Here's your local news at a glance for Wednesday, the 28th of October.
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🏘️ Community
James River High teacher Chris Beck, one of a few hundred dual living organ donors, donated a kidney to Christine Todd two years ago and they met in September in Central Virginia to mark the transplant's second anniversary.
Sue Farrell's Boots to Suits nonprofit received a National Association of Realtors Good Neighbor Award Tuesday, including a $10,000 grant to buy additional-size suits and expand services from its West End office (Hamilton Professional Building at Hamilton Street and Patterson Avenue).
💼 Business
Mike Hatch's Acumen Golf bought Green Club, the indoor golf simulator venue at 6109 Harbourside Centre Loop in Midlothian, from founders Kyle Petersen and Jarad Earley; the deal closed this month and Acumen will add the venue to its member offerings to provide indoor golf & year-round play.
🎓 Education
VCU has named 12 On Your Side anchor Candice Smith as the commencement speaker for the Class of 2026; she will speak at 10 a.m. Dec.
12 at the Siegel Center.
🏛️ Government
On Tuesday the airport commission approved a $13.4 million design contract for a $250 million consolidated RIC security checkpoint that merges two TSA checkpoints into up to 14 lanes + awarded $20.6 million to build a two-level rental car connector that will begin construction in the next few months.
🏥 Health
Henrico (Glen Allen) grandmother Karen Rice says an MRI found her breast cancer in May 2021, and after a lumpectomy, chemotherapy, and radiation she is cancer-free five years later and urging regular screenings; she is expecting her fourth grandchild in January.
📰 Real Estate
Richmond issued a $28.7 million permit on Oct.
23 for a 386-unit multifamily project with amenity spaces + retail at 2910 N Arthur Ashe Blvd, while Chesterfield approved a $9.5 million interior renovation permit on Oct. 22 for Johnston Willis Hospital's oncology wing.
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