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Hey there, Goochland! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a 1940s Goochland dairy barn could become a bustling schoolhouse
  • Which Goochland treatment center just lost its state license?
  • What led Virginia to shut down this Goochland youth treatment facility?

Also on today's calendar: Goochland Farmers Market and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 84 and low of 58 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 86, low: 66. 🌶 Hot!
  • Thursday: Humid with heavy t-storms, with a high of 85 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 'It's on postcards': Manakin-Sabot 'microschool' aims to make 1940s dairy barn its new campus (richmondbizsense.com) — A popular microschool in eastern Goochland is preparing to move into a renovated 1940s dairy barn on Three Chopt Road, creating room for more local students and a multi-phase, $7 million campus. Owners say most families are from Goochland and hope to preserve the barn's rural character, while also planning a future Plum Tree Market where students can sell goods and neighbors can gather.
   

• Headlines from across the state: Judge pauses Virginia assault weapons ban legal challenge; more … (cardinalnews.org) — A statewide news roundup briefly flags that the state has pulled the license of a treatment center in Goochland after recent escapes, pointing readers to more details in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. It also links to stories on a paused assault weapons case, groundwater concerns, and other Virginia issues, but only one item directly involves Goochland.
   

• Agency revokes license of Goochland County youth behavioral health facility (augustafreepress.com) — State regulators have revoked the license of Hallmark Youthcare, a large youth behavioral health facility in Goochland County, after repeated safety violations and two recent group escapes. The article details state findings, past citations, and broader concerns about private equity-owned residential treatment centers, raising important questions for local families relying on specialized youth care.
   

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  • Henrico supervisors expected to vote on $13.8M Tuckahoe Park improvement project, new regulations for PFAS chemicals Aug. 25 (henricocitizen.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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