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Coffee in hand, Roanoke? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • See inside Roanoke's brand-new Preston Park Elementary School.
  • What changes brought this Roanoke dog daycare back into compliance?
  • How Roanoke's Carilion Clinic became a national lifestyle-medicine model

Also on today's calendar: Nrv Aarp/Toc Health Fair and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the tractor say to the plow? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 82 and low of 69 degrees.
  • Sunday: A stray t-storm; very warm, temps: high: 87, low: 69. 🌶 Hot!
  • Monday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 86 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Roanoke celebrates new Preston Park Elementary School (roanoke.com) — Roanoke families just got their first look inside the brand-new Preston Park Elementary School, as Roanoke City Public Schools held a ribbon-cutting and community tours. Students, parents, and staff explored new classrooms, the library, and gym while Superintendent Verletta White marked her final school opening alongside Principal Tracey Hoffman.
   

2. Roanoke dog daycare brought into compliance after July investigation; no charges pursued (wset.com) — Roanoke pet owners are learning that City Dogs Boarding and Playcare fixed serious heat, sanitation, and licensing violations found during a July inspection, leading prosecutors to drop potential criminal charges. The facility added air conditioning, reduced its dog capacity, and passed a follow-up inspection, though customers who feel harmed by the incident can still pursue civil action.
   

3. Carilion Clinic: A Mannequin for Primary Care-Based Lifestyle Medicine — Ardmore Institute of Health (fooshya.com) — Roanoke residents may be interested to know Carilion Clinic has become a national example for integrating lifestyle medicine directly into primary care, especially for safety-net patients. With grant support, the Roanoke-based system evaluated its two-year results and created a practical toolkit other clinics can use, highlighting how local innovation is influencing patient care models well beyond the valley.
   

4. Munters expands its Daleville campus amid booming data center demand (wsls.com) — A major expansion at Munters' Daleville campus is bringing up to 200 new jobs to the Roanoke Valley as the company ramps up production of data center cooling systems. Leaders say the facility, already employing more than 800 people, is now Munters' largest and will soon add a training center, positioning local workers to benefit from the growing data center industry.
   

5. Land sale confirmed at Wood Haven park in Roanoke County, with no other details announced (cardinalnews.org) — Local leaders are raising alarms after a regional authority quietly approved a land sale at Roanoke County's Wood Haven Technology Park, widely believed to be tied to a potential data center project. Roanoke's vice mayor and a councilman blasted the closed-door process, saying Roanokers deserve more transparency and input on development in a park the city partly owns.
   

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