🌱 Patch AM: Morton Arboretum's 'Green City Rising' Concept Named Co-Winner Of Design Competition

Good day Lisle! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Lisle's Morton Arboretum helps shape Chicago's green future vision

Also on today's calendar: Naperville Artisan Market at CityGate Centre (This Sat-Sun, Sep 19-20) and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 74 and low of 68 degrees.
• Thursday: Humid with a shower or two, temps: high: 76, low: 63.
• Friday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 77 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Morton Arboretum's 'Green City Rising' Concept Named Co-Winner Of Design Competition (patch.com) — Lisle's Morton Arboretum is celebrating a major recognition after its "Green City Rising: People and Trees Thriving Together" concept was named a co-winner in World Business Chicago's Horizon Lines: Visions For Chicago 2050 competition. The design imagines a future Chicago built around connected green spaces and a robust tree canopy, highlighting the Arboretum's leadership in urban greening.
   

📸 Around Lisle

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lisle

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 19
• Naperville Artisan Market at CityGate Centre (This Sat-Sun, Sep 19-20) →
  2135 City Gate Ln, Naperville
  10:00 am
Friday October 2
• Owner →
  Insight Optical, Dr Gail J May, OD, 1516 Legacy Cir, Naperville
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Wednesday September 16
• Planning & Zoning Commission →
  925 Burlington Ave., Lisle
  7:00 pm
Thursday September 17
• Board of Fire and Police Commission Meeting →
  Board Conference Room, Lisle
  4:30 pm
Saturday September 19
• Lisle Depot Days →
  Museums at Lisle Station Park, 921 School St, Lisle
  12:00 pm
Sunday September 20
• Naperville Artisan Market at CityGate Centre (This Sat-Sun, Sep 19-20) →
  2135 City Gate Ln, Naperville
  10:00 am
• Lisle Depot Days →
  Museums at Lisle Station Park, 921 School St, Lisle
  12:00 pm
Wednesday September 23
• Our Voices, Our Minds: Bipoc Youth Navigating Discrimination In Education →
  North Central College, 131 S Loomis St, Naperville
  5:00 pm
Saturday September 26
• First Congregational Church of Downers Grove Garage Sale →
  1047 Curtiss St, Downers Grove
  8:00 am
Sunday September 27
• Illinois Rock & Roll Museum Hall of Fame Induction →
  Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E Randolph St, Chicago
  9:00 am
Saturday October 3
• Scarecrow Scramble 5K Run/Walk →
  1825 Short St, Lisle
  6:00 pm
Sunday October 4
• Lisle Woman's Club Presents: Silent Read & Tea →
  Museums at Lisle Station Park, 921 School St, Lisle
  1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I need to replace two toilets.
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• Endeavor Health posted a job opening for Surgical Scheduler - OBGYN in Naperville. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

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• Sound Decisions: Acoustics Research Leads Goldwater Scholar to NASA and Beyond (mtu.edu)
• The God of All Comfort - 2 Corinthians 1 Meaning and Study (biblestudytools.com)
• Optimum Nutrition brews up protein (foodbusinessnews.net)

Wheaton

• Treier Seminar Room Dedication Ceremony Honors Late Professor's Wheaton Legacy (thewheatonrecord.com)

Glen Ellyn

• New Golden Wok II Location Now Open In Glen Ellyn (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Black eyed peas can sing us a song but chick peas can only hummus one. (Thank you Bev H. for sending it in!)
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