🌱 Patch AM: What Hopkins’ new all-electric Alinea homes could mean for your neighborhood

Greetings Hopkins! We're your go-to source for what's happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• What Hopkins' new all-electric Alinea homes could mean for your neighborhood
• See how a Hopkins native is shaping news far from home

Also on today's calendar: Jacuzzi Puma @ Hopkins Mainstreet and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the hospital? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Warm with partial sunshine, with a high of 73 and low of 59 degrees.
• Saturday: Sunny, windy and warmer, temps: high: 87, low: 64. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Sunshine and very warm, with a high of 85 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• All-electric homes concept in Hopkins moves ahead following community feedback (hometownsource.com) — A city-owned parking lot at 102 10th Ave. N. in Hopkins is being transformed into Alinea, a 10-home all-electric villa-style development with potential accessory dwelling units and strong sustainability features. After extensive community feedback, the Hopkins City Council unanimously approved key zoning and site-plan steps, with final plat and purchase details still ahead. Construction is anticipated to start in spring, adding new ownership housing near downtown.
   

• Sophia Farrell (1011now.com) — A young journalist who grew up in Hopkins is now telling community stories in Lincoln as a digital intern at 10/11 News. Her Hopkins theater experience sparked a passion for storytelling that she's carried through college media, a national housing-reporting project, and campus leadership roles. Local readers may enjoy seeing where a Hopkins native's media career is headed.
   

📸 Around Hopkins

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hopkins

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 9
• Jacuzzi Puma at Hopkins Mainstreet →
  Hopkins Mainstreet, Hopkins
  8:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday October 9
• Jacuzzi Puma @ Hopkins Mainstreet →
  Hopkins MN
  8:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• C.A.S.T. (Creative, Accepting, Sensory Friendly, Theatre) Winter Theatre Classes →
  Hopkins MN
  9:00 am
• The Secret Garden - Sensory-Friendly Performance →
  Hopkins MN
  10:00 am
• Cat meet & greet event →
  Sota Saves, 700 5th Street South, Hopkins
  11:00 am
Tuesday October 13
• Neurodiverse Creative Writing Workshop
  Ridgedale Library, 12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka
  10:00 am
• Disney Choir Concert: Friendship and Fairy Dust
  HHS Little Theater
  6:00 pm
• Disney Choir Concert:  Friendship and Fairy Dust
  Hopkins High School, 2400 Royals Dr, Minnetonka
  6:00 pm
• Evening Family Storytime
  Ridgedale Library, 12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka
  6:00 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Baby Storytime
  Ridgedale Library, 12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka
  9:30 am
• Wednesday Drawing Open Studio →
  Art Classroom, 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins
  1:00 pm
Thursday October 15
• Sensory Friendly Art Club →
  Mess Hall Arts, 906 Mainstreet, Hopkins
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hopkins Public Schools posted a job opening for Special Education Supervisor - Early Childhood in Hopkins. Apply here.
• Whole Foods Market, Inc. posted a job opening for Customer Service & E-Commerce Supervisor - Full Time in Minnetonka. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hopkins here.

🗞 Nearby News

Minnetonka

• VOTERS GUIDE: Breazeale, Myers vie for House District 45A (hometownsource.com)
• Letters: The Kennedy Center, a memoir (twincities.com)
• Polymer Urethral Stents Market To 2035: Aging Demographics and BPH Demand Fuel Expansion (indexbox.io)

Edina

• LETTER: Gage is a new voice for Edina (hometownsource.com)

Minneapolis

• Major Minneapolis Freeways To Close This Weekend: What To Know (patch.com)
• Is Your MN City A 'Marriage Garden' Or 'Marriage Desert'? New Report (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the cookie go to the hospital?" — Because he felt crummy. (Thank you Sanda J. for sending it in!)
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