Hosts & partners
The places that opened their doors.
Since our first meeting in a “Corrugated Box,” more than 70 organizations across greater Richmond — downtown, Manchester, Southside, Glen Allen, Scott’s Addition, Ashland and the West End — have welcomed encorepreneurs to show us who they are and what they do.
Showing all 60 hosts
Hospitality & Event Venues
The Virginia Cliffe Inn
A bed & breakfast and event venue in the heart of Henrico — and our most frequent home.
Glen Allen · 10 breakfasts
Arts & Culture
Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen
A historic schoolhouse reborn as Henrico's home for the arts — and our biggest room.
Glen Allen · 7 breakfasts
Business & Workplaces
LeClairRyan (former Richmond office)
A law office of the future with a view of the Capitol.
Downtown · 4 breakfasts
Public Service
Richmond Police Training Academy
Where encorepreneurs stepped into an officer's shoes in the MILO simulator.
Northside · 4 breakfasts
Nonprofits & Community
UMFS
More than a century of helping Virginia's children and families succeed.
Near Scott's Addition · 3 breakfasts
Business & Workplaces
Woody Funeral Home – Parham Road
A Richmond family business since 1905, with a community room near Regency.
Near Regency · 3 breakfasts
Education
Cristo Rey Richmond High School
College prep plus a real-world work-study program, in the old Benedictine High School.
The Museum District · 2 breakfasts
Business & Workplaces
Dominion Payroll
A company headquarters built to double as a community center.
Scott's Addition · 2 breakfasts
Nonprofits & Community
St. Joseph's Villa
The nation's longest continuously operating children's nonprofit, founded 1834.
Northside · 2 breakfasts
Sports & Recreation
SwimRVA
Home of the 2008 Olympic Trials pool.
Southside · 2 breakfasts
Education
The New Community School
Celebrating the strengths of minds that think differently.
Northside · 2 breakfasts
Sports & Recreation
U-Turn Sports Performance Academy
Changing the culture of youth sports — in Circuit City's old headquarters.
Near Willow Lawn · 2 breakfasts
Education
VCU School of Business
Hosted two early breakfasts on entrepreneurship and Virginia's “grape rush.”
VCU / Monroe Park · 2 breakfasts
History & Museums
Virginia War Memorial
The first event ever held in its C. Kenneth Wright Pavilion.
Oregon Hill / Riverfront · 2 breakfasts
Arts & Culture
VPM (Community Idea Stations) Studios
Yes, it's really on Sesame Street — the home of Bert & Ernie in Richmond.
Southside · 2 breakfasts
Business & Workplaces
1717 Innovation Center
A tobacco warehouse turned startup incubator — visited days before renovation began.
Shockoe Bottom · 1 breakfast
Hospitality & Event Venues
ATLAS42
Ping-pong, shuffleboard and breakfast in Innsbrook.
Innsbrook · 1 breakfast
Education
Benedictine College Preparatory
The 50-acre River Road campus few Richmonders have seen.
Goochland / River Road · 1 breakfast
Faith Communities
Beth Ahabah Synagogue
Home to one of America's oldest Jewish congregations — and a Tiffany window.
The Fan · 1 breakfast
Faith Communities
Bon Air Baptist Church
A neighborhood congregation with deep roots in service and education.
Bon Air · 1 breakfast
Education
Build, RVA
A 15,000-square-foot home for science, tech, math, art and invention.
North of Scott's Addition · 1 breakfast
Business & Workplaces
Cobb Technologies
An office-technology company that opened its headquarters to encorepreneurs.
Glen Allen · 1 breakfast
Education
Collegiate School
An independent school that hosted one of our first archived breakfasts.
West End · 1 breakfast
Arts & Culture
Crossroads Art Center
Hundreds of local artists under one roof — hosted in person and by virtual tour.
Near Staples Mill · 1 breakfast
Sports & Recreation
Drive Shack
“It's not your daddy's driving range.”
Short Pump / Goochland · 1 breakfast
Nonprofits & Community
Feed More
Central Virginia's hunger-relief engine — 35 million pounds of food a year.
Henrico · 1 breakfast
Arts & Culture
Firehouse Theatre
New and thought-provoking stage work in the heart of the Fan.
The Fan · 1 breakfast
Public Service
Henrico Police Athletic League
Building friendships between officers and kids since long before it was fashionable.
East End · 1 breakfast
History & Museums
Historic St. John's Church
Where Patrick Henry said “Give me liberty, or give me death!”
Church Hill · 1 breakfast
Hospitality & Event Venues
Hostelling International – Richmond
A hostel in a historic downtown building — one of our more unexpected breakfasts.
Downtown · 1 breakfast
Education
Huguenot High School
A model modern public high school for Richmond.
Southside · 1 breakfast
Arts & Culture
Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU
“While you weren't looking, Richmond got cool.” — Frommer's
Broad & Belvidere · 1 breakfast
History & Museums
Library of Virginia
Founded in 1823 — the world's most comprehensive resource on Virginia.
Downtown · 1 breakfast
Business & Workplaces
Mobility Supercenter
Accessibility products — and one of our earliest, most crowded breakfasts.
Midlothian Turnpike · 1 breakfast
Faith Communities
Muslim Community Center of Chesterfield
125 encorepreneurs braved the snow to hear “Myths & Misconceptions About Islam.”
Midlothian · 1 breakfast
Education
Randolph-Macon College
A road trip to the “Center of the Universe.”
Ashland · 1 breakfast
Business & Workplaces
Regency
The mall many encorepreneurs remember — being reinvented.
Tuckahoe · 1 breakfast
Arts & Culture
Richmond Ballet
The State Ballet of Virginia, in a full block on Canal Street.
Downtown · 1 breakfast
Sports & Recreation
Richmond Raceway
Breakfast in the Torque Club, high above a NASCAR track.
Northside · 1 breakfast
Education
Robins School of Business, University of Richmond
Where Snagajob founder Shawn Boyer launched the DieHappy app.
University of Richmond · 1 breakfast
History & Museums
Science Museum of Virginia
Hands-on science inside Richmond's grand Broad Street Station.
The Museum District · 1 breakfast
Business & Workplaces
Scott's Edge Apartments
A bag factory turned green apartment building — and breakfast by the pool.
Scott's Addition · 1 breakfast
Nonprofits & Community
Special Olympics Virginia
The statewide hub for thousands of athletes across the Commonwealth.
West End · 1 breakfast
Education
St. Christopher's School
Breakfast in Ryan Hall, beneath the Luck Leadership Center.
West End · 1 breakfast
Hospitality & Event Venues
Tang & Biscuit
Making shuffleboard cool in RVA since 2018.
Scott's Addition · 1 breakfast
Arts & Culture
The Ashland Theatre
A 1948 movie house, donated to its town and lovingly reborn.
Ashland · 1 breakfast
History & Museums
The Branch Museum of Design
A John Russell Pope Tudor-Revival mansion devoted to design for the public good.
Monument Avenue · 1 breakfast
Arts & Culture
The Robinson Theater
A 1937 Art Deco landmark named for Bill “Bojangles” Robinson.
Church Hill · 1 breakfast
Education
The Steward School – Bryan Innovation Lab
A school innovation lab built for making things.
West End · 1 breakfast
Sports & Recreation
VCU Athletics
Home of the Rams.
VCU / Broad Street · 1 breakfast
Education
VCU James Branch Cabell Library
An evening event on the rooftop terrace of VCU's flagship library.
VCU / The Fan · 1 breakfast
Education
Veritas School
A K–12 school on a former seminary campus near Ginter Park.
Ginter Park · 1 breakfast
History & Museums
Virginia Holocaust Museum
History, remembrance and one family's survival, in Shockoe Bottom.
Shockoe Bottom · 1 breakfast
Arts & Culture
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
A “before hours” look at one of America's top comprehensive art museums.
The Museum District · 1 breakfast
Arts & Culture
Virginia Rep Center for Arts & Education
The former Scottish Rite Temple, reborn as a home for young audiences.
Northside · 1 breakfast
Arts & Culture
Virginia Repertory Theatre – The November Theatre
Virginia's oldest major stage house — and Richmond's first “air-conditioned” theatre.
Downtown · 1 breakfast
Nonprofits & Community
WayPoint
Formerly Virginia Home for Boys and Girls — serving youth in crisis since 1846.
Henrico · 1 breakfast
Faith Communities
West End Assembly of God
A church that's busy 24/7 — theater, concert hall, gallery and more.
West End · 1 breakfast
Business & Workplaces
Williams Mullen
A full-service law firm helping businesses thrive since 1909.
Downtown · 1 breakfast
Business & Workplaces
Zacharias Ganey Health Institute
Preventive medicine, all under one roof.
Midlothian · 1 breakfast
More hosts through the years
- Bon Secours Washington Redskins Training Center
- The Byrd Theatre
- Chippenham Hospital
- “Corrugated Box” Office Building
- Creative Office Labs
- The Diamond
- Dillon Park – Sumter, SC
- The Faison Center
- Henrico Adult Education Center
- Impact Makers
- In Your Ear Music Studios
- J. Sargeant Reynolds Workforce Development Center
- Richmond Flying Squirrels
- United Methodist Family Services Cafeteria
- Virginia Home for Boys & Girls
- Visual Arts Center of Richmond
- Weinstein JCC
The map
Seventy-plus stops across greater Richmond.
A mosque, a synagogue, a chapel, a church and a funeral home. A swimming pool, a baseball stadium, a NASCAR track, a driving range and a shuffleboard court. Four museums, two galleries, a library, a theatre, a ballet studio and a war memorial.
Interactive map of every venue we’ve visited
Hosting a breakfast
Show 150 Richmond leaders what you do.
One of our goals is to introduce our guests to businesses, schools, museums, churches and other places they might not otherwise visit — and to highlight deserving organizations to an audience of RVA leaders.
These are general guidelines. We care most about a good experience for our guests, and we’ll gladly work with you to overcome any difficulties.
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Registration & breakfast space
Program space
A/V & tables
Parking
Breakfast sponsors & partners
Thank you for the coffee.
Businesses, universities and organizations who help with the food and out-of-pocket costs that keep breakfasts free.
