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THE FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION Virginia Tech, the Better Housing Coalition and project:HOMES partner to build a 3D-printed home on Midlothian Turnpike
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thian Turnpike. The technical aspects of the project will be overseen by Alquist 3D. At the end of the year, the home will be sold by nonprofits project:HOMES and the Better Housing Coalition. Last year, VHDA’s Innovation Demonstration Grant was awarded to the Church Street Housing Development in Martinsville for the construction of 27 modular homes and townhomes. The Martinsville homes are still in the factory phase, with on-site construction expected to begin in August. “Our mission is to help provide affordable housing for residents of the commonwealth,” Thompson says of the VHDA. “That mission evolves into a lot of different resources for homebuyers. We recognize that there’s been a shortage of affordable housing inventory, both for renters and buyers. In the past year, we’ve seen record production, but we still haven’t met the demand. “Our charge is to work with our community, understand their needs and respond where we can. … I can’t hammer home enough the fact that there is an extreme shortage of housing of all types, particularly affordable housing.” —D. Hunter Reardon
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The use of 3D printing to n a world of skyrocketing build durable structures is a housing costs, low inventory and countless people in need new technology that first came of an affordable home, the Virto the attention of the VHDA ginia Housing Development in 2019. Essentially, a large-scale Authority is looking for new ideas. The printer is programmed with a state agency has, for two years, offered home’s blueprint, and it reacts a $500,000 Innovation Demonstration by moving around the perimGrant to partners who are willing to eter and exuding concrete, push boundaries. The grant is offered similar to squeezing toothpaste on a rolling basis, and this year, it was from a tube. Once the structure awarded to a partnership between Viris in place, it is outfitted with ginia Tech, the Better Housing Coalition plumbing and electric. Both and project:HOMES to build a house with waste and labor costs should be drastically 3D-printing technology that uses concrete. reduced through use of the 3D printer. The pilot home will be a one-story “The pilot project will be the construcstructure of about 1,600 square feet. tion of one 3D-printed house on Midlo“For us, this is going to be a learnthian Turnpike,” says Chris Thompson, the ing experience,” Thompson says. “We’re director of strategic housing at VHDA. “The working with Tech to do baseline data printer system is being ordered from Dencollection. We want to look at this from mark. Our intent is to build the house in August and September and keep the home an energy consumption angle and from a open for a while for educational tours. cost-savings and an energy-savings angle.” “Ultimately, it will be put on the market The printer was scheduled to arrive last month. The machine will and sold to a first-time homeA rendering of the exterior be tested off-site during the buyer. Then Virginia Tech (below) and interior (above) summer, and in September, will own the technology, and of a home to be built on Midlothian Turnpike this printing will begin on-site on we’ll start looking at our new summer using 3D-printing the Richmond side of Midlooptions.” technology.
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organization DEI-compliant. Diversity education will have limited effectiveness if it overlooks diversity of thought or diversityled innovation. Corporate diversity leaders such as Johnson & Johnson understand that their chief diversity officer must report to the CEO to create a more inclusive organizational culture in everything from hiring practices to scientific research. For the last 16 years, I’ve taught DEI and social justice as separate topics. But I’ve realized that in order to dismantle systemic racism, justice is no longer optional. It must be moved to the forefront of diversity, equity and inclusion practices. This framework is known as JEDI — justice, equity, diversity and inclusion. We live in a country that protects the rights of the privileged few and knowingly accepts the suffering and oppression of others. Our laws were shaped by white men who legalized the enslavement of free people and, therefore, never truly meant to serve the needs of all. When we lead with justice, we can trust that the system will work for everyone, every
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time, as we witnessed in the case against police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. From Emmett Till to Breonna Taylor, thousands of cases will never see justice prevail. When Chauvin was convicted of second- and third-degree murder and sec-
Racism is like a cancer. It causes indescribable social, emotional and economic burdens that metastasize throughout every space we occupy.
If we had led with justice, George Floyd would still be with us. Confederate statues that were historic symbols of hatred never would have been erected on Monument Avenue. Marcus-David Peters would still be teaching biology at Essex High School in Tappahannock, instead of being gunned down by police, because a mental health professional would have intervened to manage his crisis. Diversity alone doesn’t work. Diversity never would have changed the outcome of these injustices, because diversity can’t reform an entire system without sustainable action. What we really want is justice — not justice for some, but justice for all.
ond-degree manslaughter in Minneapolis on April 20, 2021, it didn’t just change the future of police reform in Minnesota — it was an important step toward changing the entire system of justice in America. Can you imagine how different America would be if we led with justice every time?
Dr. Yewande Austin is an international expert in justice, equity, diversity and inclusion, and she’s the founder of One Change LLC, a capacity-building consultancy that has worked with clients in 30 countries. She formerly served as Gov. Ralph Northam’s special advisor to the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. R
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P. KEVIN MORLEY, RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH COLLECTION, THE VALENTINE
es of the Arts, supported the Richmond Jazz Society, Ezibu Muntu, Larry Bland and the Volunteer Choir, and other groups. Branch credits Dwyer with the idea of unifying Branches of the Arts with the Arts Council, with Branch taking on the role of program director. City Council had dispatched a task force to see how other cities had revived their city centers, and former Mayor Thomas P. Bryan Jr., also on the Arts Council board, believed the city needed a signature event. He turned to fellow board member Hines, who enlisted Pam Reynolds, who had a background in advertising and cultural affairs. Reynolds christened the festival “June Jubilee” and used nontraditional media to spread the word: T-shirts, inserts in grocery bags and promotional announcements included with utility bills, all new ideas in Richmond. Both women were also newcomers. In a 1990 Richmond Review article about June Jubilee’s origins, Hines said, “I remember Tommy telling me, ‘Adrienne, you don’t realize how critical this is because you’ve only been here six years, but this is really important for Richmond.’ ” Reynolds had moved to Virginia two years prior with her husband, Richard “Major” Reynolds III, a Democratic contender for lieutenant governor. She in 1990 described the festival as “the baby born in the two rooms in the basement of the Chamber of Commerce.” From the start, Jubilee planners wanted what today is called inclusion. Branch says that alliteration and the summery shimmer of “June Jubilee” appealed to partying in public spaces. “It was also a significant time frame for the Black community,” he says, coinciding with Juneteenth (June 19), which commemorates the final liberation from slavery. Bryan introduced Hines to the ministers of downtown’s Black churches. “[Bryan] and other people helped me meet artists and performers in the Black community,” Hines recalled. “Some people thought we were a little goofy, but lots of people helped to open up doors.” Staging a daytime street party on Sixth
— “a dumpy little street in those days,” Hines remarked — and shifting it after 6 p.m. to Shockoe Slip seemed strange to some. (“We had to draw maps because nobody knew where it was,” Reynolds said.) The city chose Sixth Street due to its proximity to the Coliseum and the Miller & Rhoads and Thalhimers department stores. Highway construction and the Coliseum, however, had removed residents and the businesses they supported. Storefronts stood empty. The logistical difficulties of the first
June Jubilee catered to families. Here, “Feathers the Clown” (Beverly J. Liker) paints Pac-Man on the face of Dwayne Johnson, 5, in 1983.
Jubilee ranged from placing folding chairs (and returning them) to assuring a band director that his naked pate would not be burned while standing on the Coliseum steps. (He received a hat.) Finding tents large enough to cover some of the attractions proved to be an aggravating, and in certain instances impossible, task. The roster included arts exhibitions and crafts booths, a puppet show, presentations of opera, dance and theater, handson pottery-making and T-shirt tie-dyeing. The organizers ordered 500 chicken dinners for that first evening’s anticipated audience. About 15,000 showed up. An estimated 100,000 people attended during the two days. Later Jubilees showcased lesser-known aspects of town. The Old City Hall location
(1977) played a role in saving that structure, and the Brown’s Island site (1983-84) attracted thousands of people who hadn’t known of its existence. The Jubilee evolved into a separate nonprofit. “This way, the festival and the Arts Council could seek separate grants,” Branch explains. June Jubilee received guidance onto further successful stages through the energy and creativity of arts advocate Phyllis DeMaurizi and music director Larry Bland, both of whom died in 2020. June Jubilee ’76 operated with about 150 volunteers, a $20,000 budget and a sense of enthusiasm. By 1979, the annual event stretched to five days before snapping back to three in 1980. By the time of Jubilee ’90, the 1,500 volunteers were backed by a treasury of $346,000. The Jubilee’s footprint grew, as did its mixture of national and regional acts. The three-day 1989 festival included local favorites Plunky & Oneness, Page Wilson, and My Uncle’s Old Army Buddies, paired with notable out-of-towners such as The Wailers, Three Dog Night, the Soviet Union’s Leningrad Dixieland Jazz Band, and Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Zydeco Band. The Arts Council in 1995 turned its attention away from June Jubilee to create a downtown arts district. The festival continued when Downtown Presents!, The Valentine, the Elegba Folklore Society and others pitched in. June Jubilee transformed into the oneday Ukrop’s/Target Family Jubilee at Tredegar, and the brand eventually faded into cultural history. Branch observes that June Jubilee’s legacy is the durability of public-private partnerships and underwriting of cultural occasions. “It proved to the powers-that-be that the arts were a means for a successful bringing together of communities,” he says. The festival seeded a variety of downtown festivals for generations of revelers. Events ranging from Friday Cheers and the Two Street Festival to Easter on Parade and the Richmond Folk Festival are descended from the baby born in the basement of the Chamber of Commerce amid the spirit of ’76. R
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THROUGH 6/19 “Non-Objective Illusions in Black: Is black a color?”, paintings by Dan Thompson at Art Works. artworksrva.com
THROUGH 6/27 “Harold Mendez: Let Us Gather in a Flourishing Way,” photos, prints and sculpture by Harold Mendez, continues at the Institute for Contemporary Art. icavcu.org
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“Caspera,” Ramell Ross
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The Mending Walls Walking Tour with Hamilton Glass, a survey of local murals, starts at 10 a.m. at Richmond Public Main Library. mendingwallsrva.com
The term “Dirty South” refers to the former Confederate states, legal corruption and most recently, Southern hip-hop culture. A new exhibit at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, “The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse” adds another perspective to the lexicon. The multigenre exhibit, which runs through Sept. 6, explores the aesthetics of Southern Black culture from the early 20th century through the rise of Southern hip-hop. Works are by academically trained artists as well as those considered “outsiders,” and they explore appropriation and the relationship between visual arts and music. From grillz and SLABs (modified cars, one of which has been commissioned for the exhibit) to a commissioned recording by multimedia artist DJ Spooky, “The Dirty South” is a revelation of the legacy of Black Southern expression. vmfa.museum —JDL
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“Greenback America,” an exhibit examining how America’s decision to pay the costs of the Civil War changed relations between governments, banks and citizens, is at the American Civil War Museum. $16. acwm.org
Vibefest returns to the Positive Vibe Café at noon with music from The Taters, The Cary Street Ramblers and The Super Sugar Beats. Donations accepted. positiveviberva.com
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“Serenity” features pieces from the Metropolitan Richmond Artists Association at the Glenmore Yoga and Wellness Center. glenmoreyoga.com
Recent photography from Richmond-based artist Alex Nyerges at Reynolds Gallery on Libbie Avenue. reynoldsgallery.com
“Coronation Theme: Organon,” Nadine Robinson
spaces. Free with admission. thevalentine.org
The contributions of Virginia artists to jazz music are recalled in “Virginia Jazz: The Early Years,” a multimedia exhibition at the Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia. $6-$10. blackhistorymuseum.org
THROUGH 8/29 “Mental Health: Mind Matters” is an exhibition at the Science Museum of Virginia designed to raise awareness about mental illness. Free with admission. smv.org
THROUGH 9/22 “Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture and the Sonic Impulse” at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts explores the legacies of traditional Southern aesthetics in contemporary culture. $10-$12. vmfa.museum
THROUGH 1/30/2022 The Valentine’s “Breathing Places: Park & Recreation in Richmond” explores the evolution of Richmond’s parks and green
Jazz guitarist Johnathan Butler performs at the Science Museum at 3 and 6:30 p.m. Pods are $155$620. jsaffair.com
JUNE 25 Friday Cheers continues with jazz band Butcher Brown and Shormey at 6 p.m. on Brown’s Island. Pods are $60. venturerichmond.com
JUNE 26 Rockers Hanson perform at the After Hours Concert Series at Meadow Event Park at 6 p.m. $26$99. afterhoursconcertseries.com
STAGE THROUGH 6/26 Andrew Gall’s play “Walled In” uses material adapted from Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden.” It follows a prisoner named Lester who finds himself thrust into Thoreau’s vision of isolation and spiritual discovery. Firehouse Theatre. In-person and livestream tickets available. $33. firehousetheatre.org
6/17 -6/19 Comedian Shane Gills performs at Sandman Comedy Club on Thursday at 7 p.m. and Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. $40-$80. sandmandcomedlyclub.com
6/11-6/12 The Richmond Dance Festival features work from 16 choreographers and streams from the Dogtown site for two weekends. The festival starts at 7 p.m. $10-20. dogtowndancetheatre.com
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they sought ways to continue connecting the farmers who depend on markets for their livelihood, with shoppers who sought a safe way to buy local food. Thinking back to the spring of 2020, Birdhouse Farmers Market manager Kate Ruby says, “I spent most of my days... trying to figure out our options. We were making decisions with the best information available at the time, but, as the expression goes, we were building the plane while we were flying it.” While that market was in its off-season during the first two months of the pandemic, Ruby worked with the Birdhouse Farmers Market board, a volunteer group of vendors and community members, to establish a system for online ordering and curbside pick-up that could serve customers, including SNAP recipients, in time for the market’s May opening. Where once farmers could load up their truck in the morning and then unload it at a market where customers would clear their tables, suddenly the sales process looked much different. Farmers, not typically known for being early tech adopters, had to become computer and internet savvy, uploading pictures of their products to various websites and estimating available quantities days before harvesting. Gone too was the slow banter and sharing of recipes that once happened over market tables. With lines stacking up as farmers selected produce for each customer one at a time, there were fewer chances for the conversation that once characterized the farmers market experience. “The changes have been difficult,” Hicks says. “Preorders and packaging produce added considerable labor and packaging costs. Serving customers one at a time limits how much prod-
uct we can push out of the stand in a three-to-four-hour time period. As market farmers, we fare best at a busy market with a big crowd, packed into our booth picking out their produce and bouquets. That has all changed.” But, she adds, she’s grateful for the new customers who have sought local food during the pandemic. Ultimately, on-site sales have increased for Hicks over the past year, a result of more people looking for fresh food to cook at home. “Until the pandemic, very few farmers market customers, vendors, and market managers had much good to say about online farmers markets,” Ruby confides. “The crisis however, opened the eyes of more than a few market managers, then producers, and finally customers.” Virginia Farmers Market Association Executive Director Kim Hutchinson shared the stats behind the transition to online ordering and the relative success of farmers markets in the pandemic’s early days: “The markets that were able to open early and work with producers to sell to the communities and adhere to the protocols made more money than they ever had before.” Hutchinson says in some cases that was a 300% to 400% increase in what they had made in previous seasons. Going into the 2021 market season, Hutchinson says VAFMA anticipates a 32-35% retention rate of new customers who shopped at markets for the first time in 2020, adding, “COVID gave us the opportunity to showcase the value and importance of quality of what is generated at the farmers market.”
C O N T I N U E D C U LT I V AT I O N At the West End Farmers Market, manager Jennifer Sullivan says the pandemic also provided an opportunity for entrepreneurs to take a leap of faith on their culinary dreams. Larry’s Famous High Kick Pimento Cheese, for example, was the brainchild of hair stylist Larry Davis. When Davis was unable to see clients due to social distancing restrictions, he brought a well-loved family recipe to the WEFM where it gained a devout following. Lil Something Sweet, which sells freshly made doughnuts on-site, and the charcuterie board duo Board & Beautiful also launched their businesses at the WEFM during the pandemic. Though the farmer-owned market experienced a growth spurt last year, Sullivan says the WEFM takes pride in being accessible and relatively small compared to some of the other area markets. During the height of the pandemic, Sullivan and the market owners polled vendors before making any major changes, including their move to the parking lot of Discovery
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terfield are sitting at a half-month’s supply of homes. More rural locations such as Dinwiddie have less than a 30-day supply. “The trends are also happening across the country,” is the word Jim Martin of Long & Foster uses to desLafayette says. “There are some markets that are even tighter cribe the current real estate market. than ours, although that’s really kind of hard to imagine.” The situation is exacerbated by a group that Lafayette “I’ve been doing this for 28 years, and it’s more of a frenzy calls “reluctant landlords.” than I’ve seen,” says Martin, who is based in Midlothian. “In “When the recession happened [in 2008], many homethe last downturn, prices were going up drastically, but it wasn’t so low an inventory like we have now. There’s just owners ... couldn’t sell their home because the house wasn’t not much available.” worth what they paid for it, so they decided to rent it out. House-selling rules have gone out the window, Martin A lot of those houses went into the rental inventory and says. He’s seen desperate buyers across the region propose haven’t made it back into the sale inventory.” Jarvis says it’s difficult for typical mortgage-based puroffers up to $60,000 above asking price. “Lots of concessions are being made by the buyer just trying to be the one chosen.” chasers to compete right now. “It feels like you are in a bidding The result is that the average homebuyer, using traditional war when you are trying to use typical mortgage products, mortgage-based financing, is at a real disadvantage.” like an appraisal,” he says. “The mortgage market is really not Rick Jarvis also describes the current metro Richmond designed for the kind of real estate market we’re in.” housing market in one word: “extreme.” E.B. Davis considers herself lucky. The first-time home“Each and every one of the inputs that drive our real buyer, working with One South Realtor Kathryn Oti, estate market is in an extreme position right now,” says the recently closed on a cozy three-bedroom house in Church founder of One South Realty, which deals in commercial Hill after only two failed attempts at buying other homes. and residential properties across the region. “There’s a great “But it was definitely more difficult than I anticipated,” she reshuffling happening where people are electing to live difsays. “I would have to adjust my budget based on how much ferently than they did before. ... It’s created a massive game I was told I would be competing against other buyers.” The of musical chairs.” first house she wanted had 19 other Richmond’s volatile housing bids. “That was a heartache,” she says. market is largely the result of the “It just felt like exactly what I wanted, region becoming a hot place to live. and I had my hopes up really high.” According to national inflow data Her advice to other buyers is to published by George Anders, senior be patient and have a good agent. “And adjust what you expected in editor at LinkedIn, Richmond has seen the third highest growth in new resthe beginning, because there’s a good idents since the COVID-19 pandemic chance a lot of other people are lookstruck. “We’ve grown three times our ing for the same thing,” she says. “You normal rate to 6%,” Jarvis says, citing may miss out on several houses, but the analysis. “We are normally at 2%, that doesn’t mean you won’t find one so this has put a lot of pressure on our in the end.” One of the most popular searches housing market.” “I can sum up the situation in four on Google has people asking: “Is this a words: low inventory, high demand,” bubble?” There’s a perception that this Laura Lafayette, CEO, says Laura Lafayette, CEO of the hot housing market will come crashing Richmond Association of Realtors Richmond Association of Realtors. down eventually, as it did during the “There are very few homes on the recession. Jarvis doesn’t think so. market for sale right now. If we had four months of supply, “The conditions that happened in 2008 are nowhere the that might look balanced. But we have less than a month’s same,” he says. “That was caused by fraudulent creation of supply of homes, which means that the homes available purchases by mortgage [lenders] offering loans to anybody for purchase can be absorbed in three weeks’ time.” When and everybody. We overbuilt the properties we needed. The idea that this is a bubble is understandable, but this demand outstrips supply, prices go up. “And that’s what is really a supply-side restriction.” we’re seeing.” As of April, RAR’s data reports that Henrico and ChesThe current frenzy is also being fed by low interest rates.
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LOW INVENTORY, HIGH DEMAND. ...
There are very few homes on the market for sale right now.”
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REFERRED REALTORS
In March, we distributed our second annual Referred Realtor survey to 5,105 subscribers and 5,409 agents from a list provided by the Richmond Association of Realtors. We asked both groups to share the names of three Realtors they would recommend to a friend or family member for their market knowledge, negotiation skills, professionalism, customer service and integrity. The 101 agents listed below received the most votes.
Kevin Allocca
Mary Boese
Terra Dantona
Mahood Fonville
Alex Glaser
Sarah Holton
Neumann and Dunn Real Estate 2044 John Rolfe Pkwy.; 804-909-5751 neumanndunn.com/ kevinallocca
Napier Realty ERA 14361 Sommerville Court 804-334-5136 napierera.com
Jenny Maraghy Team with Joyner Fine Properties 4917 Grove Ave. 804-304-1532 jennymaraghyteam. com/terra-dantona
Shaheen, Ruth, Martin & Fonville 420 N. Ridge Road 804-389-3636 mahoodfonville.com
Glaser Group with Long & Foster 5702 Grove Ave. 804-288-8888 alexsellsrichmond. com
Napier Realtors ERA 14361 Sommerville Court 804-432-0669 sholton.napierera. com
Beth Goldsmith
Matt Jarreau
Long & Foster 5702 Grove Ave. 804-937-3991 longandfoster.com/ BethaGoldsmith
George: A Real Estate Group at Hometown Realty 114 N. Third St. 804-306-9019 georgerva.com
Ceci Amrhein and Bill Gallasch Joyner Fine Properties 319 Maple Ave. 804-270-9440 ceciamrheinbill gallasch.joynerfine properties.com
Adam Barkstrom Connections Realty 5902 Lowry St. 804-379-2970 connectionsrealty rva.com/meet-adam
Brook Barnard Liz Moore & Associates 14061 Midlothian Turnpike 804-690-7913 lizmoore.com/ agents/Brooke Barnard
Patricia Ray Barton Joyner Fine Properties 2727 Enterprise Pkwy., Suite 200 804-612-0127 patriciaraybarton. com
Amy Beem Long & Foster 2800 Buford Road 804-516-1007 amybeemrichmond realtor.com
Sherry Beran The Beran Group with Shaheen, Ruth, Martin & Fonville 420 N. Ridge Road 804-513-5545 srmfre.com
Karen Berkness Joyner Fine Properties 319 Maple Ave. 804-513-0995 karenberkness.com
Richard Bower Joyner Fine Properties 2727 Enterprise Pkwy. 804-476-0010 richardbower.com
Connie Byers
Jared Davis The Davis Group 313 E. Broad St., Suite 218 804-536-6100 centralvarealty.com
Joyner Fine Properties 2727 Enterprise Pkwy., Suite 200 804-869-3314 conniebyers.com
Susan Derco
Nancy Cheely
Ernie Dettbarn
Joyner Fine Properties 319 Maple Ave. 804-334-8116 nancycheely.com
Shaheen, Ruth, Martin & Fonville 420 N. Ridge Road 804-366-8656 srmfre.com
Cabell Childress
Scott Garnett One South Realty Group 2314 W. Main St. 804-353-0009 scottgarnett.com
Paul Gee Long & Foster 8411 Patterson Ave., Suite B 804-822-3220 longandfoster.com/ PaulGee
Elliott Gravitt Providence Hill, Shaheen, Ruth, Martin & Fonville 420 N. Ridge Road 804-512-4999 srmfre.com
Sarah Jarvis
Maison Real Estate Boutique 505 Libbie Ave. 804-402-4565 maisonvirginia.com/ agents/page-george
Tucker Greer
Catina Jones
Shaheen, Ruth, Martin & Fonville 420 N. Ridge Road 804-310-5897 srmfre.com
ICON Realty Group 4833 Old Main St. 804-908-8562 iconrealtyrva.com
Marianne Donahue
Debbie Gibbs
Anne Hall
Cabell Childress Group of Long & Foster 11225 Nuckols Road 804-340-7000 cabellchildress.com
Long & Foster 5702 Grove Ave. 804-814-1313 longandfoster.com/ MarianneDonahue
The Steele Group Sotheby’s International Realty 6726 Patterson Ave. 804-402-2024 sothebysrealty.com
Long & Foster 5702 Grove Ave. 804-512-6466 longandfoster.com/ AnneHall1
Clocktower Realty Group 1709 E. Franklin St. 804-505-4274 clocktowerrealty group.com
Eliza Conrad
Aaron Gilbert
Michael Halloran
Lyndsay Jones
Shaheen, Ruth, Martin & Fonville 420 N. Ridge Road 804-240-0255 srmfre.com
RE/MAX Action Real Estate 11551 Nuckols Road, Suite D 804-938-5777 remax.com
BHHS PenFed Realty 2737 McRae Road 804-868-0080 aarongilbert.penfed realty.com
NextHome Advantage 4333 Cox Road 804-304-8716 halloranhomesrva. com
Keller Williams Realty 6806 Paragon Place 804-205-6027
David Cooke
Deborah Edgar
Brandy Giles
Chris Hargrave Jr.
Heirloom – Cooke Realty Group with Long & Foster 11225 Nuckols Road 804-572-4219 longandfoster.com/ DavidJCooke
Deborah Edgar Real Estate Group 1827 W. Main St. 804-781-4663 deborahedgar.com
ICON Realty Group 4833 Old Main St. 804-617-0300 neumanndunn.com/ jacquelyn-waters
RVA Realty 5231-C Hickory Park Drive 804-283-1761 rvarealtyinc.com
Michelle Ferguson
Clayton Gits
Annemarie Hensley
Virginia Properties, Long & Foster 412 Libbie Ave. 804-399-8476 longandfoster.com/ MichelleFerguson
Mission Realty 3701 Cox Road 804-833-9298 missionrealty.com/ agents/453/clayton-gits
Team Hensley at Liz Moore & Associates 14061 Midlothian Turnpike 804-221-4365 teamhensley.com
Susan S. Fisher
Andrew Givens
Mike Hogan
Virginia Properties at Long & Foster 412 Libbie Ave. 804-338-3378 longandfoster.com/ SusanSFisher
Keller Williams Realty 6806 Paragon Place, Suite 300 804-402-5137 rvaestates.kw.com
The Hogan Group 1707 Summit Ave., Suite A 804-571-2900 hogangrp.com
Sean Craft Long & Foster 409 Strawberry St. 804-338-3800 longandfoster.com/ SeanCraft
Shakeema Daniels The KEY Team at ICON Realty Group 4833 Old Main St. 804-591-6590 iconrealtyrva.com
Long & Foster 8804 Patterson Ave. 804-399-2105 longandfoster.com/ SusanDerco
Gary Duda
Page George
One South Realty Group 2314 W. Main St. 804-356-4700 richmondvamls.net
Hugh Jones
Randy Jones OneSouth Realty Group 2314 W. Main St. 804-543-2267 onesouthrealty.com
Tracy Kerzanet The Tracy Kerzanet Group with Keller Williams 2200-B Buford Road 804-858-8999 thekerzanetgroup. com
Joseph King Long & Foster 5702 Grove Ave. 804-690-0718 longandfoster.com/ JosephKing
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Caroline Meeker
John Pace
Justine Rice
The Beran Group at Shaheen, Ruth, Martin & Fonville 420 N. Ridge Road 804-873-8782 srmfre.com
Jenni & Co. Residential Real Estate 13310 Midlothian Turnpike 804-317-7549 jenniandco.com
The Pace of Richmond, Keller Williams 6806 Paragon Place, Suite 300 804-937-9806 thepaceofrichmond. com
Liz Moore & Associates 14061 Midlothian Turnpike 804-355-7588 lizmoore.com
Karen Loewen Jenni & Co. Residential Real Estate 13310 Midlothian Turnpike 804-205-7238 jenniandco.com
Teresa Melton
Dianne Long
Shannon Milligan
Napier Realtors ERA 14361 Sommerville Court 804-334-3041 diannelong.com
eXp Realty 6802 Paragon Place, Suite 400 804-248-8207 rvahometeam.com
Kevin Long
Jeanette Mock
Rogers-Long Team at Hometown Realty 5326 Twin Hickory Road 804-512-0438 rogerslongteam. com
The Steele Group Sotheby’s International Realty 67276 Patterson Ave. 804-714-6469 sothebysrealty.com
Shane Lott
Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Base Camp 6645 Lake Harbour Drive 804-334-9654 bhgre.com
Lott Realty Group at Rashkind Saunders & Co. 1500 Forest Ave., Suite 115 804-382-8352 lottrealtygroup.com
Daphne MacDougall
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Berkshire Hathaway PenFed Realty 2737 McRae Road 804-334-7560 tmeltonrealestate. com
Courtney Moore
Susan Morris
Shaw MacDougall Team with Joyner Fine Properties 319 Maple Ave. 804-399-5842 shawmacdougall. com
The Susan Morris Team with Keller Williams 15871 City View Drive, Suite 120 804-735-5782 susanmorristeam. com
Jenny Maraghy
James Nay
The Jenny Maraghy Team at Joyner Fine Properties 4917 Grove Ave. 804-405-7337 jennymaraghy.com
River City Elite Properties 1700 Huguenot Road 804-704-1944 jamesnay.com
Ricky McNeal
Deb Orth
Fathom Realty 3741 Westerre Parkway, Suite C 804-439-0526 rickymcneal. fathomrealty.com
Coach House Realty 3900 Westerre Parkway, Suite 300 804-482-1252 coachhouserealty rva.com
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Steven Pappas Welcome Home Realty & Associates 10392 Dow Gil Road 804-301-5993 welcomehomera. com
Gayle Peace Liz Moore & Associates 14601 Midlothian Tpke. 804-986-1228 lizmoore.com/ agents/gaylepeace
Rick Perkins The Rick Perkins Team at RE/MAX Commonwealth 7201 Glen Forest Drive, Suite 104 804-288-5000 rickinrva.com
Beth Pretty The Pretty Team with Keller Williams Midlothian 15871 City View Drive, Suite 120 804-922-6243 theprettyteam.com
Donna Ransone Joyner Fine Properties 319 Maple Ave. 804-347-3735 jimransone.com
Graham Rashkind Rashkind Saunders & Co. 1500 Forest Ave., Suite 115 804-467-1229 rashkindsaunders. com
Sallie Rhett Shaheen, Ruth, Martin & Fonville 5808 Grove Ave. 804-399-6384 sallierhett.com
Clair Blackwell Stewart
Denise Watson
Charles A Rose Co. 4905 Radford Ave., Suite 100 804-615-6121 charlesarose.com
Long & Foster 1100 Jefferson Green Circle 804-304-6396 longandfoster.com/ DeniseWatson
Sheri Rosner
Rick Stockel
Tracy Whitley
Virginia Properties at Long & Foster 412 Libbie Ave. 804-229-5508 longandfoster.com/ SheriRosner
Neumann and Dunn 2044 John Rolfe Pkwy. 804-218-3143 neumannanddunn. com/rickstockel
Long & Foster 8804 Patterson Ave. 804-740-3000 longandfoster.com/ TracyWhitley
Dave Seibert
James Strum
Dave Seibert Real Estate Group at Long & Foster 313 N. 24th St. 804-301-7220 daveseibertreal estategroup.com
The Strum Group at Long & Foster 5702 Grove Ave. 804-432-3408 thestrumgroup.com
Joyner Fine Properties 319 Maple Ave. 804-864-0316 lacywilliams.com
Jennie Barrett Shaw Shaw MacDougall at Joyner Fine Properties 319 Maple Ave. 804-399-9190 shawmacdougall. com
Raven Sickal Berkshire Hathaway PenFed Realty 1374 N. Parham Road 804-909-2755 ravensickal.penfed realty.com
Chris Small Small & Associates Real Estate 3103 Ellwood Ave. 804-350-0879 smallrealestate.com
Mary Soroka Mission Realty 3701 Cox Road 804-357-2736 missionrealty.com
Tom Stanley Joyner Fine Properties 2727 Enterprise Parkway, Suite 200 804-347-5890 tomstanley.joynerfineproperties.com
Lynn Thomas
Lacy Williams
Max Williams
Virginia Properties at Long & Foster 412 Libbie Ave. 804-350-6666 longandfoster.com/ LynnThomas
United Real Estate Richmond 9011 Arboretum Parkway, Suite 120 804-402-7788 unitedrealestate richmond.com
Alexis Thompson
Casie Beran Woodfin
River Fox Realty 4803 Forest Hill Ave. 804-672-3803 riverfoxrealty.com
The Beran Group with Shaheen, Ruth, Martin & Fonville 420 N. Ridge Road 804-307-6608 rmfre.com
Meg Traynham Meg Traynham Homes Team, Long & Foster 5702 Grove Ave. 804-356-9045 megsellshomes.com
Margaret Wade Long & Foster 5702 Grove Ave. 804-212-7185 longandfoster.com/ MargaretWade
Jacquelyn Waters Neumann and Dunn Real Estate 2044 John Rolfe Parkway 804-467-3544 neumanndunn.com/ jacquelynwaters
Kyle Yeatman The Yeatman Group at Long &Foster 1 Park West Circle, Suite 203 804-639-4663 theyeatmangroup. com
Jamie Younger Virginia Properties at Long & Foster 412 Libbie Ave. 804-287-4666 longandfoster.com/ JamieYounger
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they’re Christian and grew up in a more formal denomination, maybe they’re used to those vows being chosen for them. Many people today consider themselves spiritual but not religious. They still want a religious ceremony, but they don’t feel as tied, perhaps, to what’s been done [before].” Pop culture, Woodruff says, also plays a part. “A couple’s only experience with seeing a wedding might be from a movie,” she says, noting that this can lead to confusion. “The statement of intent is the ‘I do’ moment. Often, for time’s sake, that’s omitted” in a TV show or movie. Her couples, she says, are looking for a full experience. “There’s a reason they have asked me … or an ordained person to [conduct the ceremony] versus going to the clerk’s office,” she says. “I always tell couples: Writing your own vows isn’t right or wrong; there’s no judgment.” Officiant Donnie Newton says his approach is to meet couples where they are.
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athleen Barron and Ganesh Sarma met through mutual friends in 2009 while attending Virginia Commonwealth University. When Kathleen noticed one of her favorite albums, Prince’s “Purple Rain,” in Ganesh’s record collection, the pair hit it off and began dating. After nearly a decade together, they became engaged during a family beach trip to the Outer Banks in North Carolina. The fall-loving couple specifically chose Oct. 12, 2019 as their wedding date because it almost fell upon a full moon. Though they make their home in Brooklyn, New York, the bride and groom chose to wed in the city where they met, with a ceremony at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture followed by a reception at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts’ Marble Hall. They worked with Lauren Hill of For Love of Love and Lynn Killberg Thoreson of Wild Fleurette to plan a colorful, bohemian South Indian celebration to honor the groom’s cultural heritage. “The Marble Hall has beautiful, colorful geometric pieces throughout the space that we drew a lot of inspiration from,” Kathleen says. The menu featured a mix of traditional Indian dishes, such as samosas, and classic American favorites, like fried green tomatoes with pimento cheese. For the main course, guests had the option of beef and salmon with seasonal vegetables or paneer tikka masala, mushroom saag, jeera rice and naan bread. In honor of the album that inspired their romance, the couple did their first dance to Prince’s “Purple Rain” as the Marble Hall was illuminated in purple lights. “It was the song that brought us together in the first place,” Kathleen says. “We had so much fun dancing together.”
HOWL AT THE MOON: Jordan Cotton designed the wedding invitation suite, which featured a full moon theme. Kathleen’s engagement ring and wedding band, both designed by ILA Fine Jewelry, were purchased at Catbird in Brooklyn, New York. Ganesh’s wedding ring was created by an Indian jeweler who also made his father’s wedding ring.
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MEANINGFUL TRADITIONS: Kathleen and Ganesh wore mala floral garlands inspired by Ganesh’s parents’ wedding malas. Kathleen’s dress and veil were designed by Viktor & Rolf and purchased from Gabriella New York.
AUTUMN COLORS: The bridal party took pre-wedding photos at Quirk Hotel. Bridesmaids chose dresses in shades of dark green, orange and yellow. Groomsmen wore charcoal suits with orange paisley print ties.
MAKING A STATEMENT: Ganesh’s deep red custom suit was created by Alan David Custom. His boutonniere included a simple flower with sprigs of rosemary, a reference to the couple’s love of cooking.
BOHO LOVE: For Love of Love helped the couple create their ceremony space. The main backdrop was made using long floral garlands, and the aisle was decorated with bohemian rugs from Paisley and Jade, flanked by architectural floral pieces by Wild Fleurette.
POPS OF COLOR: The couple opted for a simply designed wedding cake from WPA Bakery accented with brightly colored flowers and placed atop a gold cake stand from Paisley and Jade.
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lexandra Leigh and Ryan Yeatman met in 2013 at a Virginia Commonwealth University fraternity-hosted philanthropy event at which Alexandra’s sorority was participating. Alexandra knew things were getting serious when Ryan “finally referred to me as his girlfriend” several months later, she says. In 2019, the couple became engaged while walking their dogs on the Boulevard Bridge (aka the Nickel Bridge) overlooking the James River. The pair originally planned a May 2020 wedding, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, they postponed their big day to October and cut their guest list down to 30 people. The ceremony was planned for the Italian gardens at Maymont with a reception at Blue Bee Cider, but rainy weather compelled the couple to have both their ceremony and reception indoors at the urban cidery. The bride and groom incorporated a variety of details to honor their beloved city of Richmond: Their invitation suite featured a graphic of the city skyline, and their cake was decorated with drawings of their favorite RVA spots. Guests dined on delicacies from Lunch & Supper, including a crab dip appetizer followed by fried chicken, salmon, macaroni and cheese, asparagus and cornbread. Drinks included Triple Crossing Beer’s Falcon Smash IPA and Belle Isle Moonshine’s Canned Cocktails, a nod to the couple’s love of local brew makers. Alexandra surprised Ryan with their cake, so seeing it together at the reception became a favorite moment for the newlyweds. “Ryan had no idea what I had planned, and I had no idea what the end result actually looked like,” Alexandra says. “We just stood there looking at each individual drawing and pointing out what was special about it.”
PLAYING GAMES: In honor of the groom’s love of Jenga, the couple used the game pieces in lieu of a traditional guest book by including a piece at each seat for guests to sign. Minimalist table centerpieces from Vogue Flowers included white roses and hydrangeas.
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DRESS UP TIME: Alexandra originally wanted a simple sheathstyle dress, but instead she chose a ballgown with a flowing train purchased from Ava Laurenne Bride. “I absolutely fell in love with the train and the buttons going all the way down the back,” she says.
(Opposite page) RAIN OR SHINE: An unexpected benefit of the couple’s last-minute rain contingency plan was that it caused them to move their first look to the bride’s mother’s condo in Byrd Park. “It provided such a great, unique backdrop that really represented Richmond,” Alexandra says.
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Black-andWhite Affair OCT. 16, 2020 Photos by JONTELL VANESSA PHOTOGRAPHY
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lthough Amanda Beauford and Da’Mon Brown both attended Radford University at the same time, their paths did not cross until they met on Tinder in 2015. They officially began dating in 2016, and Da’Mon proposed to Amanda two years later in front of her closest family and friends at her favorite restaurant, Sedona Taphouse. After enjoying a relaxed two-year engagement that included the purchase of their first home, the couple tied the knot during an upscale autumn affair at The Dominion Club. Their outdoor lakeside ceremony was followed by a reception inside the club’s rotunda. The traditional, elegant ballroom wedding featured a classic black-and-white color scheme with silver-and-gold accents. The couple even asked their guests to dress in black in accordance with the theme. “It just looked so beautiful with me and Da’Mon wearing white with everyone else in all black,” Amanda says. At the reception, guests dined on hors d’oeuvres such as vegetable crudité, fig and goat cheese bites, Korean fried chicken bites, and kale and vegetable pot stickers. A plated dinner included a poached pear salad with choice of beef tenderloin, chicken saltimbocca, Atlantic salmon or wild mushroom risotto. The couple’s favorite moment of the day was hearing their parents deliver touching wedding toasts. “There was so much uncertainty around our day and being able to have it in the COVID-19 environment, but our parents were so patient and supportive of us having the wedding of our dreams,” Amanda says. “Seeing them cry, laugh and share their love with us was literally the best moment of the night.”
BLINGED OUT: Amanda wore strappy silver heels by Christian Louboutin and a rhinestone tiara. The black-andwhite wedding invitation suite was created through Elegant Wedding Invites.
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HEARTFELT MOMENT: The bride and groom exchanged personal letters prior to the ceremony.
(Opposite page) TO HAVE AND TO HOLD: Designed by WONA Concept, Amanda’s flowing beaded gown was purchased from Bridals by Natalie. Da’Mon’s blackand-white tuxedo is from Men’s Wearhouse.
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SWEET DECOY: The couple opted for a faux wedding cake from Cake in the Cupboard; only the top tier was edible for cutting. Guests were served vanilla and chocolate sheet cake from Costco.
DRESSED TO THE NINES: Bridesmaids wore elegant offshoulder gowns ordered from azazie.com, and groomsmen wore classic black tuxedos from Men’s Wearhouse.
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