🌱 How will Texas’ largest cannabis facility change life in Bastrop?

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In today's newsletter:

• How will Texas’ largest cannabis facility change life in Bastrop?
• Which Bastrop Opera House shows are leading the Austin awards race?
• Why Brenham’s win over Bastrop could matter for district stakes

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Cloudy, with a high of 61 and low of 55 degrees.
• Wednesday: A brief morning shower or two, temps: high: 68, low: 61.
• Thursday: A shower; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 80 and low of 43 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Texas' Largest Medical Cannabis Facility Opens In Bastrop (marijuanaretailreport.com) — A massive new 75,000-square-foot medical cannabis facility has just opened in Bastrop, becoming Texas’ largest and serving as the new headquarters for provider Texas Original. The expanded operation greatly boosts production, adds advanced greenhouses and labs, and is designed to speed access for medical cannabis patients across the state following recent legislative expansion of eligible conditions.
   

2. Latest Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Austin Awards; MATILDA: THE MUSICAL Leads Best Musical! (broadwayworld.com) — Bastrop Opera House is racking up nominations in the 2025 BroadwayWorld Austin Awards, from shows like Sister Act and Fiddler on the Roof to individual performers and designers. Local favorites are competing against theaters across Central Texas, and residents can still help sway the January results by voting for Bastrop productions and artists online.
   

3. UNT interim coach: New Mexico Bowl as good of a matchup as there is in bowl season (kdhnews.com) — North Texas’ interim football coach is hyping the New Mexico Bowl as one of this season’s best matchups, as UNT prepares to face San Diego State on Dec. 27 in Albuquerque. In related Texas sports coverage, Brenham recently defeated Bastrop for a key district football advantage, a result Bastrop fans will be watching as postseason implications shake out.
   

4. University of Austin is building a lab next to Musk's Boring Bastrop campus (therealdeal.com) — A new applied engineering lab for the University of Austin is rising next to The Boring Company’s headquarters in Bastrop County, adding to Elon Musk’s fast-growing industrial and residential footprint east of town. The project, on land tied to Musk-affiliated entities, strengthens collaboration between the unaccredited startup university and Musk’s companies, and further cements this Colorado River corridor as a major tech and manufacturing hub.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bastrop

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Wednesday December 17

• Library Program: Coffee & Friends: Sampling Your Locale
  Bastrop Public Library , 1100 Church Street , Bastrop
  3:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Learn to Fish with an Angler Specialist
  Buescher State Park BuescherStatePark Map&Directions
  9:00 am
• Happy Holly-Days!
  Buescher State Park BuescherStatePark Map&Directions
  10:00 am
• Library Partner Program: Senior Technology Workshop: Staying Connected with Family & Friends
  Bastrop Public Library , 1100 Church Street , Bastrop
  10:30 am
• Community Organization: Girl Scouts Troop 337
  Bastrop Public Library , 1100 Church Street , Bastrop
  2:15 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Library Closing early at 6:00 p.m.
  Bastrop Public Library , 1100 Church Street , Bastrop
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 24

• Library Closed: Christmas Eve & Christmas Day
  Bastrop Public Library , 1100 Church Street , Bastrop

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Lunch and Learn: Cool Season Grazing
  15 American Legion Dr , Bastrop
  5:30 pm
• Open Mic Night — Bastrop Live Music Foundation
  The Grace Miller, "Gracie's" , 706 Pine St , Bastrop
  6:00 pm
• Community Organization: Our Voices
  Bastrop Public Library , 1100 Church Street , Bastrop
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Library Program: Coffee & Friends: Sampling Your Locale
  Bastrop Public Library , 1100 Church Street , Bastrop
  3:00 pm

Friday December 19

• End of Second Nine Weeks (PK-5th)
  Cedar Creek El Cedar Creek, TX 78612

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Found Dog: Shiba Inu in Cedar Creek, 71 and 21 area
  This dog was in one of my dog yards at 4am. My dogs inside the house were going nuts so I went outside to investigate and found her. I *believe she… (Nextdoor Wyldwood II)
• I am missing my cat.
  He slipped out Friday night and hasn't returned. Please let me know if you have seen him. He's a bengal, dark brown and light brown markings. … (Nextdoor East Tahitian Village)

• Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Team Member in Bastrop. Apply here.
• Bastrop Independent School District posted a job opening for Monitor, Campus Security (9664) in Bastrop. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bastrop here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

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