🌱 Patch AM: What $400,000 in new state funding will build at Fenton’s Bush Park

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• What $400,000 in new state funding will build at Fenton's Bush Park

Also on today's calendar: Healing Revolution Stem Cell Educational Seminar and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 82 and low of 63 degrees.
• Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 76, low: 55.
• Sunday: Partly sunny with a shower, with a high of 73 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• State Budget Includes Grants For 75 Parks & Outdoor Recreation Projects (whmi.com) — Fenton is set to receive $400,000 in state grant money to add ADA-compliant playground equipment, a new bathroom, a paved parking lot, and a Riverwalk trail segment at Bush Park. The funding is part of a bipartisan 2027 state budget package that supports 75 parks and outdoor recreation projects across Michigan, aiming to expand access and improve local quality of life.
   

📸 Around Fenton

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fenton

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday August 25
• Healing Revolution Stem Cell Educational Seminar →
  SERVPRO of Northwest Genesee County, Fenton, Lapeer, and Grand Blanc, 4250 Lennon Rd, Flint
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday August 22
• Waker Memorial
  Fenton Community & Cultural Center Rec Room
  11:00 am
Wednesday August 26
• First Delayed Start Wednesday of the School Year →
  Lake Fenton Middle School Fenton, MI 48430
  8:15 am
• Glo- Linden Concert Series
  Fenton Community & Cultural Center Millpond
  7:00 pm
Thursday August 27
• Football vs. Midland Dow
  Fenton Area Public Schools Fenton, MI 48430
  7:00 pm
• Whiskey Business- Concert in the Park
  Fenton Community & Cultural Center Rackham Park, 150 S Leroy St, Fenton, MI 48430, USA
  7:00 pm
Friday August 28
• SLPR Board Meeting
  Fenton Community & Cultural Center Club Room
  7:30 am
Saturday August 29
• Petrilli Baby SHower
  Fenton Community & Cultural Center Rec Room
  12:00 pm
Sunday August 30
• Hyphen Church
  Fenton Community & Cultural Center Rec Room
  8:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday August 21
• Holly Girls Varsity Volleyball @ Linden →
  Linden High School, 7201 Silver Lake Rd, Linden
  3:00 pm
Saturday August 22
• Michigan Renaissance Festival →
  Michigan Renaissance Festival, 12600 Dixie Hwy, Holly
  9:00 am
• Elderberry Patch @ Michigan Renaissance Festival →
  Michigan Renaissance Festival, 12600 Dixie Hwy, Holly
  9:00 am
• Waker Memorial
  Fenton Community & Cultural Center Rec Room
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I wish it wasn't so hard to help people.
  I've been trying for 2 weeks now to give someone some teen girls clothes and other things teens love like face masks and beauty items. So again… (Nextdoor Meadow Pointe)
• Has anyone purchased a battery powered Power Shovel?
  If so, does it work good, what kind is it, would you buy one again? TIA. (Nextdoor N Fenton)

• Old Navy, Inc. posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate - Silver Parkway - Fenton in Fenton. Apply here.
• Cardinal Staffing posted a job opening for Modular Assembly in Fenton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fenton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Linden

• FORWARD FOCUS: What's happening now with the advanced manufacturing site in Mundy Twp? (midmichigannow.com)
• Front Yard Originals Expands Church Fundraising Options Through Project Outdoor Nativity Scene (commercialappeal.com)
• The Winfield Collection Explores Reclaimed Pallet Wood for Late-Summer Outdoor Projects (desertsun.com)

Holly

• Elaine Ann Zink (villages-news.com)
• This was just voted the best vegan/vegetarian in Metro Detroit (arcpublishing.com)
• Sen. Slotkin urges defense leaders to bar troops from 2026 midterm polling sites (mlive.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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