🌱 Which Glen Allen businesses just signed new leases this month?

Hello Glen Allen! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Which Glen Allen businesses just signed new leases this month?
• See which race Glen Allen's girls team drew at the VA Showcase.

Also on today's calendar: CobbtoberFest and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 68 and low of 44 degrees.
• Wednesday: Nice with plenty of sun, temps: high: 76, low: 52.
• Thursday: Very warm with plenty of sun, with a high of 83 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Business in brief: Oct. 5, 2026 (henricocitizen.com) — Several Glen Allen–area businesses and organizations are highlighted in this week's Henrico business roundup, including the Better Business Bureau's new automated license-monitoring system based at its Glen Allen headquarters. Recent commercial leases along West Broad Street, Cox Road, and other nearby corridors show continued growth in salons, medical offices, and professional services, while a Sandston dentist takes on statewide leadership.
   

• VA XC Showcase Preliminary Race Assignments Released! (milesplit.com) — Glen Allen High's girls cross-country team is officially locked into the Morning Session at the upcoming VA XC Showcase in Mechanicsville, with race assignments now posted and still subject to tweaks before registration closes. The meet will feature top programs from Virginia and several other states, and organizers are urging coaches with schedule conflicts to contact meet management promptly.
   

📸 Around Glen Allen

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Glen Allen

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday October 7
• Wine-down Wednesday →
  James River Cellars, 11008 Washington Highway, Glen Allen

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Other local events

Tuesday October 6
• Glen Allen H.S. Fall Choral Concert
  Glen Allen High School, 10700 Staples Mill Rd, Glen Allen
  7:00 pm
Wednesday October 7
• Winedown Wednesday →
  James River Cellars, 11008 Washington Highway, Glen Allen
• Walk and Roll to school day
  Shady Grove Elementary Glen Allen, VA 23059
  7:15 am
• Mahjong Lessons & Open Play →
  James River Cellars, 11008 Washington Highway, Glen Allen
  5:30 pm
Thursday October 8
• Trivia Night →
  10089 Brook Road, Unit A, Glen Allen
  7:00 pm
Friday October 9
• Music Bingo Night →
  James River Cellars, 11008 Washington Highway, Glen Allen
  6:00 pm
• Intermission Adult Coloring Club Meetup →
  10089 Brook Road, Unit A, Glen Allen
  6:00 pm
• Music Bingo at James River Cellars Winery →
  James River Cellars, 11008 Washington Highway, Glen Allen
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Board Game Day →
  10089 Brook Road, Glen Allen
  3:00 pm
Sunday October 11
• Sundays at the Shelter pet adoption →
  Henrico County Animal Shelter, 10421 Woodman Road, Glen Allen
  10:00 am
Friday October 16
• CobbtoberFest →
  1000 Technology Park Dr, Glen Allen
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Is anyone in need of some extra silverware.
  It was a 8 or 10 piece set of Oneida silverware however some of the salad forks and teaspoons are missing now. There are many of dinner spoons forks… (Nextdoor Wyndham)

• InstaSwim posted a job opening for Private Swim Instructor in Glen Allen. Apply here.
• Bowlero Corporation posted a job opening for Requisition Porter in Glen Allen. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Glen Allen here.

🗞 Nearby News

Ashland

• EMU Women's Soccer falls at Randolph-Macon Sunday, 4-0 (rocktownnow.com)
• X-Ray Diffraction Equipment Market Forecast to 2035: Growth Momentum from Semiconductor and Battery Sectors (indexbox.io)

Tuckahoe

• Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden cancels health coverage for striking employees (henricocitizen.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes?" — So when they come back to port they can just scan-da-navi-an! (Thank you Jessica C. for sending it in!)
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