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Dominion Club Members Sue HHHunt Over Initiation Deposits

Members of a bankrupt local golf club are asking the court to help them get their initiation deposits – as much as $22,000 per person – back from the club’s developer and owners. In January, the Dominion Club in western Henrico County filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after it was faced with a $1.7 million tab […]

Interim Loan Approved for Bankrupt Dominion Club

The battle for the future of The Dominion Club in Western Henrico is moving from the courtroom to the negotiation table. An entity tied to the golf and country club’s founder and owners has agreed to lend it $1.5 million while the club works through Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The Dominion Club, a private country club with […]

Dominion Club Bankruptcy Plan ‘Moving in the Right Direction’

A Henrico country club is slowly trying to tee itself up to be acquired by its members. The Dominion Club, a private country club with more than 700 members that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January, ran more of its plan by the bankruptcy judge Monday. The debtors and creditors are working out […]

West End-Based CarMax Bets Big on the Big Game

CarMax will be forking over a pretty penny for 60 seconds of the nation’s attention during this year’s Super Bowl, according to report in AdvertisingAge. AdAge.com reports that the Richmond-based used car retailer has purchased two 30-second national TV spots during the big game, its first push at a national advertising reach. The article featured an interview […]

Wachovia Adding 200 Jobs to Innsbrook Call Center in January

Wachovia on Thursday announced plans to hire more than 200 workers to man its local call center. Approximately 220 positions will be added beginning in January and through the first half of 2011 at the company’s Innsbrook call center. They are full-time, entry-level call center jobs complete with full benefits packages. More positions will likely be added […]

Two Former Short Pump-Based Companies Suing from the Grave

Two former giants of the Richmond business scene are still kicking from the grave. The bankruptcy estates of Circuit City and LandAmerica recently sued more than 600 companies, including vendors, landlords, lenders, TV stations, newspaper companies and pretty much anyone else who did business with the two firms in the three months before they went bust. And although […]

Two Former Short Pump-Based Companies Suing from the Grave

Two former giants of the Richmond business scene are still kicking from the grave. The bankruptcy estates of Circuit City and LandAmerica recently sued more than 600 companies, including vendors, landlords, lenders, TV stations, newspaper companies and pretty much anyone else who did business with the two firms in the three months before they went bust. And although […]

New Daylight Donuts Shop Saw Hole In The West End Donut Market

A new donut shop has opened up near Innsbrook with the help of stimulus money from the state. Joanne Ellis and her business partner Lance Elwood opened Daylight Donuts with the specific goal of employing workers with disabilities. That’s where the state funding comes in. Ellis and Elwood applied for a grant and received $49,000 in […]

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