Angie Rodgers will be Richmond’s director of economic development, taking over the position on Aug. 4. She will succeed Matt Welch, who has served as the city’s acting economic development director ...

Sonya Ravindranath Waddell joined the Research department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond in January 2008. She oversees the regional and community development research area within the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The City of Richmond has finalized its purchase of the Altria Site in the city’s Southside. On Thursday, March 27, the City of Richmond finalized its purchase of the 95.93-acre ...

The new year is a make-or-break moment for a Richmond housing development atop a contaminated former waterfront site once owned by the global pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. Plans for developing ...

Richmond has named a new economic development director, but he’s no stranger to the state’s business community. The city announced Monday that Leonard Sledge has been hired as director of economic ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond residents continue to raise questions after a change of course from Virginia Union University’s (VUU) development plans for new student housing, including its decision ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond officials chose to delay voting on a plan meant to help the city identify, recognize and safeguard places of cultural and historical importance. The plan was reviewed ...

RICHMOND, Va. — After several hours of discussion on Wednesday night, Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority's Board of Commissioners voted against moving Gilpin Court under the leadership of ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond’s public housing CEO is firing back after city council leaders claimed his housing authority broke state law over a redevelopment project. During a city council meeting ...

Lot 1 contains a preexisting duplex. Lot 2 contains a preexisting single-family home. Proposed lot 3 would be common land. 2. Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest or ex parte communication.