The state of the economy has hit Richmond in several ways. Not only have many lost their jobs but so many small businesses have gone out of business. I have personally been on a mission to try to give my business to small businesses verses corporate ones in Short Pump.

In the eighties, there was a TV show about a fictional bar, Cheers, where everybody knows your name. It was the welcoming watering hole, a place of friendship and laughter. It had one major drawback, in my opinion, and that was that as a bar, there were limitations as to who could go there. In [...]

Kari Peiffer wrote this really interesting article that starts off with “I have a confession to make. I hate Short Pump.”  Being a Short Pump resident and a person who really enjoys the area, when I first started reading her article, I was a little offended and thought that her commentary went a little too [...]

Editor’s Note: The Henrico redistricting process has been a long and bitter battle between neighborhoods in the Far West End. The opinions below are of a Wyndham Forest parent who supports the third redistricting option we reported on last week. We welcome all viewpoints on the redistricting matter. Write an article with your opinions and [...]

As many know, the county in which I live in is going through school re-districting. The initial phase of the project required countless un-paid hours for community volunteers who poured over the data presented and created 2 pairings. The process is documented here. The community I live in [Wyndham Forest] is affected by the outcome of [...]

I recently read an article about West Broad Village which states that it will have “wetlands, forested areas and numerous parks.”  Notice these words are plural. I know that the development, relatively speaking, is on a large tract of land, but I am having trouble envisioning enough space for wetlands, forests and parks, at least [...]