🌱 How $25 million in tax credits could reshape downtown Lafayette housing

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In today's newsletter:

• How $25 million in tax credits could reshape downtown Lafayette housing

Also on today's calendar: Meet Your Neighbors Cocktail Party! and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny and warm, with a high of 89 and low of 60 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 81, low: 55.
• Saturday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 77 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Lafayette Housing Project Could Receive Up to $25 Million in Financing Bay Area Telegraph (bayareatelegraph.com) — A 48-unit supportive affordable housing project at 949 Moraga Road in downtown Lafayette is vying for up to $25 million in competitive low‑income housing tax credits, a key piece of its $54 million financing plan. If approved this fall, the credits would join state, county Measure X, federal, and city land contributions, moving the centrally located project much closer to construction near BART and the library.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lafayette

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday August 27
• Meet Your Neighbors Cocktail Party! →
  Roundup Saloon, 3553 Mount Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
  6:00 pm
Saturday August 29
• Bethel Island Boats & Berries Car Show →
  6190 Bethel Island Rd, Bethel Island
  9:00 am
• The Prediabetes Wake Up Call →
  FREE LIVE WEBINAR on ZOOM,
  10:00 am
• Pianist Mira Armij Gill Performs with Violinist Francisco Salazar at St. Paul's in Walnut Creek →
  St Paul's Episcopal Church, 1924 Trinity Ave, Walnut Creek
  7:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• Martini Shake Off →
  525 Henrietta St, Martinez
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday September 3
• Viva Las Vegas Spectacular Swim Show! →
  1750 Heather Dr, Walnut Creek
  8:00 pm
Sunday September 6
• The Real John Gary: TRJG w/ Amanda at Headlands →
  Headlands Brewing - Lafayette, 3420 Mount Diablo Blvd Ste A, Lafayette
  1:00 pm
Wednesday September 9
• Senior Health & Wellness in Our Community: A John Muir Health Overview →
  Lafayette Library - Contra Costa County Library, 3491 Mount Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
  10:30 am
Sunday September 13
• Contra Costa Vintage Market Lafayette CA September 2026 →
  Vintage Vida, 3581 Mount Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
  10:00 am
Sunday September 20
• Headlands Brewing- Live Music Sundays →
  Headlands Brewing - Lafayette, 3420 Mount Diablo Blvd Ste A, Lafayette
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 27
• General PTA/Wildcat Chat
  M. H. Stanley Middle Stanley Library
  8:45 am
• Computer Help
  Contra Costa County Public Library 1750 Oak Park Boulevard, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
  10:00 am
• Pop-Up Crafternoon
  San Ramon Library 100 Montgomery St, San Ramon, CA 94583
  3:00 pm
• PTA Ice Cream Social
  Murwood Elementary Walnut Creek, CA 94596
  5:00 pm
• JV Volleyball @ Dougherty Valley
  College Park High Dougherty Valley High School, 10550 Albion Rd, San Ramon, CA 94582, USA
  5:30 pm
• Back to School Night
  Miramonte High School Orinda, CA 94563
  5:45 pm
• Flag Football @ Dougherty
  Northgate High Dougherty Valley High School, 10550 Albion Rd, San Ramon, CA 94
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• My Calico cat SHILOH went missing this afternoon.
  We had workers here until 4:05 pm working on our roof. Lots of noise. Shiloh is an indoor cat. I'm so worried she will be caught by a coyote tonight… (Nextdoor Trails Area)
• Lost: Our cat, Mittens.
  He's an outdoor cat turned semi-indoor cat in recent years. We haven't seen him since yesterday, and it's not like him to not return home. We're at… (Nextdoor Burton Valley)

• Acalanes Union High School District posted a job opening for Coach - Girls' Varsity Softball Head Coach, Campolindo High School in Lafayette. Apply here.
• 24 Hour Fitness USA, Inc. posted a job opening for Janitor in Moraga. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lafayette here.

🗞 Nearby News

Moraga

• Hoyas Fall Behind Early in Loss to No.1 Stanford (thehoya.com)

Orinda

• Dracula to haunt Orinda Community Park in multi-media OrSVP show (theorindanews.com)
• Orinda Schools November election: Three incumbents, two newcomers (theorindanews.com)
• Orinda Council election draws three incumbents, one challenger (theorindanews.com)

Walnut Creek

• The Surprising Historical Roots of Walnut Creek's Weird New Nickname Bay Area Telegraph (bayareatelegraph.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A jeweler sells watches and a jailer watches cells. (Thank you Jean D. for sending it in!)
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