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🌱 How Brooklyn’s downtown gazebo could get a major grant-funded makeover

Brooklyn, Michigan Patch AM: a 3 min read

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  • How Brooklyn’s downtown gazebo could get a major grant-funded makeover

Also on today's calendar: Easy Like Sunday Morning Yoga and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Warm with plenty of sun, with a high of 81 and low of 55 degrees.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny and warm, temps: high: 83, low: 62.
  • Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 86 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

📰 News we're reading

• Michigan towns compete for $50K community grants (battlecreekenquirer.com) — Brooklyn in Jackson County is a finalist to win up to $25,000 to rebuild its downtown gazebo through Consumers Energy Foundation’s “Put Your Town on the Map” competition. The grant program supports small Michigan communities improving public spaces and celebrating local history, with winners to be chosen from ten finalists at a statewide conference.
   

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  • Just a Warning to people who are selling things on NextDoor.
    Yesterday, I posted 4 items for sale. I immediately started getting flooded with interested people. When I replied, they either wanted to text over… (Nextdoor Vineyard Lake)
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  • Melissa Perez Burgess (wlen.com)

Manchester

  • Manchester poster artist to be featured at visual art of music event in Chelsea (themanchestermirror.com)
  • Voce Velata returns to Manchester for performance highlighting BIPOC and women composers (themanchestermirror.com)
  • Manchester City 2026 Transfer DealSheet: What are their priorities in this first post-Guardiola window? (nytimes.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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