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VIRGINIA WAYSIDE FURNITURE THE SECRET TO A SUCCESSFUL FAMILY BUSINESS

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mitment to their clients ever since their father Bill opened the store.

“He was all about the customers, and he helped to lay a good foundation for Maury and myself,” Robin says. “And we still do things the old-school way; and there are a lot of the things we can do for our customers because we’re not a chain.”

Maury will go as far as making house visits and inspections if cus-

orking with family members can be a difficult task to say the least. Any given project you undertake with a brother or sister has the potential of being infused with years of bickering, fighting and deep-seated disagreements. Yet, as of April this year, siblings Maury and Robin Childress will be celebrating 54 years of a successful family-run business at Virginia Wayside Furniture. Not only have they inherited their father’s business, but they’ve grown it into a thriving furniture store — one that covers all of your home and style needs.

This full-service furniture store covers all of the bases for their loyal customers, and according to Robin, they’ve held a high level of com-

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tomers are having any issues with their products. Outside of the intimate type of customer service that can only be found in a family-owned business, the Childresses go to great length to ensure that everything in their showroom is of the utmost quality. “We don’t buy anything that we wouldn’t put in our own homes.”

When Robin thinks back on what has kept this 50,000-square-foot furniture store thriving and expanding all of these years, it comes back to the family values that they were founded on. “We’re a local business; people know who we are,” Robin says. “I think that people enjoy doing business with people that they know.” They’ve taken this so seriously, they have even foregone using a voicemail system in their store. If you call Virginia Wayside Furniture right now, you will speak to a person who will either help you on the spot or take your information down the old-fashioned way — pen and paper — and hand deliver it to whomever needs it. Now that’s commitment to old-school values.

I suppose their success can be attributed to other factors outside of their family-business model. It doesn’t hurt that they have a quality inventory. They try to make something available for every Richmonder’s needs and budget, according to Maury, who adds, “We have something in everybody’s price range that is quality.”

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hen Regency Square opened in 1975, it was the first enclosed mall in the West End. Julie Hall remembers how exciting that was. The mall was more than just a place to shop. It was also a social space that felt new and fresh.

Hall envied the kids whose parents let them hang out at the mall on their own. “It was definitely the place to go for independent middle school and high school kids,” she said. “Moms would drop off station wagons full of kids to wander the mall for hours.”

Hall didn’t have that freedom yet, so for her, the mall was a captivating place she visited with her family. She fondly remembers trips with her grandmother to shop for shoes, grab a slice at Orange Bowl Pizza or a burger from Burger Chef, peruse the clothes at Miller & Rhoads and Thalhimers, and then stop by Hickory Farms for cheese — “all without ever moving the car.”

“Sometimes we rode the glass elevator by Sears just for fun,” she said. “That was a novelty back then.”

Hall also has vivid memories of going to Farrell’s for ice cream treats as part of birthdays and other celebrations and enjoying sandwiches at Mr. Dunderbak’s (a favorite of Hall’s mother, who is halfGerman). At the Magic Pan, Hall tasted crepes for the first time — and “they were fantastic,” she remembered. Perhaps most fascinating for Hall as a child was Spencer’s Gifts and its rich inventory of gag items, which were always good for a laugh and “sometimes an education since not everything was age-appropriate.”

“We were really drawn to Regency,” Hall said. “It was convenient, provided entertainment and you always saw people you knew when you went there.”

More than 40 years after its opening, Regency remains a local institution that aspires to be more than just a place people go to shop. The mall, which is the only indoor shopping center in the West End, is undergoing major changes designed to maintain that mission, said Julie Gordon, marketing director for Regency. That starts with the shopping center’s name, which dropped the “Square” to become just “Regency” — because as Gordon points out, “everyone calls the center Regency anyway.”

Among the changes are a series of road improvements along Quioccasin Road, designed to improve traffic flow and give the mall increased visibility from Parham Road. Regency also has almost 44,000 square feet of new retail development in the works, including new dining options that include Starbucks, Chipotle and MOD Pizza.

Gordon said other ambitious renovation plans include rooftop dining, a new movie theater and a trampoline park. The center will incorporate mixed-use concepts and strive to be more pedestrianfriendly with green space for concerts and kids’ activities.

Gordon has deep ties to Regency. One of her first jobs was working at The Limited during high school and college, and she spent more than eight years as a part-time concierge at the center’s information desk. She understands as well as anyone Regency’s legacy and the role it has played in many Richmonders’ lives. She said that history helps explain the support she has witnessed for its revitalization efforts.

“People are rooting for Regency to succeed,” she said.

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