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Got crafty kids? RBVFD is hosting a summer art camp June 15, 17 & 19 for ages 6-15. Tuition is $75 per camper and includes a snack. Our Colorful Dreams Art Shows will be helod on Friday at 11:30 and 4 pm. For information, call Kati Brantley at (719) 355-6036.

Enjoy the opening of the Farmer's Market with a special Garden Day, featuring Root 11 Native Plant Nursery, Rockbridge Area Master Gardeners plant clinic and composting team, and seasonal planting workshops with horticulturalist Faith Vosburgh at 10:30 and 11:30am. For more info, call Lee Charlton at (512) 965-7582.

Enjoy an easy local hike with friends and neighbors! Meet at the corner of Whiteside and Maple Swamp Roads - 2 miles out, 2 miles back. Transportation available back to Maple Swamp if you want to hike one-way only. For info, contact Elizabeth Kiem at (540) 460-9618.

This article (click here), written by a journalism student at Washington and Lee University, is about a once-thriving community in our...