🌱 How Lacey’s new mental health facility is reshaping patient recovery paths

Hey there, Lacey! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Lacey’s new mental health facility is reshaping patient recovery paths
• How will this $3B plan affect your roads and ferries?

Also on today's calendar: Lil Gnomie Java Love - Set and 5 more events.

And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Adi K.!

Today's riddle: What did the little needle say to the mother needle when it brought home a failing report card? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 45 and low of 36 degrees.
• Friday: A shower in the area, temps: high: 43, low: 32.
• Saturday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 46 and low of 30 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Why Washington state is building ‘stepdown' mental health facilities (chronline.com) — A new “stepdown” mental health facility in Lacey, run by Supreme Living, is Washington’s first intensive behavioral health treatment center helping people transition from involuntary psychiatric care back into the community. The story explains how the Lacey site operates, its challenges filling beds, and how it fits into a broader statewide push to move patients from large hospitals into smaller, community-based programs.
   

• What to know about WA Gov. Bob Ferguson's $3B transportation spending plan (dailyrecordnews.com) — A new $3 billion transportation proposal was rolled out at a state DOT maintenance facility in Lacey, spotlighting the city as the backdrop for a decade of road, bridge, and ferry investments. The plan would rely on bonds backed by recently approved taxes and fees, targeting aging infrastructure, ferry electrification, and flood-damaged highways, but still needs legislative approval and faces skepticism over new borrowing.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lacey

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 26

• Laying the Groundwork
  Thurston Economic Development Council, 4220 6th Ave SE, Lacey
  2:30 pm

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Other local events

Saturday December 27

• Lil Gnomie Java Love - Set
  Painting with a Twist , 5831 Lacey Blvd SE Suite E , Lacey
  1:00 pm
• Sewing Club
  500 College St SE , Lacey
  2:00 pm
• Cascade Mountains in Winter
  Painting with a Twist , 5831 Lacey Blvd SE Suite E , Lacey
  7:00 pm

Sunday December 28

• Template Event Sunday
  Painting with a Twist , 5831 Lacey Blvd SE Suite E , Lacey
  1:00 pm
• Misty Mountain Flowers
  Painting with a Twist , 5831 Lacey Blvd SE Suite E , Lacey
  1:00 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Birding at Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually Natl. Wildlife Refuge
  Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center , 100 Brown Farm Rd NE , Olympia
  8:00 am
• Let's Celebrate
  Painting with a Twist , 5831 Lacey Blvd SE Suite E , Lacey
  3:00 pm

🗓 Events Nearby

Friday December 26

• Holiday Activities at Hands On
  Hands On Children's Museum , 414 Jefferson St NE , Olympia
  10:00 am

Saturday December 27

• Not-So Bored Games
  WET Science Center , 500 Adams St NE , Olympia
  10:00 am
• Starry Night Deer Paint-n-Sip
  Mount Olympus Brewing Tumwater Taps , 4242 Capitol Blvd SE Suite 100 , Olympia
  1:00 pm
• The Snow Queen
  Olympia Family Theater , 612 4th Ave E , Olympia
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I just want to thank the wonderful people who answered my inquiry about agencies or groups who supply gifts for seniors by taking it upon themselves to bring me and my little doggie princess, Baby Girl, such an array of gifts!
  Thank you to Julie and Carl and Lee; this will be a very, very merry Christmas for us thanks to our new friends! Bless you all!! (Nextdoor Homann Park)
• I was weird yesterday I was at the hospital and while I was there I got a text message saying thank you for your payment, someone had paid my cellphone and internet bill, I don't know how because I haven't gave anyone my information for that in
  almost 2 years. Sometimes miracles do happen, I didn't know how i was going to pay it with my wife going in and out of the hospital. (Nextdoor Indian Summer)

• Portco Corporation posted a job opening for Material Handler in Lacey. Apply here.
• Saint Martin's University posted a job opening for Assistant Professor in Biology in Lacey. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lacey here.

🗞 Nearby News

Olympia

• How late are Olympia grocery stores open on Christmas Eve? See holiday hours (theolympian.com)
• Shoppers pursuing secondhand gifts for the holidays (due.com)
• Washington Lottery Mega Millions, Cash Pop results for Dec. 23, 2025 (kitsapsun.com)

Tumwater

• Desmond Bane delivers on both ends as Magic top Blazers (theolympian.com)
• Thurston County ‘Shop with a Cop' gifts holiday shopping spree to 32 kids (yelmonline.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I guess I’m not as sharp as I thought.
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