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On a happy note, once the proposed hotel tower by Short Pump Towne Center is finished it reach 9 - 10 stories, and it will officially be known as the first "high-rise" in the Short Pump area. It will stick out too, as the mall sits on a tall hill.

Richmond, Va.: This ‘hidden gem’ of a city wants the tech world to take notice - MarketWatch

That leads me on to another recently released report , which was the State of Commonwealth for 2023. It gives this area a somewhat brighter outlook than that report did, and here's some of the findings: Area median income has continued to increase, despite other metropolitan areas in the state seeing declines. Area prime working age (20 - 34) has continued to grow. Area population continues to grow. Richmond's share of both state population & economic prowess continued to grow. Images: Region 4 is the Metro Richmond, link to the report: 147356-ODU-SoC-WEB.pdf (ceapodu.com)

I'm off to the races: 1. It talks about how quickly Region 4 or mostly the Richmond area is growing, and how's there's inequities within the growth. While the projections seem a bit off in terms of numbers says our numbers came in at 1.29 million in 2020 (rather than the 1.315 million by the census). When it says inequities it's talking about how areas around or south of Petersburg outright declined or stagnated. I will note these areas included areas that even the census doesn't include within the Metro Richmond, and one of those notable localities is the city of emporia. Another mismatch within our growth is the age composition, it does note our strength of attracting an above average amount of millennials compared to other cities , but we fall short in terms of composition of Gen Z and X. The report outlays strategies that could attract greater numbers of Gen Z, which would be to create more opportunities for them. I will note that Hampton Roads is at average in terms of Gen Z in relative to population, but that's can be directly attributed to them hosting military bases. 2. It talks about talent retention. Richmond retained 51.5% of alumni graduating between 2015 - 2020. The retention numbers vary a lot, community colleges are shown to have retention rates of around 80%, while universities such Richmond only retain about 32% of alumni. VCU is a bright spot in this report with 54% of alumni staying here. 3. It highlights that Richmond is educated compared to other MSA's with 38% of the Metro's population holding a bachelor's degree or higher. 4. Richmond rates of labor participation was higher than national average before the pandemic, and it points out how Richmond has a employment gap. The employment gap is a gap to which it compares opportunities in relative to degrees earned by students. 5. Then it gets to the more data driven things like Location Quotient and other stuff. Photos: It's a very detailed report, I encourage people to read it when regarding why we may not have certain things here.

This an old report, but it contain some very important information about challenges that Richmond could face in the future. Emsi_ChamberRVA_FinalReport_Full_Nov2021.pdf

Richmond bus station for GRTC could go on East Leigh Street

The workers were still there as of today, but on a side note I think a great way to get another tower built downtown might be to get a mid-major law firm to relocate here along with a convincing an existing wealth management firm to sign a lease within the tower.

There's a chance that they may be using the hardees lot as a staging area for the outlier project. Another crane going up on the blvd.

Topsoe to build advanced US electrolyser factory for clean hydrogen | Hydrogen | gasworld European company announces plans for 'cutting-edge' Chesterfield plant (wtvr.com) Local news version.

Earthmovers and men were on the site of where the Co-star / VCU project is going to.

Fencing truck was present at the site of the proposed hotel where Hardees is at on BLVD. Concrete pilings are being poured at the Cohousing site next to the Ace project.

https://richmond.com/zzstyling/view-oped-sig/stoney-stadium-gamble-richmond-cannot-afford/article_d77bded8-fb40-11ee-8061-cfcd48efca57.html#tracking-source=home-top-story Paul Goldman has spoken, and its not looking too good.

Westover hills old bank development.

Bruce Smith teams with Cordish on Petersburg casino plan - Virginia Business Weird that he's doing this for Petersburg, but not for his hometown... guess it's a higher rate of return in Petersburg.

Well and there you have it, another petition being floated around: No Public Debt for Private Profit (everyaction.com)