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🌱 How Chester’s Attain at Swift Creek is built to weather volatility.
Be sure to catch Superhero 5k on the Chester Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:
- How Chester's Attain at Swift Creek is built to weather volatility.
Also on today's calendar: Superhero 5k and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Some sun, then turning cloudy, with a high of 78 and low of 57 degrees.
- Wednesday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 82, low: 59.
- Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 88 and low of 63 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
📰 News we're reading
• Bonaventure CFO on Why Multifamily Distress Remains Contained—for Now (multihousingnews.com) — A major new multifamily project, Attain at Swift Creek in Chester, is being financed with a long-term, fixed-rate HUD loan that shields it from today's volatile interest rates. Bonaventure's CFO explains why this kind of conservative, fixed financing and lower-leverage strategy is helping certain properties avoid distress, even as many 2021–2022-era floating-rate deals nationwide face mounting pressure.
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📸 Around Chester
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Chester
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★ Featured events ★
- Superhero 5k →
Westchester Commons, 15786 WC Main St, Midlothian
8:00 am
Sunday October 4
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Other local events
- Thomas Dale at Colonial Heights →
3626 W Hundred Rd, Chester
7:00 pm - Carver MS - Specialty Center Information Night
Carver Middle School, 3800 Cougar Trail, Chester
6:00 pm - Inspiration from the Swift Creek Studio Gallery Opening →
Location Perkinson Center for the Arts and Education 11810 Centre St., Chester VA 23831 11810 Centre St. Chester Va 23831, 11810 Centre St., Chester - Dinner in the Vines 2026 →
Ashton Creek Vineyard, 14501 Jefferson Davis Highway, Chester
6:00 pm - Steve Bassett: 60 Years in Music →
Location Perkinson Center for the Arts and Education 11810 Centre St., Chester VA 23831 11810 Centre St. Chester va 23831, 11810 Centre St., Chester - LDPC Meeting | Chester | Central VA Region 3 →
Columbia Gas Training Center, 1812 Coyote Dr., Chester
9:00 am - Día de los Muertos Festival: A Celebration of Arts, Culture, and Life! →
Location Perkinson Center for the Arts and Education 11810 Centre St., Chester VA 23831 11810 Centre St. Chester va 23831, 11810 Centre St., Chester
Tuesday September 29
Thursday October 1
Saturday October 3
Friday October 9
Saturday October 10
Tuesday October 20
Saturday October 24
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🗓 Events Nearby
- College and Career Readiness Classes →
209 E Cawson St., Hopewell
12:30 pm - SPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY & CITY COUNCIL OF HOPEWELL →
Hopewell, VA Calendar, Municipal Building (City Council Chambers) 300 N. Main St., Hopewell
5:00 pm - Back to School Night 🏫
Bensley Elementary Richmond, VA 23237
5:30 pm - Dinwiddie Boys Varsity Volleyball @ Colonial Heights →
Colonial Heights High School, 3600 Conduit Rd, Colonial Heights
7:15 pm - HOPEWELL-PRINCE GEORGE HEALTHY FAMILIES ADVISORY BOARD →
Hopewell, VA Calendar Hopewell, VA 23860
12:00 pm
Tuesday September 29
Wednesday September 30
Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.
💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- The most beautiful woman in the world
This is a sophisticated black peplum midi dress with a polished, elegant silhouette. The dress features a high round neckline and long fitted… (Nextdoor Stoney Glen)
- Amrize, Inc. posted a job opening for Production Technician - Loader Operator in Chester. Apply here.
- YMCA of Greater Richmond posted a job opening for Gym Monitor - Chester YMCA in Chester. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Chester here.
🗞 Nearby News
Colonial Heights
- Student enrollment rises at Old Dominion, dips at Christopher Newport (pilotonline.com)
Hopewell
- Plaintiff's motion for sanctions denied (valawyersweekly.com)
- What is the unemployment rate in Hopewell city, VA right now? (usafacts.org)
- High school football: Midlothian delivers statement in Week 5 victory over Huguenot (richmonder.org)
Ok Chester! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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