🌊 River refreshment

Good morning, Gallia County. The heart of Gallipolis is beating stronger than ever as First Friday festivities returned to downtown this weekend, bringing the community together for an evening of classic cars, shopping, and celebration. This cornerstone of the Downtown Revitalization Project has become what one visitor called "a small town with a pulse," raising funds for community initiatives while creating a vibrant social hub where neighbors reconnect under summer skies.

Just across the river, LeSage Natural is making waves of a different kind as the nonprofit prepares to supply award-winning bottled water to over 400 West Virginia state agencies starting July 1. What makes this story especially refreshing isn't just their pure water from a 100-foot deep-sealed well, but the 40+ workers with developmental disabilities who bottle it, proving that meaningful employment opportunities can flow as naturally as the spring water they're famous for.

🌤 Sky Skoop

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☕️ What's Brewing Locally

🎭 Downtown Gallipolis revives popular First Friday celebration. The weekend kicked off with the return of this community event in the Ohio city, featuring a classic car exhibition among other attractions. First Friday brings residents together for shopping, entertainment, and social connection in the heart of Gallipolis. The event marks a welcome revival of a cherished local tradition that helps energize the downtown area.

💧 Disabled workers bottle award-winning water for West Virginia state agencies. LeSage Natural, a nonprofit division of Green Acres Regional Center, will begin supplying bottled water to over 400 state offices starting July 1. The company employs more than 40 people with developmental disabilities at its bottling facility, fulfilling its mission to provide meaningful job opportunities. Their locally-sourced water from a 100-foot deep-sealed well has consistently won medals at the Berkeley Springs International Water Competition. Unlike many competitors who source water from outside the state, LeSage proudly bottles pure West Virginia water for its 2,500+ clients across the Tri-State region.

🎭 Downtown Gallipolis buzzes with return of First Friday festivities. The monthly summer event drew crowds for an evening of shopping, music, and community celebration from 6 to 9 p.m. Featuring vendors, live entertainment, children's activities, and food trucks, First Friday has become a cornerstone of the Downtown Revitalization Project. Committee member Katie Ratliff praised the event's remarkable growth, noting that funds raised support community initiatives like Fourth of July fireworks. Attendees enthusiastically endorsed the event, with one visitor remarking, "You see an event like this, and you feel like this is a small town with a pulse."

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