RVAHub Staff, Author at RVAHub

City’s projected $15 million FY 2019 surplus to go towards cost of living increases for retirees, per proposed ordinance

August 23, 2019 RVAHub Staff

The City of Richmond expects to end fiscal year 2019 with a $15 million surplus, the office of Mayor Levar Stoney announced this week, a windfall that is proposed to fund increases for retirees and accessibility projects in the James River Park System.

GRTC announces new CEO, the transit system’s first female head

August 23, 2019 RVAHub Staff

Julie Timm returns to Virginia from Tennessee, where she served the past three years as the Chief Development Officer for Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority and Regional Transportation Authority of Middle TN, recently rebranded as WeGo Public Transit.

VDOT, DRPT pick up national transportation awards for work on GRTC Pulse project

August 21, 2019 RVAHub Staff

The Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) and the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) won the award in the Quality of Life/Community Development category for their collaborative effort to fund and construct The Pulse, a bus rapid transit system in the City of Richmond.

The Chapel moving church’s downtown campus to Scott’s Addition

August 21, 2019 RVAHub Staff

The church, which has been at 1836 Park Avenue since 2005, is taking a chunk of the former Signs Unlimited building on MacTavish Avenue.

Henrico County names new Director of Community Revitalization

August 20, 2019 RVAHub Staff

Eric S. Leabough previously served as the Varina District representative on the Henrico Planning Commission. He also worked as a housing specialist and housing services manager for the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and as the assistant vice president of redevelopment and interim vice president of real estate and community development for the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority.

Local print shop ranks among top 100 for size in North America

August 20, 2019 RVAHub Staff

Printing News ranked companies based on maintaining high operational standards and sales volumes throughout the last year. Allegra, owned by John Fergusson, ranked #57 and appears on the list for the second consecutive year.

VCU’s new Free Store opens to students, staff on Monroe Park Campus

August 20, 2019 RVAHub Staff

The Free Store, located inside the RamBikes building at 201 N. Belvidere St., is operated by the Office of Sustainability at VCU and is meant to reduce the number of unwanted items sent to the landfill while also providing the VCU community with equitable access to necessities and other goods.

Driver defaces city’s first street mural doing donuts outside Richmond Triangle Players in Scott’s Addition

August 19, 2019 RVAHub Staff

Lucian Restivo, the theatre’s Artistic Director, caught the driver in the act and posted a photo of the individual driving east down W. Marshall Street towards Arthur Ashe Boulevard. Both Restivo and Crosby caught a glimpse of the driver’s license plate.

PHOTOS: Hurricane Camille flooded Central Virginia 50 years ago today

August 19, 2019 RVAHub Staff

Hurricane Camille – one of just three storms ever to make landfall as a Category 5 hurricane – killed 153 people and caused nearly $1 billion worth of damage, when adjusting for inflation, in the Commonwealth alone, on today’s date in 1969.

50th anniversary of Hurricane Camille’s landfall in Virginia provides stern reminder to prepare

August 19, 2019 RVAHub Staff

First knocking on Virginia’s doorstep 50 years ago on August 19, 1969, Hurricane Camille – one of just three storms ever to make landfall as a Category 5 hurricane – killed 153 people and caused nearly $1 billion worth of damage, when adjusting for inflation, in the Commonwealth alone.

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