🌱 How Jabil’s $102 million expansion could reshape jobs in East Flat Rock

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In today's newsletter:

• How Jabil’s $102 million expansion could reshape jobs in East Flat Rock

Today's riddle: What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and water but no fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 88 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Tuesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 87, low: 69.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and warm, with a high of 92 and low of 68 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Healthcare manufacturing solutions provider expanding, creating new jobs in WNC (foxcarolina.com) — A major employer in East Flat Rock is planning a $102 million expansion at Garrison Industrial Park, bringing more than 148 new jobs with average wages above $62,000. Jabil’s growing healthcare manufacturing facility will add a 180,000-square-foot building, strengthening the local economy and offering new career opportunities for residents across Henderson County.
   

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📸 Around East Flat Rock

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🗓 Upcoming Events in East Flat Rock

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Tuesday June 30

• Meet & Greet: Girls Basketball Coach
  East Henderson High 150 Eagle Pride Drive, East Flat Rock, NC 28726
  5:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday June 29

• Food Preservation: Blueberry Jam Canning Class →
  N.C. Cooperative Extension | Henderson County Center, 100 Jackson Park Rd, Hendersonville
  5:30 pm

Tuesday June 30

• Tuesdays - BURGERS + BOURBON
  Perry N. Rudnick Art & Nature Trail Claywood, 317 7th Avenue East, Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
  4:30 pm
• Evening Road Rides in Hendersonville →
  Epic Cycles Hendersonville, 414 S Main St, Hendersonville
  5:30 pm
• Meet & Greet: Girls Basketball Coach
  East Henderson High 150 Eagle Pride Drive, East Flat Rock, NC 28726
  5:30 pm

Thursday July 2

• IBN Biz Lunch – Hendersonville NC →
  Thai Spice, 220 S King St, Hendersonville
  12:00 pm

Friday July 3

• Saluda Tailgate Market →
  Saluda Tailgate Market, Saluda
  4:00 pm
• Free Live Music at Green River Eddy’s Tap Room & Grill →
  Green River Eddy's Tap Room & Grill, 435 E Main St, Saluda
  6:00 pm
• The Get Right Band →
  Oklawaha Brewing Company, 147 1st Ave E, Hendersonville
  8:30 pm
• The Get Right Band at Oklawaha Brewing (Hendersonville NC) →
  Oklawaha Brewing Company, 147 1st Ave E, Hendersonville
  8:30 pm

Saturday July 4

• 4th of July Celebration + Parade →
  Downtown Hendersonville - Main Street Program, 125 5th Ave W, Hendersonville
  10:00 am
• Waverly Live: Front Porch Series →
  1898 Waverly Inn, 783 N Main St, Hendersonville
  12:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Have ridden to Jump Off Rock twice this week.
  Both times saw many deer along the road and crossing the road. Also fawns. 1 of the fawns still had the white spots. Please slow down and keep an… (Nextdoor East Flat Rock)

• Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. posted a job opening for Restaurant Manager in Flat Rock. Apply here.
• Terminix International Company, L.P. posted a job opening for Customer Service & Collections Representative - Hendersonville in Flat Rock. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near East Flat Rock here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Flat Rock

• Hand in Hand: The Creative Life of David and Molly Sharp Voorhees (flatrocktogether.com)

Hendersonville

• The Real Threat to Democracy Is Not the Don (thefulcrum.us)
• DISH ON DINING: Honey Creemee, Zelda's speakeasy, family grill, Cajun cooking (hendersonvillelightning.com)
• Golf Travel News – June 28, 2026 (golfblogger.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A map (Thank you Curt K. for sending it in!)
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