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The accelerator will use the smaller class size to conduct a review of its offerings and gather feedback to learn how it should move forward as it marks a decade of operation.
“We have a large customer base who shop with us regularly and … ask if we had plans to go to the West End, because it would be more convenient for them,” said owner Billy Bryan, who bought Whisk earlier this year.
Owner Billy Bryan said customer feedback and the need for a bigger bakery drove his interest in the location in western Henrico County.
Salomonsky plans 12-story tower on Weiman’s Bakery site in Shockoe Jonathan Spiers photo) Once eyed as part of the baseball stadium proposal in Shockoe Bottom, the former Weiman’s Bakery property at 127 N. 17th St. is being pitched for a 12-story tower. Developer Louis Salomonsky filed plans with the city Friday for a redevelopment of the roughly half-acre site. Plans call for an approximately 124-foot tower with 145 apartments at the corner of 17th and East Grace Street. The building would rise beside the existing Weiman’s structure, which would be incorporated into the development. Th...
Startups ARtGlass, Babylon Micro-Farms fill coffers with capital raises ARtGlass, a Shockoe Bottom-based augmented reality software firm, recently closed on a roughly $500,000 capital raise. ( Courtesy of ARtGlass) Armed with a fresh round of investor funding, a Richmond-based software developer plans to put the power to design augmented reality tours in the hands of its clients. Meanwhile, a Scott’s Addition-based indoor farming startup is gathering some extra cash of its own. ARtGlass has spent several years designing and developing tours for museums and historical sites, trade shows and ...