- Richmond's Avula has ‘no appetite’ to pursue $56M from failed VCU Health deal
- Richmond-area students create cancer detection app
- From gambling to garbage, coal country mines for the next big thing
- VCU hires outside firm to oversee federal anti-DEI compliance
- ‘An injustice to our students’: VCU staff, alumni push back on anti–DEI acts
Curious Commonwealth asks: Who was Humphrey Calder?
If you’ve ever driven north on Thompson Street in Richmond’s Museum District and wondered who Humphrey Calder was, you’re not alone.
As part of the VPM News series Curious Commonwealth, editor Whittney Evans explored the history of the man whose name is attached to the community center and neighboring playground nestled between Thompson Street and Interstate 195.
The story dates back to the turn of the 20th century — a time when many Southern cities were beginning to think differently about how they used their green space.
BizSense Beat: Carytown's last brewery, Byrd Theatre, VCU Health and more
BizSense Beat is a weekly collaboration between VPM News and Richmond BizSense that recaps the region’s top business stories.
This week, BizSense’s Jack Jacobs joins host Lyndon German to discuss Carytown’s only craft brewery closing its doors, updates on the Byrd Theatre’s seat replacement project, plans for a new $90 million VCU Health facility in Chesterfield County, and more.
This week in VPM News Shorts: Curious recycling update; Red Onion State Prison
What happened this week in VPM News Shorts?
Whittney Evans helped sort out (pun very much intended) whether recycling is worth it for Curious Commonwealth, and Dean Mirshahi went behind the scenes of his reporting on conditions at Red Onion State Prison.
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