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[Valley drop step]

Young talent in tech fields typically aren’t thrilled to be in an office park in the suburbs. Location was cited as draw for Carmax’s new location downtown. It will become increasingly important.

 

[RESRam]

My old man still has a silver Crestar Track Suit and a United Virginia money pouch.

I began my career with UVB in 1973 after graduating from VCU and retired from SunTrust in 2002. Still have lots of momentos over that time.

 

[JDI]

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So you show that Richmond out grew Chesterfield by 2% but when you look at the actual head count for that time period Chesterfield increased its population by 8000 more than Richmond. You are a little misleading with the numbers that you chose to present.

 

[BaNgMyPrOgRaM]

The General Assembly should just reward VCU with a 20,000 seat venue on campus as being one of two flagship universities in the Commonwealth.

 

[squid1622]

It’s been a few years since I was researching it, but Goochlands Utility Service District was struggling to make interest only payments and not budgeting for future maintenance. They were taking a real bath on it. Don’t mistake easy for desperate.

In those negotiations, the two are very often linked... For instance, I'm doing a deal in Birmingham where I will be getting more than $10 million in state and local incentives. Conversely, I'm only going to get maybe +/- $1 million in Chicago (final number isn't set yet). Birmingham is far more desperate and easier to deal with than Chicago. I haven't research Goochland USD or the cost on it, but regardless of what happened so I can't really speak to the hardship it put on the county, but it still remains that those companies left the Richmond MSA.

 

[BaNgMyPrOgRaM]

Yeah. sounds like Richmond is screwed. Too bad.

 

[squid1622]

Yeah. sounds like Richmond is screwed. Too bad.

Not saying RVA is screwed. Just saying that A) What people in the metro say they want and then the actions they take don't match up. B) Companies want to be there but until A is solved, the incentive just isn't there. C) The city needs to do something to attract companies to the area to replace what was lost in the last recession. D) I'm not sure the stadium is right (not sure it isn't either). I'd rather see the money funneled into a project that provides a greater connection to the rest of the country (the airport).

 

[BaNgMyPrOgRaM]

VCU should build something cool in Short Pump. Would solve everything.

 

[BracketForecast]

Not saying RVA is screwed. Just saying that A) What people in the metro say they want and then the actions they take don't match up. B) Companies want to be there but until A is solved, the incentive just isn't there. C) The city needs to do something to attract companies to the area to replace what was lost in the last recession. D) I'm not sure the stadium is right (not sure it isn't either). I'd rather see the money funneled into a project that provides a greater connection to the rest of the country (the airport).

RIC has received a grant for a daily non-stop to the west coast. Terminal A expansion opens next year.

 

[rvaram]

RIC has received a grant for a daily non-stop to the west coast. Terminal A expansion opens next year.

Any idea where to?

 

[dbt]

RIC has received a grant for a daily non-stop to the west coast. Terminal A expansion opens next year.

The symmetry is really nice.

 

[squid1622]

Any idea where to?

My guess would be Denver since it provides the most connectivity inside the states.

 

[PhantomRam]

My guess would be Denver since it provides the most connectivity inside the states.

RIC all ready has one non stop to Denver.

 

[Ram14]

The move is for me to SFO.

 

[BracketForecast]

from what I understand, they are not setting their sites on one specific city. The grant is to lure an airline to do something on the west coast. Denver won't suffice. My guess is that it'll be LAX.