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A third Wawa store and gas station could be coming to Short Pump. The company wants to build a location on Pouncey Tract Road at the back entrance to Twin Hickory (Twin Hickory Lake Drive). The Henrico County Planning Commission is currently soliciting input from residents of the Twin Hickory and Wyndham neighborhoods on whether or not they’d like to see the 24 hour store constructed.
If you’re staying in town for Spring Break, Virginia Credit Union has a way to get your kids off the couch and help them learn financial skills that will serve them for a lifetime. The credit union will offer a Teen Money Camp April 9th through 13th at the Twin Hickory Library.
One Short Pump resident is embarking on a mission to get her Richmond-based product on the shelves of Walmart stores nationwide. Barbara Bennett, frustrated with makeup bags that left her mineral makeup in a scattered mess, developed The Mineral Case, a compartmentalized storage case that holds makeup containers in place.
Charlottesville-based Blue Ridge Mountain Sports is closing its outlet store on West Broad Street at the end of the month. Ryan Baxter, a manager for the retailer, said that the lease was up at the location and that the company decided not to renew. The outlet store is having a special sale to liquidate the inventory.
A new office development may be coming to a tract of farmland on West Broad Street. Plans are in the early stages for Short Pump Professional Center, a proposed office park on West Broad Street at North Gayton Road, near Strange’s Florist & Garden Center.
A $365 million lawsuit filed against the former heads of LandAmerica is likely headed to trial this year. A federal bankruptcy judge ruled last week that the case should not be dismissed, despite arguments by attorneys representing 20 former executives and directors of the bankrupt former Richmond financial firm.
A popular southside restaurant has crossed the river and opened up shop in Short Pump. Kabab Grille, a Pakistani staple in Chesterfield since 2006, opened last month in the Towne Center West development.
Virginia Eye Institute, long known for its range of optical services around the Richmond area and beyond, has opened a new state-of-the-art facility in the Towne Center West development. The Short Pump center, which officially opened Monday, offers everything from standard eye exams to surgical procedures.
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 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.
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