief sales officer, the firm announced March 17. Brunger joined the firm in 2019 as executive vice president and national sales manager. Under his leadership, Capital Square launched 49 investment programs that have raised more than $1.2 billion in equi[...]
HOME of Virginia announces next president and CEO
Richmond-based nonprofit Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) of Virginia Inc. announced that Thomas Okuda Fitzpatrick will serve as its next president and CEO starting April 6. “I am profoundly honored to have been selected to lead this storied organization, and I look forward to continuing in the proud tradition of aggres[...]
Dominion Energy solar, storage expansion projects approved
Dominion Energy Virginia has gotten the go-ahead for 15 new solar and energy storage projects that are expected to increase the typical residential customer’s monthly bill by $1.13. The Virginia State Corporation Commission approved several projects Tuesday that will provide nearly 1,000 megawatts of carbon-free electricit[...]
McGlothlins make nearly $60M gift to VMFA
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts announced Tuesday that Bristol-area philanthropists James W. and Frances Gibson McGlothlin have donated nearly $60 million toward the Richmond museum’s expansion campaign, including 15 paintings. Alex Nyerges, the VMFA’s director and CEO, said that a 170,000-square-foot wing will be n[...]
