🌱 What Griffin’s tough new data center rules mean for your neighborhood

Coffee in hand, Griffin? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• What Griffin’s tough new data center rules mean for your neighborhood
• How Griffin High’s flag football team is using summer to level up

Today's riddle: Tony requested we not pronounce his name backwards, why? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 80 and low of 68 degrees.
• Monday: Cloudy, a thunderstorm; humid, temps: high: 73, low: 67.
• Tuesday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 80 and low of 66 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• City of Grifin commissioners approve data center ordinance (griffindailynews.com) — Griffin’s City Commission has unanimously approved strict new rules for data centers, limiting them to Planned Industrial Districts and requiring special use permits plus detailed impact studies. The ordinance adds buffers, noise and lighting limits, and decommissioning plans, aiming to protect nearby neighborhoods while still allowing carefully reviewed projects that could affect Griffin’s economy and infrastructure.
   

• Blount leads Griffin High flag football through productive summer preparation (griffindailynews.com) — Griffin High’s flag football team is grinding through summer workouts in town, with coach Shaquita Blount emphasizing conditioning, fundamentals, and team chemistry ahead of the coming season. Players are competing for spots, embracing tough practices, and aiming to represent Griffin High with pride when games kick off later this year.
   

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📸 Around Griffin

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Griffin

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★ Featured events ★

Friday June 12

• Class of 2016: All In at 10 →
  Myrtle's Plot Twist, 209 S 6th St, Griffin
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday June 8

• Chess Club for Kids and Adults
  Griffin-Spalding County Library, 800 Memorial Drive, Griffin
  6:30 pm
• Patriotic Wreath Craft for Teens and Adults
  Griffin-Spalding County Library
  6:30 pm

Tuesday June 9

• Georgia AG Experience - Touch a Truck & More
  Griffin-Spalding County Library Spalding County Parks & Recreation office parking lot
  10:30 am
• College Application and Scholarship Essay Writing Session
  Griffin-Spalding County Library
  2:00 pm
• Library Book Club
  Griffin-Spalding County Library Myrtle's Plot Twist
  6:30 pm

Wednesday June 10

• Dinosaurs: A Million Years of Stories
  Fairmont Community Center
  10:30 am

Thursday June 11

• Digging Up Your Family History
  Griffin-Spalding County Library
  2:00 pm

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📣 Griffin Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday June 8

• Patriotic Wreath Craft for Teens and Adults
  Griffin-Spalding County Library
  6:30 pm
• Chess Club for Kids and Adults
  Griffin-Spalding County Library, 800 Memorial Drive, Griffin
  6:30 pm

Tuesday June 9

• Georgia AG Experience - Touch a Truck & More
  Griffin-Spalding County Library Spalding County Parks & Recreation office parking lot
  10:30 am
• College Application and Scholarship Essay Writing Session
  Griffin-Spalding County Library
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Please keep your dogs on a leash.
  ESPECIALLY THE HUGE ONES. I'm will not be responsible for defending myself while I walk the neighborhood to exercise. (Nextdoor Pine Hill)

• Tractor Supply posted a job opening for Team Member in Griffin. Apply here.
• Southern Crescent Technical College posted a job opening for Instructor, LPN/Paramedic to RN Bridge (ASN) FT Bu Ja 1.2026 in Griffin. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Griffin here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Hampton

• Kyle Busch death: Samantha Busch posts thank you to fans on Instagram (971theriver.com)

Locust Grove

• Hibachi, sushi & onion volcanoes. See inside new Japanese steakhouse in Perry (macon.com)

Barnesville

• John Douglas Connell (barnesville.com)

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Ok Griffin! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Y-not?! (Thank you Terry N. for sending it in!)
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