Anedra Bourne
Deputy Executive Director
A Maryland transplant who’s made Richmond her home, Anedra spends her professional and personal time trying to make Richmond’s resources known to many. As Deputy Executive Director at Venture Richmond, Anedra has prioritized building what Richmond means to people, both locally and nationally.
With a prior focus in marketing and public relations, Anedra has spent most of her career promoting local and statewide tourism assets. Anedra has extensive experience highlighting these talents with the City of Richmond, the American Civil War Center, the Virginia Tourism Corporation and more.
At Venture Richmond, Anedra has expanded her skills to focus on service district operations including downtown’s beautification efforts, supervising the Clean & Safe program, launching a Social Outreach initiative focused on daily outreach to the those who are unsheltered, and management of the riverfront staff. She has also emphasized the need to expand affordable housing downtown and city-wide.
Known as a serial volunteer, Anedra dedicates time serving on local boards focused on underserved populations of women and children. Those boards include the Greater Richmond YMCA, SisterFund and the Downtown Neighborhood Association (DNA).
In her free time, Anedra enjoys traveling and spending time playing and dining throughout RVA with her husband and two teenage children. She has made it a goal to enrich her family in the history and beautiful scenery that Richmond has to offer.
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Favorite Venture Richmond Event: 2nd Street Festival and Richmond Folk Festival
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Favorite Downtown Attraction: Main Street Station
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Downtown Fun Fact: The 'random' colorful lines at the intersection of E. Broad and 5th Street are a reminder of the Finish Line from the 2015 UCI Road World Championship, an international bike race and Olympic qualifying event, hosted by City of Richmond in September 2015.