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Sweets shop Cookie Chris is opening a new location at 4091 Concord Creek Place this week. The eastern Henrico outpost will be the company’s third location, alongside Short Pump and Williamsburg spots. (Jack Jacobs photo)While still juggling a college pre-law course load, a young entrepreneur is on t

The Bellwether Sessions hosts a neighborhood concert series in a Church Hill garage.

The Planning Commission voted Tuesday to recommend approval of a new zoning ordinance. (BizSense file)A years-in-the-making overhaul of Chesterfield’s zoning ordinance took an important step forward Tuesday evening.The county Planning Commission unanimously voted last night to recommend the Board of

A rendering of the 90,000-square-foot medical office building planned as an expansion of the St. Francis Medical Center campus in western Chesterfield. (Courtesy PSH+)As one expansion project at St. Francis Medical Center moves forward, another one has encountered a setback.Bon Secours last week hel

The exterior of 5610 Brook Road, the new home of Wild Fern Montessori School. (Jackie DiBartolomeo photo)A Montessori school in the Lakeside area is relocating to a bigger space up the street for its upcoming school year. Wild Fern Montessori School, which is currently located at 7511 Brook Road, is

Moore pitches Joyebells on “Shark Tank.” (Disney/Christopher Willard)Months after pitching famed investors Mark Cuban and Kevin O’Leary on “Shark Tank,” a local pie company is now swimming in troubled waters on the legal front.Joyebells, known for its sweet potato, peach and pumpkin pies, was sued i

A new book explores the complexities of Abigail Adams by following her paper trail.

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Recorded four years ago, Andy Jenkins' sophomore album is ready for its flowers.

After fashion show, Black Pride RVA organizers concentrate on fundraising efforts. 

For the second time in two years, a Discovery Drive office building has sold. (Mike Platania photos)An Emerald City investment firm has dropped nearly $30 million to get back into the Richmond-area real estate market. Last month Seattle-based Elliott Bay Capital Trust bought a pair of Richmond-area

Coalesce Coffee opened in recent months in the renovated former Josie’s Coffee & Boutique space at Independence Golf Club. (Photos courtesy Coalesce Coffee)Around this time last year, Lindsay Korman went to hit some balls at Independence Golf Club on a day off from running her coffee truck, Coalesce

Panda Express is planning to open a location at Courthouse Landing, where it has secured a site at the mixed-use development in Chesterfield to build the new restaurant. (BizSense file)Another piece of the Courthouse Landing project is moving forward.Panda Express recently paid $1.4 million to acqui

A recent rendering of the townhomes planned at 3923 Grove Ave. (Image courtesy Center Creek Homes)Modified plans for two townhome infill projects along a stretch of Grove Avenue in the West End are up for consideration by the Richmond Planning Commission as part of a packed meeting agenda today.The

In his new poetry collection, Christopher Fried celebrates the twilight of analog. 

Dee A. Raubenstine, director of development and sponsor events with The Richmond Forum, is retiring.Andrea Erard, Prince George county attorney, resigned, effective July 8.Robert Westermann joined Spotts Fain as of counsel.Joining Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman:Stephen J. McDonald and N. Winston

Firehouse’s world premiere, “Burial Tax,” leavens family drama with delightfully dark humor.

A proposed data center project planned at Upper Magnolia Green moved forward with the recent acquisition of the project site, which consists of most of Tract A and part of Tract B shown on the map. (County documents)Entities involved in plans to build proposed data center campuses in western Chester

The first batch of townhomes at The Crossings at Mulberry, a 160-home development by StyleCraft Homes that’s to include 25 housing trust fund homes. (File photo courtesy StyleCraft)One year in, Henrico’s multimillion-dollar investment to help improve housing affordability in the county is beginning

A proposal to convert the former Scottish Rite Temple on Hermitage Road into a Hindu religious center would include an expansion of the existing building on the site. (City documents)For its next act, Virginia Repertory Theatre’s Northside performing arts center could become a Hindu temple.The Richm