The much-anticipated opening of the first Shake Shack in the Richmond region – and one of the only ones in the nation with a drive-through – took place June 12 near Willow Lawn in Henrico. Employees and others gathered for a ribbon-cutting, and the store was planning to donate $1 for every sandwich it sold Monday to Kids Run RVA, a program designed to promote physical activity to youngsters in the region.
The Henrico Citizen is among five local newsrooms in Virginia and 205 nationally selected to receive funding from Press Forward, a nationwide philanthropic initiative that aims to strengthen communities through local journalism. The grantees were announced today. Press Forward intends to provide $500 million in funding for local journalism during
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Henrico man battles disease so rare that doctor once said it's like being struck by lightning and hit by a car on the same day
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At its Oct. 10 meeting, the Henrico Planning Commission issued a rare recommendation of denial, to a proposed data center and light industrial complex in the Fairfield District on the Richmond-Henrico Turnpike near its intersection with Azalea Avenue. Planning Department staff had recommended approval, but the proposal had raised opposition
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The Henrico Board of Supervisors in September approved redevelopment plans for Reynolds Crossing that will turn the office park (at the intersection of West Broad Street and Forest Avenue) into a mixed-use development with approximately 1,500 residential units. The development is expected to proceed in six phases during a
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