🌱 Why Gainesville’s “Truckers Paradise” shut down just one year after opening

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• Why Gainesville’s “Truckers Paradise” shut down just one year after opening

Also on today's calendar: Christmas WorkShop and 4 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 62 and low of 43 degrees.
• Wednesday: Breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 63, low: 52.
• Thursday: Sunny and increasingly windy, with a high of 62 and low of 31 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Texas Had The USA's Largest Truck Stop – For About A Year (wearelubbock.com) — A massive truck stop project in Gainesville called Truckers Paradise, has shut down roughly a year after its highly touted grand opening, despite strong early excitement from locals and travelers. The repurposed I-35 shopping mall was expected to boost tourism and the local economy, but payroll problems and investor issues led to eviction by the landlord and a complete halt in operations.
   

📸 Around Gainesville

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Gainesville

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 20

• Christmas WorkShop
  21116 U.S. 377, Whitesboro, TX,
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday December 19

• HS Girls Basketball vs. Whitesboro
  Callisburg H S Gainesville, TX 76240
  5:00 pm
• Christmas Luncheon
  900 N Grand Ave , Gainesville
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Acrylic Painting with Sheila Sicking "Joyful Snowman"
  107 W California St , Gainesville
  7:00 pm
• Austin Meade’s Acoustic Christmas Vacation
  State Theater , 200 E California St , Gainesville
  8:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• Tom McElvain: The Whites' Christmas
  State Theater , 200 E California St , Gainesville
  5:00 pm

Saturday January 10

• Road Trip to Gainesville
  Bargain Brothers, LLC. , 427 A , 427 N Grand Ave , Gainesville
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Who Gets Your Stuff When You Die December 16
  Smokehouse BBQ , 307 US-82 , Lindsay
  12:00 pm
• HS Girls Basketball @ Boyd
  Callisburg H S Gainesville, TX 76240
  5:00 pm
• GHS Boys Basketball vs Krum
  Gainesville High School , 2201 I-35 , Gainesville
  5:00 pm
• Pilot Point Boys Varsity Basketball @ Lindsay
  Lindsay High School , 625 Knight Dr , Lindsay
  6:45 pm

Friday December 19

• Fiesta Friday Happy Hour
  Deschain Cellars and Winery , 8363 US-82 , Gainesville
  3:00 pm
• GHS Girls Basketball vs Aubrey & JV vs Sherman
  Gainesville High School , 2201 I-35 , Gainesville
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hey everyone, so my dog got out today she is a great pyrenees with badger markings.
  She has a tag with our address and phone number if any one sees her please let us know. Thank you (Nextdoor Bonner Hill Estates)

• Lowe's Market posted a job opening for Scan Coordinator in Gainesville. Apply here.
• Government Jobs posted a job opening for Solid Waste Operations Assistant / General Services-Transfer Station in Gainesville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Gainesville here.

🗞 Nearby News

Aubrey

• J.J. McCarthy, Vikings defeat Cowboys 34-26 on NFL 'Sunday Night Football': Live updates and reaction (nytimes.com)

Denton

• Northwest ISD plans meetings for proposed boundary changes affecting local schools - Cross Timbers Gazette Southern Denton County Flower Mound (crosstimbersgazette.com)
• Denton's Lemonade Lane teaches kids marketing, entrepreneurial skills (kdhnews.com)
• State leaders encourage growth of conservative student groups in schools - Cross Timbers Gazette Southern Denton County Flower Mound (crosstimbersgazette.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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