Essentials for Living in Richmond, VA

After you buy that plant and perfect doormat for your new home, get settled and started in your RVA life with our guide to downtown which will answer your questions and help you discover all you need for living in downtown Richmond.

Your Guide to Living in Downtown Richmond

You’ll find everything you need downtown and we've made it even easier with our Living Essentials Guide. Our guide features where you’ll find your groceries, a new doctor and pharmacy, where to do laundry, affordable and unique furniture, auto repair and anything else you could need to make your life downtown a good one.​

Finding where you fit in a new city, or even a new neighborhood, can be hard enough without having to take useful time out of your day to sweat the small stuff. That’s what we do here at Venture Richmond: make Richmond feel like a home with open doors for everyone to join our RVA family. Want to learn more about the downtown Richmond area? Check out our Downtown Richmond Residential Facts & Figures guide!​

Moving In

You've made the move to downtown Richmond, unpacked all the boxes and you're ready to make your new place a home! Get started with information on how to set up utilities, register with the DMV and get connected to the city.​

• Establishing Utilities - City of Richmond

• Set Up Your Electricity - Dominion Energy

• Change Your Mailing Address - U.S. Postal Service

• Change Your License Plates and License - DMV

• Change Your Voting District