Posts Tagged ‘downtown Richmond’
A look at actor Wendell Pierce’s downtown Richmond development plans: 400 housing units, new businesses
Wendell Pierce and his real estate partnership are planning to invest in Downtown Richmond. They are working with local developers to provide housing units and 70,000 square feet of retail space.
Read MoreDowntown Richmond finalist in national contest, could win $150,000 to renovate historic site
Richmond Main Street Initiative (RMSI) announced on Monday that the city is one of the 25 national finalists vying for funding to preserve or improve historic landmarks.
Read MoreRichmond’s Spirit & Soul Festival showcases diversity amid concerns of downtown development
Some attendees said Spirit & Soul spoke to Richmond’s uncertain future. Folks certainly enjoyed the craft beer, barbecue, and kettle corn, and the inclusion of Richmond’s many nonprofits which helped make social justice a focal point of the afternoon.
Read MoreRichmond community members oppose post office sale
The United States Postal Service says the post office at 1025 Nevin Avenue in downtown Richmond is in “excess and no longer necessary.” Kimberley Savoy-Jackson, wearing a leg brace as she walks up the post office’s steps on a rainy afternoon, disagrees. “You see people coming in all the time,” she said. “I wouldn’t say…
Read MoreDowntown Richmond shows its heart at Spirit and Soul Festival
8th Spirit and Soul Festival brings live music, food and shop to Downtown Richmond residents.
Read MoreLocally Richmond: Dejavu’s Hair Salon
Sumatra McGilbery is the owner of Dejavu’s Hair Salon, located on MacDonald Street near downtown Richmond. Next month will make 17 years she has been involved with the salon, first as styling assistant, then as stylist and now as owner.
Read MoreSpirit and Soul festival aims to revive downtown
The seventh annual Spirit and Soul Festival filled downtown with the rhythmic beats of jazz musicians and the enticing smells of fried chicken and barbecue. Put on by the Richmond Main Street Initiative, a nonprofit organization that works to reinvigorate the downtown, the festival drew about 800 people this year–and there would have been more, organizers insisted, were it not for the sizzling heat.
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