Henrico-based Brandefy topped this year’s RVA 25 list of the region’s fastest-growing companies; A former senior manager with Richmond’s public works department will serve more than two years in prison for his role in a yearslong scheme that defrauded the city of over $600,000 in department contracts; Two years after leaving the kitchen at Quirk Hotel and striking out on his own in Midlothian, David Dunlap is readying another concept a couple miles away; and the region’s 46th brewery and first in western Henrico has opened its door.
12/20/23 - Governor Glenn Youngkin will propose $50 million dollars in the state budget for the city of Richmond’s Combined Sewer Overflow projects
12/19/23 - A new state inspector general report has been released about the incorrect removal of 3,400 eligible voters from Virginia’s rolls.
12/18/23 - Suspended state funding leaves local EMS in the lurch
BizSense Beat: Dec. 15, 2023
12/15/23 - Henrico County honored three outgoing supervisors this week
12/14/23 - Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin won’t roll out his next budget proposal until December 20th
12/13/23 - Virginia congressman Bob Good will be the House Freedom Caucus’ next chairperson
12/12/23 - Richmond’s 804 area code is running out of numbers
12/11/23 - Public space can be hard to come by in a city – and when it’s there, it doesn’t always serve the community’s needs
BizSense Beat: Dec. 8, 2023
12/08/23 - Virginia activists delivered a letter to the offices of Virginia Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine demanding they support a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas War
12/07/23 - The Town of Kilmarnock has plans to double in size
12/06/23 - As newly elected lawmakers head to Richmond, lobbyists remain
12/05/23 - New home solar co-op taking shape in the Richmond area
12/04/23 - Local Richmond businesses are less likely to be owned by Black residents
BizSense Beat: Dec. 1, 2023
12/01/23 - The Virginia Department of Education announced $12 million dollars in security grants for hundreds of schools across the commonwealth this week
11/30/23 - Virginia’s executive mansion will display a Christmas tree grown in Floyd County this year
11/29/23 - Most of Virginia under a drought advisory; Richmond Public Schools launched the Build Our Own Teacher program to help full-time staff become fully-licensed; and other stories
11/28/23 - The Richmond City School Board approved a $30 million bid to rebuild William Fox Elementary School
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