🌱 Patch AM: Could Kirkwood taxpayers shoulder the cost of new developer tax breaks?

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• Could Kirkwood taxpayers shoulder the cost of new developer tax breaks?

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Today's riddle: What has a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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• Monday: Turning sunny and very hot, with a high of 98 and low of 71 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Kirkwood considers tax breaks for developers amid financial strain (firstalert4.com) — Kirkwood officials are weighing whether to offer tax breaks for a proposed 202‑unit apartment complex on the current Public Works site, despite a serious citywide budget crunch. Residents worry tax abatements could shift costs onto taxpayers and strain schools, the library, and services, even as Kirkwood faces a $90 million water system need and a major electrical department budget overrun.
   

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Friday September 4
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  Little's Loft Play Cafe, 117 W Argonne Dr, Kirkwood
  11:00 am
Monday September 7
• Labor Day Holiday - District Closed
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  10:00 am
• Aquatic Center – Daily Hours* →
  Crestwood, MO Calendar, 9245 Whitecliff Park Lane, Crestwood
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• Bristol PTO Back to School Ice Cream Social @ Bristol
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Monday August 31
• SOD AM - Melissa →
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  5:00 am
• Make-Up Senior Portraits
  Lafayette Sr. High Lafayette High School, 17050 Clayton Rd, Wildwood, MO 63011, USA
  8:00 am
• First Days for Students at CCL
  Center for Creative Learning Rockwood School District, (CCL), 26
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