Business

February 18, 2010

Should legislators listen to Sissy Spacek?

Should Virginia do more to lure movie producers to shoot films here? Sissy Spacek thinks it should. "Last year I worked ...

February 12, 2010

The Republic reviewed

The Republic, at Allison and Broad, is in a building that used to house Cabo's. In the 1990s the same location was calle ...

February 8, 2010

Moore’s Club Velvet to lose booze

Newsmaker Sam Moore was dealt a setback yesterday, as Virginia’s ABC Board voted to snatch away Moore’s license to ...

February 2, 2010

ABC stores may soon be gone

At Richmond.com there's a new piece I wrote about the possibility that we'll soon see the last of ABC stores. The first ...

January 29, 2010

To the Bottom and Back

With all the silly stuff that our state and city governments do to hobble the entertainment/hospitality industry in this ...

January 25, 2010

Ad Agency of 2009: Martin

The Martin Agency has been on a roll in recent times. What recession? Richmond’s Martin Agency was named U.S. Agency ...

Richmond’s Anti-Show Biz Habits

When and why did the City of Richmond turn against show business? In the middle of the 20th century, officialdo ...

January 13, 2010

Foreclosure on Monument Ave.

Richmond BizSense reports on a foreclosure in the shadow of the Lee Monument. Click here to read the story. ...

January 6, 2010

Verbena kaput

Verbena, the latest in a series of restaurants to inhabit Soble's original location at Floyd and Robinson has closed. ...

December 15, 2009

Amid contoversy, GRTC site is sold

This news will shake things up: the bus barns nestled up to the Fan District have been sold to the Richmond Redevelopmen ...

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