The Official Guide To Richmond's Far West End
A local home builder picked up a national award for their Short Pump home design center at West Broad Village earlier this month. The National Sales and Marketing Council (NSMC) of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) honored Eagle Construction of VA at the 2012 National Sales and Marketing Awards, The Nationals.
The Springfield Park Elementary Knowledge Master Open team competed against 203 teams from all over the United States to place first in both the county and state, and 23rd in the nation overall.
One lucky guy from Richmond is giving his girlfriend a unique proposal this Valentine’s Day, and it will all culminate in Short Pump tonight.
The west corner of West Broad Street and Pouncey Tract Road, vacant for the past several years, is about to get new life breathed into it. A new 12,000-square-foot Walgreen’s drug store has been approved on a 1.62 acre parcel where a former Wachovia Bank and Miller’s Neighborhood Market currently stand. Both will soon be demolished.
Acclaimed chef Peter Chang, known for his Szechwan-style Chinese cuisine and a number of restaurants he’s started in the southeast, has quite the following. This past week, Chang opened Peter Chang’s Cafe in the Short Pump Commons shopping center near Walmart, and everyone took notice–foodies and otherwise.
On January 7, 2012, Sherry Arnold, a 43-year-old mother and teacher, left her house in Sidney, Montana, at 6:30 a.m. for an early morning run. When she didn’t return home later that morning, her community searches, and only one clue had been found: one of her running shoes.
Chipotle might have a new local competitor slinging burritos and tacos. Café Rio, which like Chipotle markets itself as more up-market than fast food but without a wait staff, is negotiating on properties in Richmond, according to Ben Craner, the company’s chief marketing officer.
Some left turn signals in Henrico County are about to get a little flashier. At least when it comes to left turns. And it’s all in the name of safety. The Henrico County Department of Public Works will install new traffic signals at four intersections next week to help motorists better understand the need to yield to oncoming traffic before turning left.
Just when you thought there couldn’t possibly be any more variations on the frozen yogurt shop, here come two more. Dustin Smith, Amanda Leininger and her mother plan to open Mix It, a self-serve frozen yogurt and cereal bar, in West Broad Village in March.
A former Republican candidate who ran for the position of Henrico County’s Commonwealth’s Attorney was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Sunday. Henrico Police were called to the 2200 block of Lauderdale Drive around 1:00 p.m. and found 42-year-old Matt Geary’s body.
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