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🌱 How Geneva’s $2.5M budget gap could hit services and taxes

Geneva, New York Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Geneva! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Geneva’s $2.5M budget gap could hit services and taxes
  • How a Geneva-rooted family farm became a cabbage powerhouse

Also on today's calendar: Cat Power The Greatest Tour 20TH Anniversary and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What kind of shoes do frogs wear? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Partial sunshine, with a high of 84 and low of 64 degrees.
  • Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 83, low: 64.
  • Monday: Humid; downpours in the p.m., with a high of 85 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Geneva faces $2.5M preliminary budget gap as council weighs cuts, debt and service levels (video) (fingerlakes1.com) — Geneva’s staring at a preliminary $2.5 million gap in its 2027 general, water, and sewer budgets, forcing City Council to weigh service cuts, new debt, or higher revenues. Officials also reviewed reassessment results that could lower the tax rate, floated tougher rules for e-bikes and scooters, and discussed storm response, garbage-collection violations, and major grant applications for lead line replacements and the Geneva Enterprise Development Center.
   

• Cabbage Clan Caters to Crucifer Connoisseurs (lancasterfarming.com) — A Stanley-based family farm with roots in a 1919 Geneva homestead is now one of New York’s top cabbage producers, supplying everything from coleslaw to egg rolls. Eric Hansen explains how Finger Lakes soil, climate, and partnerships with neighboring farms keep 900 acres of cabbage and rotating crops thriving without irrigation, even as weather patterns grow more erratic.
   

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💬 Chatter

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  • Daughter of the Regiment is playing at the Smith Opera House in Geneva tonight Through Sunday.
    Singing is in French, spoken parts in English and translation is written above the stage. The story is hilarious, the singing is by the best voices… (Nextdoor Historic South Geneva)
  • OSN will be Rockin Buttonwood Grove winery tomorrow 7/25 from 2:00-5:00.
    Great place. Come on out and join in the fun! Rita Venuti, John Blume & Ray Zajac (Nextdoor Slosson Lane)
  • McDonald's posted a job opening for $17.50 - Maintenance Custodial McDonald's up to $20.50/hr in Geneva. Apply here.
  • Lowe's Companies, Inc. posted a job opening for Retail Sales – Part Time in Geneva. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Geneva here.

🗞 Nearby News

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Seneca Falls

  • New York Soil Health field day set Aug. 13 in Seneca Falls (fingerlakes1.com)
  • Seneca County supervisors to weigh sewer grant, septic funds (fingerlakes1.com)
  • Erie Canalway Junior Ranger Day to be held on August 1 at 15 canal sites (saratogian.com)

Ok Geneva! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Open-toad (Thank you Harold W. for sending it in!)
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