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Richmond startup Remission Medical lands $5 M from local private equity firm Blue Heron
3+ hour, 59+ min ago (890+ words) Jackie Di Bartolomeo April 9, 2026 0 A 4-year-old Richmond-based telehealth company has just closed on its biggest capital influx to date, courtesy of a local investment firm." Remission Medical, which offers virtual appointments for rheumatology care, recently closed on a $5 million investment…...
Richmond Traffic Control acquired by private equity-backed Colorado firm
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (669+ words) Jackie Di Bartolomeo April 6, 2026 0 Richmond Traffic Control deploys its services across the Richmond and Norfolk regions. (Images courtesy Tom Kinsling) With two deals in less than a year, the traffic control industry has become a mini hot-spot in the local…...
Packaging manufacturer to close Richmond plant, lay off 110 workers
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (398+ words) Jack Jacobs April 3, 2026 0 A national packaging manufacturer is planning to shutter its plant in Richmond. Packaging Corp. of America notified the state this week that it will close its facility at 2000 Richmond Highway and lay off its 110 employees. The local…...
Virginia Housing takes possession of Model Tobacco building after foreclosure auction
1+ week, 6+ day ago (607+ words) Jonathan Spiers March 27, 2026 0 The Model Tobacco building at the center of imprisoned developer Chris Harrison's legal troubles is now in the hands of the state's housing authority, following a foreclosure auction held Thursday morning. Virginia Housing, the noteholder on a…...
Junior League of Richmond fills reinstated executive director role
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (783+ words) Jackie Di Bartolomeo March 26, 2026 0 After doing away with its top paid management position for almost a decade, Richmond's Junior League chapter has brought that job back and has hired a longtime nonprofit leader to fill it." The Junior League of…...
Luxury car collector storage and social club to open in South Richmond
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (619+ words) Jackie Di Bartolomeo February 20, 2026 0 After pumping the brakes on the concept a few years ago, a local auto shop owner is going all in on a luxury car collector storage and social club in South Richmond. Mike Moore, who owns…...
Bills to launch recreational marijuana market in Virginia advance in House and Senate
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (830+ words) Jack Jacobs February 18, 2026 0 The General Assembly this week approved bills that would launch a recreational cannabis market in Virginia. (Biz Sense file) The years-in-the-making effort to launch a legal recreational marijuana market took a step forward in the General Assembly…...
Richmond leaders highlight plant upgrades on one-year anniversary of water outage
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (811+ words) Jonathan Spiers January 6, 2026 0 It was a year ago today that what became known as the Richmond water crisis began. An overnight snowstorm on Jan. 6, 2025 knocked out power at the city's century-old water treatment plant, starting a snowball of events that…...
Therapy practice becomes own landlord in Chesterfield, relocates Richmond clinic
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (575+ words) Jack Jacobs January 6, 2026 0 A fast-growing local therapy practice is now its own landlord in Chesterfield. The Center for Creative Healing recently purchased the 8, 000-square-foot building at 830 Southlake Blvd. , where it has been a tenant for more than five years. It…...
Order Up: Richmond restaurant recap for 2025 and preview of what's to come in 2026
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (726+ words) Mike Platania January 2, 2026 0 A handful of long-running and well-known restaurants serve their last meals in Richmond in 2025." Sam Miller's closed in Shockoe Slip, ending a run that dated back to the early 1900s, while Heritage and Ipanema Cafe closed in the…...