A few weeks ago, former Circuit City workers gathered on the desolate blacktop of their old parking lot at the Deep Run office complex tucked behind the intersection of Broad Street and Gaskins in the West End. It was an awkward tailgate of sorts, held on the one-year anniversary of the company going kablooie, and a reminder of all the big local businesses that went bust in 2009. (Remember that airport signage that bragged about all the Fortune 500 companies calling Richmond home? Ya, me
Every once in a while, I need to make sure I include a feel-good story in this “Boulevard & Broad” blog. I can’t get by on espousing Capitol Police conspiracy theories and recommending $1 PBR as an elixir for all that ales in each and every entry. I want to thank Martin Agency CEO John Adams for this week’s dose of optimism. While attending a business development networking breakfast at the Commonwealth Club last week, Adams talked compellingly about how much of the top-flight agency’s
A group of state and federal leaders pledged today to more to clean up the Chesapeake Bay. The leaders, including Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and federal Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, met today at Mount Vernon in Fairfax County. The group agreed to clean up the bay no later than 2025. They also announced interim, two-year goals for reducing levels of nitrogen and phosphorus, key pollutants harming the bay ...