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🌱 How Vinton’s Fall Festival is pumping money into local businesses
Vinton, Virginia Patch AM: a 3 min readHello again Vinton! We’re bringing you the latest town highlights. Don’t miss out, keep going! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Vinton’s Fall Festival is pumping money into local businesses
Also on today's calendar: Happy Hearts Dance and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Saturday: Some rain in the p.m.; cooler, with a high of 63 and low of 58 degrees.
- Sunday: Rain, temps: high: 69, low: 63.
- Monday: Breezy; a shower in the a.m., with a high of 76 and low of 57 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Fall tourism boosts Southwest Virginia economy as visitors flock to local events (wsls.com) — Vinton’s Fall Festival is drawing thousands of visitors and giving local shops and restaurants one of their busiest days of the year. Tourism leaders say events like this help fuel record visitor spending across Virginia’s Blue Ridge, especially now that Blue Ridge Parkway construction near Roanoke is finished and fall travel is ramping up. 
📸 Around Vinton
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Upcoming Events in
Vinton
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★ Featured events ★
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Garrison Starr →
The Spot on Kirk, 22 Kirk Ave SW, Roanoke
8:00 pm
Friday October 16
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Other local events
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Happy Hearts Dance →
820 E Washington Ave, Vinton
7:00 pm -
Columbus Day Holiday →
Vinton VA -
Senior Programs Mexican Train Dominos →
820 E. Washington Ave, Vinton
9:45 am -
Senior Programs Monday Music Jam →
820 E. Washington Ave, Vinton
2:00 pm -
Senior Programs Tai Chi Cane Defense →
820 E. Washington Ave, Vinton
5:30 pm -
Senior Programs Intermediate Line Dancing →
820 E. Washington Ave, Vinton
10:00 am -
Senior Programs Beginner Line Dancing →
820 E. Washington Ave, Vinton
11:30 am -
Community Development Committee Meeting →
227 S. Pollard Street, Vinton
9:00 am -
Town Council Meeting →
311 S. Pollard Street, Vinton
12:00 pm -
Senior Programs Tai Chi →
820 E Washington Ave, Vinton
9:00 am -
Senior Programs Canasta →
820 E Washington Ave, Vinton
10:00 am
Saturday October 10
Monday October 12
Tuesday October 13
Wednesday October 14
Thursday October 15
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Ready or not, here comes Halloween.
Come by! Our home is dressed up for Halloween, we'll be ready and waiting early this year, and we've added non-food options to the mix. #TreatMap (Nextdoor Hazelwood Timberline)
- Dollar Tree posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate I in Vinton. Apply here.
- Hot Topic posted a job opening for Part-Time Assistant Manager - Level 2 in Roanoke. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Vinton here.
🗞 Nearby News
Roanoke
- Empowering Roanoke families through Casa Latina (wfxrtv.com)
- Hispanic Heritage Month: Williamson Road in Roanoke is home to dozens of international businesses (wfxrtv.com)
- State school quality profiles show Roanoke schools gain in school performance (roanoke.com)
Salem
- An appeals court upheld the HopeTree rezoning. Now where does the Salem development stand? (roanoke.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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