🌱 How Arcadia’s new tiny homes could change lives after Hurricane Ian

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In today's newsletter:

• How Arcadia’s new tiny homes could change lives after Hurricane Ian

Today's riddle: What dries when it gets wet? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Breezy with sun and clouds, with a high of 91 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Not as warm; an a.m. t-storm, temps: high: 80, low: 61.
• Monday: Warmer with variable clouds, with a high of 87 and low of 63 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Arcadia non-profit builds tiny homes to help homeless residents (winknews.com) — Tiny homes are going up in Arcadia to give DeSoto County’s homeless residents a stable, affordable place to live, with the first unit already transforming one man’s life after Hurricane Ian. Nonprofit DeSoto Cares is building three more one-bedroom units, aiming to move residents in by September and eventually transition them into permanent housing.
   

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📸 Around Arcadia

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Arcadia

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday May 16

• Kng Ego & Jo Tyler - After Party Tour @ Neon Moon Saloon (Arcadia, FL) →
  Neon Moon Saloon, 111 W Oak St, Arcadia
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday May 5

• DES - Toddler Time
  DeSoto County Library, 125 N Hillsborough Ave, Arcadia
  10:30 am
• DES - Story & Craft
  DeSoto County Library, 125 N Hillsborough Ave, Arcadia
  3:30 pm

Wednesday May 6

• DES - Art with Ms. Karen
  DeSoto County Library, 125 N Hillsborough Ave, Arcadia
  3:30 pm

Saturday May 9

• DES- Library on the Go @ Downtown Market Days
  Arcadia Market, 10 South DeSoto Ave and West Oak Street, Arcadia
  9:00 am
• DES - Craft with Mom
  DeSoto County Library, 125 N Hillsborough Ave, Arcadia
  11:00 am

Tuesday May 12

• DES - Story & Craft
  DeSoto County Library, 125 N Hillsborough Ave, Arcadia
  3:30 pm

Wednesday May 13

• DES - Art with Ms. Karen
  DeSoto County Library, 125 N Hillsborough Ave, Arcadia
  3:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday May 5

• DES - Toddler Time
  DeSoto County Library, 125 N Hillsborough Ave, Arcadia
  10:30 am
• DES - Story & Craft
  DeSoto County Library, 125 N Hillsborough Ave, Arcadia
  3:30 pm

Wednesday May 6

• DES - Art with Ms. Karen
  DeSoto County Library, 125 N Hillsborough Ave, Arcadia
  3:30 pm

Saturday May 9

• DES- Library on the Go @ Downtown Market Days
  Arcadia Market, 10 South DeSoto Ave and West Oak Street, Arcadia
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Keck Medicine of USC posted a job opening for Quality Manager - Quality and Outcomes Management - Full Time 8 Hours ( Non-Union, Exempt) in Arcadia. Apply here.
• JCPenney posted a job opening for Beauty Consultant - Pt Charlotte Twn Ctr in Port Charlotte. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Arcadia here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Charlotte Harbor

• Murdock Village all sold off (yoursun.com)
• A SYSTEM 'OVERWHELMED' - Florida promised mental health reform. One family says the system still failed (yoursun.com)
• Today's Mortgage Rates, May 1: Rates Rise, Fed Pause and Geopolitical Currents Sway Homebuyers (noradarealestate.com)

Port Charlotte

• All 6 Polk legislators join Republican approval of congressional maps (theledger.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A towel (Thank you Christy H. for sending it in!)
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