🌱 Patch AM: Could your Manassas Park business still qualify for drought relief money?

Greetings Manassas Park! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Could your Manassas Park business still qualify for drought relief money?

Also on today's calendar: Craft & Create: Pom Pom Snowmen and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: I got fired from the M&M factory. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Some sun, then clouds, with a high of 37 and low of 24 degrees.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 42, low: 21.
• Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 41 and low of 25 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• SBA Relief Still Available to Virginia Small Businesses and Private Nonprofits Affected by Drought (sba.gov) — Small businesses and nonprofits in Manassas Park are eligible for low-interest SBA disaster loans to cover economic losses from the 2025 drought, with applications due by February 2, 2026 and a 60-day grace period afterward. These Economic Injury Disaster Loans can provide up to $2 million for working capital needs like payroll, rent, and bills, even if there was no physical damage. Local owners can apply online or by contacting the SBA directly for help.
   

📸 Around Manassas Park

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Manassas Park

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday January 6

• Photo and Video Club
  Manassas Park City Library, 100 Park Central Plz Suite 100, Manassas Park
  6:30 pm

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Other local events

Monday January 5

• Open Enrollment for Virginia Marketplace
  Central Library , Group Study Room A , Manassas Park
  5:00 pm

Wednesday January 7

• Me Gusta Spanish
  Central Library -
  10:30 am
• English Conversation-Conversación en Inglés
  Central Library , Studio 8601 Makerspace , Manassas Park
  11:00 am

Saturday January 10

• Craft & Create: Pom Pom Snowmen
  Manassas Park City Library , 100 Park Central Plz Suite 100 , Manassas Park
  2:00 pm

Wednesday January 14

• Music and Movement
  Manassas Park City Library , 100 Park Central Plz Suite 100 , Manassas Park
  10:30 am

Wednesday January 28

• Magic the Gathering Workshop
  Manassas Park City Library , 100 Park Central Plz Suite 100 , Manassas Park
  6:00 pm

📣 Manassas Park Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday January 3

• 8-Bit Art with Perler Beads
  Bull Run Library - Bull Run Community Room A and B
  10:30 am
• Spanish Storytime
  Manassas Park City Library , 100 Park Central Plz Suite 100 , Manassas Park
  10:30 am
• Winter Block Party
  McLean Community Center , 1234 Ingleside Ave , McLean
  1:00 pm
• Lotus Reiki Share: Connect & Recharge!
  The Lotus and The Light Metaphysical Center , Historic District , 9256 Mosby St #101 , Manassas
  1:00 pm
• Manassas Park vs Goochland
  Manassas Park High School , 8200 Euclid Ave , Manassas Park
  1:00 pm

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Manassas Park PatchAM possible:

• Dogtopia of Manassas — (475) 338-3501
  Dogtopia – Dog Daycare, Boarding, Spa & Wellness
• Mindsee.it — (646) 663-8317
  Teach your kids they can achieve the impossible!
• Plumbing Services | No Dispatch Fees | AllTech Services — (703) 495-3466
  No Dispatch Fees for Plumbing Services!

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• My sister’s cat is missing.
  Please let me know if you see her. We believe she may have escaped Wednesday early morning. Neighborhood is by Manassas drive behind the tidal car… (Nextdoor Centerville Rd)

• Costco Wholesale Corporation posted a job opening for Bakery Wrapper / Clean Up in Manassas. Apply here.
• Goodwill Industries of Greater Washington posted a job opening for Store Associate - Manassas in Manassas. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Manassas Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

Manassas

• Around Prince William: Building community through creativity (insidenova.com)
• Manassas police investigating hit-and-run (dcnewsnow.com)

Centreville

• Stretch Zone Centreville Opens With a Clinical Approach to Mobility and Preventive Wellness (visiontimes.com)
• Top 5 Things To Do This Weekend January 2 (tysonstoday.com)

Vienna

Ok Manassas Park! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I kept throwing out all the W’s.
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