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The Buckeye Flame · Richmond, VA

Nearby: Richmond, VA

Cleveland’s Shawnda Moye is creating a recipe for community, one biscuit at a time

Shawnda Moye, Cincinnati-born chef and Cleveland entrepreneur, believes food is beyond what is placed on a plate – that food is about memory, fellowship and making room for others to find their place at the table. Moye, a Black lesbian and the owner of The Roaming Biscuit, a bakery and breakfast spot in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood, grew up surrounded by home cooking. Her mother and grandmothers made food from scratch, a legacy she happily inherited. She fondly remembers her mother’s light, fluffy homemade biscuits and the breakfast sandwiches she would prepare for her. Moye eventually began selling those same sandwiches for $5 each at the bus stop, turning her mother’s homemade breakfasts into a childhood side hustle she didn’t confess to until she was in her 30s. That $5 bus stop hustle was an early glimpse of what would eventually become a business. For Moye, cooking and entrepreneurship were intertwined long before she received her business degree from Miami University.

AIStockWire · Richmond, VA

Nearby: Richmond, VA

Virginia Democrats seek local votes on data centers over 25 MW as JLARC estimates tax break returns 22 cents per dollar

Key points Virginia Democrats want local votes on every data center over 25 megawatts Virginia's plan would also ban data center NDAs with local officials JLARC estimated Virginia's data center tax break returned 22 cents per dollar Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger and the state's Democratic legislative leaders on Nov. 10 proposed requiring a local vote on every data center that uses more than 25 megawatts of power. The proposal is part of the 2027 legislative agenda they unveiled at the state Capitol in Richmond. Under the plan, those data centers could no longer be approved "by right," and local approval would be required regardless of prior project approvals. Democrats also want to bar data center companies from signing nondisclosure agreements with local officials. Bills for the agenda measures haven't been filed yet, the Virginia Mercury reported.