On the newest episode of the 'All Things Richmond' podcast, Duke chats with Councilperson Ellen Robertson, a 17 year veteran of Richmond's City Council.  Ellen has worked diligently on numerous issues over her tenure in Manchester and other neighborhoods in her district.  Hear what Ellen thinks is important for Richmond to focus on over the next four years.

In the latest episode of All Things Richmond, we were able to sit down with the mad genius himself, Ted Elmore, to discuss his plans for BridgeparkRVA.  Bridgepark is one of the most ambitious and awesome projects that we've heard about in a while and would do wonderful things for connecting Downtown and Manchester with the river.  Check out Ted's progress! You can also visit his website here: https://www.bridgeparkrva.com/

We are fortunate to have had the opportunity to sit with the one and only (um... 2 and only?) Sean and Darren from Atlas Realty Group - Dodson Properties! We love these guys and what they have done in the Richmond area. If you don't know who they are, they are a "boutique" real estate company (meaning they focus on their clients and a concentrated area instead of branching out and being too broad over a number of areas). This is a great watch! Here are some of the highlights from this episode:

- Sean moved to Richmond in 2005 for love (and is still with Mindie <3 )

- Darren was born and raised in RVA

- They both went from selling phones to flipping houses to their current profession of full service real estate

- Sean and Darren enjoy hanging out outside of work as well. Their clients will often see them out and about after work hours!

- Enjoy a real estate market analysis compared to last year

- They don't branch out too much because they want to be small enough to stay connected with their clients. They love being there for every part of the experience and their clients and the Richmond area are EXTREMELY important to them.

This was such a great conversation! Thanks so much for joining us guys!

We're back with another #AllThingsRichmond podcast!  We were lucky to be joined by James Crenshaw from Gather this week to discuss how Gather started and where it is going moving forward.  Here are some of the highlights:

- The podcast was filmed at Gather City Center (which will be opening July 17th)

- James started his career at Alcoa after college.  He quit and volunteered in Africa a few times, came back and started Experience RVA, then became Gather's first-ever director in April of2014.

- James worked with our fearless leader, Duke Dodson, Andy from UrbanCore Construction, and Doug and Polly White to get Gather on the ground and running.

- City Center has lots of new excited features that are being built!

- Gather's Norfolk and Newport News opening dates are revealed here for the first time.

We hope you enjoy this deeper look into Gather!  Thanks again for joining us, James!

In Episode 1 of the "All Things Richmond" podcast brought to you by Dodson Property Management, Duke Dodson sits down with Andy Beach of UrbanCore Construction. UrbanCore is a premiere construction and development company in Richmond, Va responsible for invigorating some of the most popular neighborhoods in the city. They discuss what Scott's Addition is to the city and where they think it will go in the future. 

In our latest episode of the All Things Richmond podcast, Duke is joined by a local hero and good friend of his, Shawn Boyer!  Shawn started Snagajob (now Snag), and most recently started goHappy.  Shawn discusses how he put an emphasis on company culture to attract and maintain the best employees in the market, which Dodson also places a huge emphasis on, and he also talks about how this mindset help him start goHappy with a goal of fueling friendships and encouraging face-to-face meet ups every so often.  Thanks for joining us for this awesome discussion, Shawn!

In this episode of the All Things Richmond podcast, we were joined by Chance Fischer (aka State of Mind)!  Chance and Duke discuss everything from his journey in growing up in Richmond to Cornell University, to the Jefferson Hotel Richmond and to his upcoming plans for the year.  He is now the general manager of Lemaire Restaurant and continues to record and perform in the Richmond area.  This is an awesome conversation and we can't wait to see what's to come in 2019!  Thanks again for joining us, Chance!

We're back with another All Things RVA podcast!  This week, Duke sat down with Jeff Kelley of Kelley.  They discuss topics such as how Jeff started his business and why he loves running a small business, his involvement in the Navy Hill/North of Broad development which will bring jobs, affordable housing, and a new arena in lieu of the Coliseum.  They top it all off with talk of Key West (or part of it anyways), and a horse-duck?  Thanks for joining us, Jeff!  This was a great podcast!

Happy Friday!  Welcome to episode 10 of the All Things Richmond podcast.  Kelli Lemon was kind enough to join us for this episode.  Duke and Kelli discuss Kelli's journey from sports marketing to DJ to Mama J's to Coffee With Strangers RVA to the up and coming Urban Hang Suite RVA to her vision for Richmond's future and what is to come.  Thanks for joining us, Kelli!  Your passion and love for Richmond is truly inspiring and we can't wait to see what's next!

In the latest episode of the All Things Richmond podcast, Duke chats with Lawson McNeil Wijesooriya.  They cover a range of topics including how she helped revive Urban Hope, her involvement with Blue Sky Fund, and how she started Scoop RVA.  Lawson has been serving all demographics in the Richmond and Church Hill areas, and we are thankful for all of the work she has been doing!  This is an episode you won't want to miss!