Internet sweepstakes like their odds
In the face of skepticism and on shaky legal ground, controversial Internet sweepstakes cafes continue to roll the dice and open locations in storefronts across Richmond.
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Monday Q&A: A beer pong business? Have you been drinking?
Some of the best business ideas are hatched over a few beers. Of course, so too are some of the most harebrained. Two Richmond pals are hoping the $8,000 they spent to patent a drinking game device ends up being the former.
Baking is in his blood
A local bagel entrepreneur is following his gut and expanding from the West End to downtown. Walter Baietti opened Cupertino’s New York Bagels and Deli in the West End about three and half years ago in the newly built Twin Oaks Shopping Center near Cox and Broad.
Sports bar franchise inches closer
Slow and steady, it’s not. The Greene Turtle sports bar chain is one of the fastest growing restaurant franchises in the country, and it plans to stake its claim in the Richmond area, with hopes to eventually open eight locations.
The Circuit City Story
Local filmmaker Tom Wulf has turned his lens on his former employer, which also happens to be one of the biggest corporate flameouts in Richmond history. “A Tale of Two Cities: The Circuit City Story” traces the company’s history from its birth on Broad Street to its demise in 2008 and 2009.
Swapping pseudo-police cruisers for Priuses
The Crown Vic’s days are numbered at Groome Transportation. Within the next six months, the local limo/shuttle company plans to go completely green and save some green by replacing its fleet of cars with hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles.
Green flag drops on indoor racing
Starting in mid-November, mini race cars will compete at 50 mph on a wooden track in the Richmond Coliseum. Mechanicsville-based Arena Racing USA has been running its miniature brand of racing at the Hampton Coliseum. That league will stage five races at the Coliseum.
Little comfort in nonprofit shakeup
A shakeup at the top of a local nonprofit is causing a commotion among its supporters. The drama began when the founder and former chief executive of Richmond-based Comfort Zone Camp ceded some of her power in February. She sought to regain control in September and was denied by the organization’s board of directors.
Filling Richmond’s bagel hole
It has been a long time coming, but Richmond is getting another shot at having its own homegrown bagel place. Husband and wife Kevin and Jacqueline Sharman are setting shop in Carytown, and by the end of October they hope to fill the city’s bagel hole with Jaks Bagels & Deli.
“Sweepstakes” businesses gamble on Richmond
The state lottery isn’t the only game in town for gamblers. At least until local police departments find a justification to shut down the increasingly controversial industry of Internet sweepstakes cafes
