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784 House Amendments in [ ] -- January 31, 2017 Designating February 13, in 2018 and in each succeeding year, as Virginia Village Day in Virginia.

----------  PatronAgreed Prior to Engrossment--Delegateby Plumthe ----------House Referredof Delegates, January 31, 2017 Agreed to Committeeby onthe RulesSenate, ----------February 14, 2017   WHEREAS, after the establishment of the Beacon Hill Village in Massachusetts in 2001, a worldwide movement to help older adults age in the place of their choosing and remain connected to their communities in Villages began to take hold throughout the United States;

[now, andtherefore, WHEREAS,be onit RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly designate February 13, 2017,in Dr.2018 and in each succeeding year, as Virginia Village Day in Virginia;

Atul Gawande, author of the national bestseller Being Mortal:

Medicine and What Matters in the End, will lead a national public forum on health and aging that will be broadcast to Villages throughout the nation;

] now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly designate February 13, in 2018 and in each succeeding year, as Virginia Village Day in Virginia;