Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA) articles from July 2004

Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA) archives from July 2004

Secure data center Bay Mountain Inc. to move out of Richmond, Va., incubator.
July 31, 2004... Byline: Carol Hazard Jul. 31--Bay Mountain Inc., once a tiny startup, has earned its wings. It is the largest company to grow up and out of Richmond's high-tech business incubator. The technology company needs more room. It's...

Agency says Richmond, Va.-area average hourly wage was $18.15 in mid-2003.
July 31, 2004... Byline: John Reid Blackwell Jul. 31--The average hourly pay for workers in the Richmond-Petersburg area was $18.15 in September 2003, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported yesterday. White-collar employees earned an average of...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., business briefs.
July 30, 2004... Jul. 30--COMMONWEALTH BIOTECHNOLOGIES INC. posted second-quarter net income of $22,000 on revenue of $1.4 million, compared with a loss of $45,000 on revenue of $1.2 million for the same period in 2003. For the half-year, CBI reported net...

Sign at former Ramada Inn in Chesterfield County, Va., undergoes change.
July 30, 2004... Byline: Jeffrey G. Kelley Jul. 30--Falling asleep at the wheel while driving south on Interstate 95? Stay overnight at the Armada Inn. Road-weary from the drive north? Grab a room at the Ramaad. It's not a case of dyslexia. ...

Locally-owned company buys Ashland, Va., newspaper.
July 30, 2004... Byline: Bob Rayner Jul. 30--One of the area's oldest small newspapers has been bought by a local company with plenty of experience in the community news business. The Herald-Progress, a twice-a-week paper in Ashland that serves...

Richmond, Va., resort mogul eyes 5,500-acre property in Hilton Head, S.C.
July 30, 2004... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan Jul. 30--Richmonder William H. Goodwin Jr. wants to extend his upscale resort empire yet again. Goodwin hopes to buy South Carolina's Sea Pines Resort community along the southern tip of Hilton Head...

Northern Virginia development firms take on Richmond businessman's dream.
July 30, 2004... Jul. 30--Developer William H. Abeloff's dream of creating an urban village along the James River near downtown Richmond took a big leap forward yesterday. Abeloff and his group of 22 local investors announced plans to sell the 50-acre...

Atlantic Coast Airlines reports second-quarter loss.
July 29, 2004... Jul. 29--Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings Inc., the parent company of Atlantic Coast Airlines and Independence Air, reported a second-quarter loss of $27.1 million, or 60 cents a share, compared with earnings of $45.7 million, or $1.01 a...

Richmond, Va.-based bank reports most profitable quarter ever.
July 29, 2004... Byline: Carol Hazard Jul. 29--The Bank of Richmond posted its most profitable quarter in its five-year history. It reported second-quarter net income of $184,236, up from $62,922 for the same period last year. Total loans were...

Overnite reports strong second-quarter earnings growth over year ago.
July 29, 2004... Jul. 29--Overnite Corp. of Richmond reported strong revenue and earnings growth through the first half of the year. The parent company of Overnite Transportation said its second-quarter profit of $16.8 million, or 60 cents a share, marked...

Richmond, Va.-based pharmaceutical firm posts $9 million net loss.
July 29, 2004... Byline: Bob Rayner Jul. 29--Insmed Inc. reported a second-quarter net loss of $9.0 million, or 23 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $3.2 million, or 10 cents per share, in the same period last year. Revenue was $29,000,...

Procter & Gamble to close Wella plant in Richmond, Va.
July 29, 2004... Byline: John Reid Blackwell Jul. 29--Hair-products manufacturer Wella Corp. will close its plant near Richmond International Airport by the end of 2006, affecting hundreds of jobs. The company said yesterday that it gradually will...

Path cleared for deal on electric lines in Virginia.
July 28, 2004... Byline: Greg Edwards Jul. 28--Appalachian Power Co. has settled issues surrounding its proposal to give control of its transmission wires in western Virginia to a Pennsylvania-based regional operating company. The State Corporation...

House sales in Virginia still surging.
July 28, 2004... Byline: Carol Hazard Jul. 28--Never mind the prospect of higher interest rates. House sales in Virginia show no signs of letting up. The number of closings in June jumped 17.24 percent to 15,295 single-family homes from the same...

Chief of DuPont's Chesterfield County, Va., plant takes pride in its products.
July 27, 2004... Byline: John Reid Blackwell Jul. 27--While speaking to some local DuPont employees recently, Rick L. Hodge said he had seen a car sporting a bumper sticker that trumpeted the owner's fidelity to the state. "I wasn't born in Virginia,...

Pennsylvania office of Richmond, Va.-based investment firm moves.
July 27, 2004... Byline: Carol Hazard Jul. 27--TFS Capital is on the move. The Richmond-based investment firm is moving its Pennsylvania office from a basement into prime office space in West Chester, Pa. The Pennsylvania office is used for...

Richmond, Va., farmers market shows signs of promise.
July 26, 2004... Byline: Valerie Hubbard Jul. 26--A welcome breeze ruffled the lush collection of ferns, impatiens and assorted other plants and herbs spilling over the benches at Charlie Shannon's market stall on an otherwise stifling hot Saturday. ...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., business briefs.
July 26, 2004... Jul. 26--ADVERTISING: At The Martin Agency: Marcy Luhrs is a media planner. Erin McKee has been promoted to project manager. Sarah Monroe is an assistant broadcast buyer. Lauren Tucker is a group planning director. She had been with Henderson...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Biz Buzz column.
July 26, 2004... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan Jul. 26--Wayne Dementi and his family have operated the Dementi Studio photography business since 1924. But last fall, Dementi decided to get his feet wet in the retail world when he and a business partner...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., business calendar.
July 26, 2004... Jul. 26--MONDAY: Career-Prospectors, www.career-prospectors.com, a job search networking group, meets at 7:30 a.m., in the Conference Room at Long & Foster, 9321 Midlothian Turnpike. Tom Parker with Along Side Management speaks on "How to...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Trade Names Column.
July 26, 2004... Byline: Andrew Moisan Jul. 26--Being inside J. Taylor Hogan's interior-design shop, one could forget that shoppers at malls tend to move fast enough to leave breezes in their wakes. "Can we help you find something?" Hogan, seated at...

Family-owned Richmond, Va.-based real estate firm opens seventh office.
July 25, 2004... Byline: Deborah Rider Allen Jul. 25--For a company that started out 16 years ago with five agents in a three-room office in Mechanicsville, the Golden Rule has definitely meant gold for Hometown Realty Services Inc. "When we went...

Avoiding Richmond, Va., airport for cheaper fares comes with its own cost.
July 25, 2004... Byline: Chip Jones Jul. 25--Don J. Beville is a veteran book editor who works with college professors in Richmond, Charlottesville and Williamsburg. One of his specialties is math textbooks, and Beville, who lives in Chesterfield...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Consumer Watch Column.
July 25, 2004... Byline: Iris Taylor Jul. 25--HEED REBATE RULES, PREPARE TO FOLLOW UP: Mary Watkins-Tate of Goochland County and her husband returned a new computer to Wal-Mart to take advantage of a Best Buy computer deal that, after mailing in $300...

Richmond, Va., airport seeks funding to promote hoped-for low-fare service.
July 25, 2004... Byline: Chip Jones Jul. 25--More than 1 million travelers a year are shunning Richmond International Airport for cheaper fares at six competing airports, a bargain-hunting exodus that has only made local air travel much more expensive....

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Bob Rayner Column.
July 25, 2004... Byline: Bob Rayner Jul. 25--SHRINKING WORKER INCOME IS ANOTHER MEDIA MYTH: We've been plagued by a rash of news reports in recent weeks purporting to reveal the suddenly, shamelessly shrinking value of the American worker's paycheck. ...

State of Virginia will revamp procedure for small-business certifications.
July 24, 2004... Byline: Andrew Moisan Jul. 24--Virginia firms will soon face new rules governing how they obtain small-business certifications to become state vendors, Secretary of Commerce and Trade Michael J. Schewel said yesterday. Currently,...

Officials say Virginia efforts to revamp minority contracting miss the mark.
July 24, 2004... Byline: Andrew Moisan Jul. 24--While Gov. Mark R. Warner pushes to revamp the way the state does business with minority- and women-owned companies, some state officials say the effort may not address what they see as the real issues. ...

Former U.S. energy secretary denies she interfered with United flight crew.
July 24, 2004... Byline: Chip Jones Jul. 24--Former U.S. Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary learned a lesson in airport security during a Thursday night altercation at Richmond International Airport: Never argue with an airline captain -- even if, like...

Graduates bump up Virginia's jobless rate.
July 23, 2004... Byline: John Reid Blackwell Jul. 23--Virginia's unemployment rate rose three-tenths of a percentage point in June to 3.8 percent as recent graduates and other students began looking for jobs. The unemployment rate rose even though...

Developers to convert Richmond, Va., hotel into 178 luxury apartments.
July 23, 2004... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan Jul. 23--An old Richmond landmark is getting an extreme makeover. The Hotel John Marshall will undergo a major overhaul beginning this fall to convert the once grand 15-story hotel into luxury apartments....

Most Virginia farmers expect strong crop yields for 2004.
July 23, 2004... Byline: Greg Edwards Jul. 23--Roughly halfway into the 2004 growing season, Virginia farmers are looking toward a good crop year. Conditions are generally good to excellent in much of the state. Commodity prices, particularly for...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., earnings column.
July 23, 2004... Jul. 23--ALBEMARLE CORP.: Richmond-based Albemarle Corp.'s second-quarter profit dropped 12 percent, although its Albemarle Corp. sales rose because of acquisitions. The specialty-chemicals company reported a profit of $20.8 million, or...

Richmond, Va., grocery store has new operator.
July 22, 2004... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan Jul. 22--The Market at Tobacco Row has a new operator. Norfolk-based Farm Fresh Inc. returns to the Richmond market by taking control of the Shockoe Bottom supermarket at the request of parent company...

Richmond, Va.-based Elantic Telecom files for bankruptcy.
July 22, 2004... Byline: Greg Edwards Jul. 22--Richmond-based Elantic Telecom Inc. has filed for reorganization under federal bankruptcy laws, listing assets of $19.8 million and debts of $24.4 million. The company, an affiliate of Cavalier Telephone...

Richmond, Va., group uses TV commercials to fight bias against Muslims, others.
July 21, 2004... Byline: Bob Rayner Jul. 21--It may be the new American nightmare. A man in a suit and tie, blond hair neatly combed, makes his way down the aisle of a passenger jet. He smiles nervously at his seatmate, a brown-skinned man wearing a...

New hospital set for Chesterfield County, Va.
July 21, 2004... Byline: Bob Rayner Jul. 21--Chesterfield County will be getting a second new hospital next year -- right next to the other new one. The Virginia commissioner of health has approved a certificate of need that will allow Sheltering...

Virginia governor pushes state to boost women, minorities in contracts.
July 21, 2004... Byline: Andrew Moisan Jul. 21--Gov. Mark R. Warner said yesterday that Virginia is close to implementing changes that would help boost participation of women- and minority-owned businesses in state contracts. Efforts to consolidate...

Richmond, Va.-area bank posts 53 percent rise in net earnings.
July 20, 2004... Byline: John Reid Blackwell Jul. 20--First Capital Bank said its net income increased 53 percent in the second quarter. The Richmond-area bank reported a profit of $111,454, or 11 cents per share, compared with $72,956, or 7 cents...

Richmond, Va.-based bank reports 155 percent profit gain.
July 20, 2004... Byline: Greg Edwards Jul. 20--Peoples Bank of Virginia, based in Richmond, has reported a 155 percent increase in net earnings for the second quarter, compared with the similar period last year. Earnings in the second quarter that...

Maryland-based firm interested in buying Richmond, Va., funeral home.
July 20, 2004... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan Jul. 20--The A.D. Price Funeral Establishment in Jackson Ward may be sold to a minority-owned funeral operator based in Maryland. A potential sale has been in the works for months, and a lawyer for A.D....

Intense boot camp trains computer-security workers in art of hacking.
July 20, 2004... Byline: John Reid Blackwell Jul. 20--At almost 9 p.m. Wednesday, a handful of computer-hacker trainees hunched over their laptops in a conference room at a local hotel. They had spent all day in the windowless room, scarfing junk...

Entertainment roots nourish Virginia TV station's marketing director.
July 20, 2004... Byline: Chip Jones Jul. 20--Kathleen Busch was born to rock. But it took her awhile to get on a roll. Growing up in New York and later Arkansas, she was around a major guitar maker -- Gretsch that was making custom instruments for...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Chip Jones Column.
July 19, 2004... Byline: Chip Jones Jul. 19--Amtrak gave Virginia a solid "B" recently for efforts to upgrade rail service. David Gunn, president of the Washington-based passenger railroad, gave the Richmond-Washington rail corridor a Tier 2 ranking...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., business briefs.
July 19, 2004... Jul. 19--ACCOUNTING: Mitchell, Wiggins & Co. reports the following promotions: David W. Reardon and M. James Hartson are senior managers. Christopher P. Fallon is a partner. ARCHITECTS: At Odell Associates Inc.: Chris Mierchuk is an...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Biz Buzz column.
July 19, 2004... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan Jul. 19--Kenneth Sears and his wife began selling items on eBay as a hobby in 1999. The Chesterfield County couple also helped family members who wanted to sell items but were eBay-challenged. "We did it...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., business calendar.
July 19, 2004... Jul. 19--MONDAY: Career-Prospectors, www.career-prospectors.com, a job search networking group, meets at 7:30 a.m., in the Conference Room at Long & Foster, 9321 Midlothian Turnpike. Helene Cotter with Higher Power speaks on "Reshuffle the...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Company News Column.
July 19, 2004... Jul. 19--NEW BUSINESS/OPENINGS: Peter Mason has opened OnHold Marketing & Communications of Virginia, which provides on-hold marketing and Internet audio production systems. The Web site is www.ohmcofvirginia.com. MERGERS/EXPANSIONS:...

Retiring Federal Reserve leader Broaddus strove to maintain stable prices.
July 19, 2004... Byline: Carol Hazard Jul. 19--Interest rates topped 20 percent. Nearly 10 percent of Americans were out of work. The Dow Jones plummeted to below 800. J. Alfred Broaddus Jr. will never forget the early 1980s in America. Nor will...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., American Trends column.
July 19, 2004... Byline: Gary Robertson Jul. 19--The graveyard is the subject of myth and mystery, of sadness and celebration. Now, there's a new twist -- "green graveyards." These are environmentally friendly graveyards. In other words,...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Consumer Watch Column.
July 18, 2004... Byline: Iris Taylor Jul. 18--HOW TO BEAT THE URGE TO SPLURGE: Call it what you want, but see it for what it is -- debt addiction. Never mind for the moment why you have the problem. The question is, what can you do to manage those...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Bob Rayner Column.
July 18, 2004... Byline: Bob Rayner Jul. 18--FREE ENTERPRISE, FREEDOM AND THE THREAT OF TERRORISM: Pundits have spent much of the past few months arguing whether national security or the economy will be the most salient issue in the coming election. ...

Norfolk, Va.-based bank buys Richmond mortgage broker.
July 17, 2004... Jul. 17--Community Home Mortgage of Virginia Inc., a Richmond mortgage broker, has been acquired by Bank of the Commonwealth, a Norfolk bank with nine branches in the Hampton Roads area. The Richmond mortgage company was founded by David...

Stewart's prison sentence: Is it a good thing for her company?
July 17, 2004... Byline: Bob Rayner Jul. 17--Martha Stewart may not have liked the jail term a federal judge handed her yesterday, but the stock market loved it. Shares of the company that bears her name soared after her sentence was announced in a...

Virginia farmers prefer Senate tobacco buyout plan over House version.
July 17, 2004... Byline: John Reid Blackwell Jul. 17--The tobacco buyout plan approved by the Senate Thursday would benefit farmers more than the version passed by the House in June, leaders of several farm groups said yesterday. Farmers said they...

Richmond, Va.-based Massey Energy sells coal interests.
July 16, 2004... Byline: Greg Edwards Jul. 16--Massey Energy Co. of Richmond has sold a one-half interest in coal-handling facilities in Tennessee and Virginia to Penn Virginia Resources Partners LP for $28.5 million in cash. The joint venture will...

Magazine tries to lure young professionals to Richmond, Va., area.
July 15, 2004... Byline: Bob Rayner Jul. 15--Just weeks after a study questioned the Richmond area's appeal to young adults, a new magazine aims to show that this can be a fun town. WORK Magazine, published by the Greater Richmond Partnership,...

Virginia professors use Wal-Mart case as teaching tool.
July 15, 2004... Byline: Andrew Moisan Jul. 15--A sex-discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. that includes thousands of Virginia women has garnered attention from many across the state -- including college professors. As lawyers prepare...

Wal-Mart discrimination suit may be a teaching tool, Virginia professors say.
July 15, 2004... Byline: Andrew Moisan Jul. 15--A sex-discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. that includes thousands of Virginia women has garnered attention from many across the state -- including college professors. As lawyers prepare...

AT&T's Internet telephone service hits Richmond, Va.
July 14, 2004... Byline: Greg Edwards Jul. 14--AT&T Corp. announced yesterday that the company has begun offering Voice over Internet Protocol service in the Richmond area. Richmond is among 28 new markets where AT&T offers the service, bringing the...

U.S. gasoline prices inch higher after 7 weeks of declines.
July 14, 2004... Byline: Greg Edwards Jul. 14--Retail gasoline prices climbed higher this week after falling for the past seven weeks. The national average price for all gasoline grades climbed to $1.96 per gallon on Monday, compared with $1.94 a...

Verizon looks to increase telephone rates in Virginia.
July 14, 2004... Byline: Greg Edwards Jul. 14--A new state regulatory plan sought by Verizon could mean higher local telephone rates for some of its residential and business customers. The plan was filed with the State Corporation Commission late...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., business briefs.
July 14, 2004... Jul. 14--MEDIA GENERAL INC. reported second-quarter net income of $18.5 million, or 78 cents per share, compared with $17.5 million, or 75 cents per share, a year before. The Richmond company's revenue was $224.9 million, a 6.7 percent...

Richmond, Va., firm takes over Pennsylvania feed business.
July 13, 2004... Byline: Greg Edwards Jul. 13--Southern States Cooperative Inc. of Richmond has acquired Agway's 50 percent interest in Cooperative Milling, making Southern States the sole owner of the Gettysburg, Pa., feed business. The bankruptcy...

Dallas-based ACS buys Richmond, Va.'s Heritage Information Systems.
July 13, 2004... Byline: Bob Rayner Jul. 13--A fast-growing Richmond business that provides clinical management and pharmacy cost-containment services has been acquired by a Fortune 500 company based in Dallas. Heritage Information Systems Inc.,...

Virginia public-relations specialists dared to build a thriving business.
July 13, 2004... Byline: Bob Rayner Jul. 13--Let's hear some chatter! Down at The Hodges Partnership, where visitors are greeted by a bowl full of baseballs, there's plenty of talk in the air. Jon Newman, one of the Shockoe Slip public-relations...

MeadWestvaco wood plant will help fledgling Buckingham County, Va., railroad.
July 13, 2004... Byline: Chip Jones Jul. 13--MeadWestvaco Corp. broke ground last week on a $7 million wood-processing plant in Buckingham County, a project that's considered a major step forward for the county's homegrown railroad. "It will make us...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Biz Buzz column.
July 12, 2004... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan Jul. 12--SERVICE MERCHANDISE IS NOW A WEB STORE: Service Merchandise is back. Well, sort of. The former top executive of the now-defunct catalog-showroom chain has resurrected the business by creating a...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Bob Rayner Column.
July 12, 2004... Byline: Bob Rayner Jul. 12--When Mary Washington Hospital opened a new tower this year, it needed to hire some nurses. A lot of them. In a hurry. So the Fredericksburg hospital turned to its longtime advertising agency,...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., American Trends column.
July 12, 2004... Byline: Gary Robertson Jul. 12--JAVA MAN AIMS TO DRINK AT EVERY STARBUCKS STORE: America is the land of chains -- chain stores, chain muffler shops, chain restaurants. The links of some of these chains are increasing at a bewildering...

Virginia dairy farmers hope sudden price hike will offer chance to recover.
July 12, 2004... Byline: Greg Edwards Jul. 12--It has been the best of times and the worst of times for Virginia dairy farmers. Just six months ago, they were being paid prices for their milk that were near or below the cost of producing it. But more...

Former Virginia aviation chief eyes future, considers past.
July 11, 2004... Byline: Chip Jones Jul. 11--Charles Macfarlane is a detail guy. Take his latest brainstorm -- touting the advantages of a baseball stadium/retail complex on Mayo Island in downtown Richmond. It would be cooler to play baseball on the...

Owner of Irvington, Va.'s Hope and Glory Inn sees both in hospitality business.
July 11, 2004... Byline: Iris Taylor Jul. 11--IRVINGTON, Va. -- The day Peggy Patteson took over as co-owner of The Hope and Glory Inn, that stately, unabashedly romantic, lushly gardened, picket-fenced, yellow-and-white Victorian-style bed and breakfast...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., financial planning Column.
July 11, 2004... Byline: Carol Hazard Jul. 11--The old clunker may be a good tax write-off. Or, it might be easier to give away than sell. An increasing number of people seem to think so. The number of car-donation programs is accelerating. ...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Consumer Watch Column.
July 11, 2004... Byline: Iris Taylor Jul. 11--CUSTOMER MUST KNOW CHECK IS CONVERTED FOR WITHDRAWAL: In this week's column, a Richmond resident is surprised when Citibank converts her check into an automatic withdrawal without permission, and other...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Bob Rayner Column.
July 11, 2004... Byline: Bob Rayner Jul. 11--YOUR HUMBLE SERVANT ANSWERS HIS OWN BURNING QUESTIONS: It's been nearly 18 months since I began writing this column for The Times-Dispatch. In newspaper-columnist years that comes to, well, about a year and a...

Once-vibrant downtown Richmond, Va., area sees retailers slip slidin' away.
July 10, 2004... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan Jul. 10--The bustling activity in Shockoe Slip gave Sarah Gunn a reason to open the Toymaker of Williamsburg store there in late 1987. "It was such a viable and vibrant place," Gunn said. But Shockoe...

SunCom, Cingular plan subscriber swap in North Carolina, Virginia.
July 9, 2004... Byline: John Reid Blackwell Jul. 9--Most SunCom wireless subscribers in Virginia would become Cingular Wireless customers early next year under an agreement announced by the companies. SunCom and Cingular said yesterday that they...

Virginia tops nation in job growth, FDIC report says.
July 8, 2004... Byline: Carol Hazard Jul. 8--Virginia posted the highest job growth rate in the country in the 12 months that ended in March, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Most of the job growth was concentrated in Northern...

Brokerage executive speaks on stock market at Richmond, Va., meeting.
July 7, 2004... Byline: Carol Hazard Jul. 7--Summer has barely started. But it might as well be the dog days of summer for the stock market, the chief investment strategist for Morgan Stanley said during a visit last week to Richmond. The market is...

Utility Dominion will buy 2 power-generating facilities in Virginia.
July 7, 2004... Byline: Bob Rayner Jul. 7--Dominion Virginia Power announced yesterday that it will acquire two electricity generating facilities in Virginia. The electric utility unit of Dominion Resources Inc. said it will pay about $49 million in...

Home closing costs in Virginia to rise.
July 7, 2004... Byline: Carol Hazard Jul. 7--House hunters may want to speed up the buying process. Closing costs in Virginia will go up Sept. 1, on average, by as much as $500. The out-of-pocket expense is the result of a comprehensive tax...

Richmond, Va.-area mall's redevelopment would return it to its open-air roots.
July 7, 2004... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan Jul. 7--The Shops at Willow Lawn may be returning to its roots as an open-air shopping center. The shopping center's owner has come up with a redevelopment plan that would open up much of Willow Lawn's...

22 small firms pool creative talents at Richmond, Va., production consortium.
July 6, 2004... Byline: Bob Rayner Jul. 6--A Shockoe Bottom warehouse that once housed a tobacco-machinery and sheet-metal business has been overrun recently by an unusual confederation of independent marketing entrepreneurs. They're taking full...