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HENRICO COUNTY, Va., Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Season today announced plans to open a 49,000-square foot gourmet food store in Staples Mill Centre; the 80-acre urban mixed-use community located between West Broad Street and Staples Mill Road near Libbie Avenue. The retail store will be a "culinary mecca," offering a wide variety of gourmet foods, an extensive wine selection, hard-to-find grocery items, housewares, cookware, candy, cut flowers, coffee shop, ice cream...
RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Virginia Mentoring Partnership (VMP) is pleased to announce that Dominion Resources is the recipient of the S. Buford Scott Leadership Award for 2013. The award will be presented March 14 at the organization's 20(th) anniversary event at the Science Museum of Virginia. "Dominion has been a leader in investing in our youth and in building a better community for today and for tomorrow," said James Kresge, chairman of the board, VMP. "In...
Richmond to convert 1100 city-owned street lights to energy-efficient and brighter LED technology financed by a low-interest State loan Richmond, California (PRWEB) December 10, 2012 Richmond is turning up the lights and installing Light Emitting Diode (LED) street light upgrades along some of the City’s busiest streets. The project is funded by a low-interest loan from the California Energy Commission that will be repaid by the energy cost savings and provides more illumination for...
RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Civic and government leaders from the Richmond area today joined representatives from AT&T, Communities In Schools of Richmond (CIS-Richmond), the City of Richmond School District, and other local guests to announce a $100,000 contribution to CIS-Richmond as part of AT&T Aspire. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120612/DA23287LOGO) The announcement was made at John Marshall High School in Richmond, one of five schools...
RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominion (NYSE: D) announced today that Scott C. Miller, vice president-Budgeting, Business Planning & Market Analysis, will become a vice president at its Dominion East Ohio subsidiary, effective January 1. Miller joins the Dominion East Ohio leadership team during a period of significant growth. This includes substantial investments in regulated infrastructure as well as business development opportunities related to natural gas and...
RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sports Backers and Venture Richmond announced today that Dominion has renewed a three-year commitment to continue its title sponsorship of Dominion Riverrock, the nation's largest outdoor sports and music festival. "Dominion's partnership is so much more than sponsorship funds," said Jon Lugbill, Sports Backers' Executive Director. "Each year since its inception, Dominion employee volunteers have distributed water at both of the event's...
RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- West Cary Group, an award-winning marketing communications and advertising agency headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, was recently honored with two Stevie Awards at the 10(th) Annual American Business Awards in San Francisco. The firm received gold in the Energy category for its redesign of Dominion Resources' Project Plant It! website (www.projectplantit.com) and silver in the Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations Category for its...
RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Luck Stone, a partner and three-year sponsor in the XTERRA race series, announced today that it will launch a three-part technology package to transform the athlete and spectator experience at the XTERRA World championship triathlon -- kicking off Sunday Oct. 28 in Hawaii; the technology package will advance the viewing experience through a social media map / hashtag #XTERRAMAUI, GPS athlete trackers, and live streaming video. Since...
RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- West Cary Group, an award-winning marketing communications and advertising agency headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, has created an online video series on behalf of the Virginia State Board of Elections (SBE). Designed to assist the elderly and citizens with disabilities, the videos cover a range of topics including registering to vote, curbside and absentee voting, and voting on Election Day. "As an agency rooted in diversity and...
RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominion Virginia Power is providing $2 million this winter to help Virginians in financial need pay part of their heating costs, bringing the company's 2012 contribution to its EnergyShare program to $4.5 million. Applications for heating assistance are now being accepted. EnergyShare helps those experiencing a personal or family crisis heat their homes after all other forms of assistance have been exhausted. Payments go directly to...
