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🌱 Patch AM: What will Rye’s new comprehensive plan mean for housing and growth?

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

In today's newsletter:

  • What will Rye's new comprehensive plan mean for housing and growth?
  • Rye community notes the passing of veteran newsman Jim Ruddle
  • Why Rye's beloved chili cook-off is getting a standalone spotlight

Also on today's calendar: Major Office Furniture & Soft Seating Warehouse Liquidation Sale and 9 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 79 and low of 65 degrees.
  • Sunday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 82, low: 70.
  • Monday: Humid; a p.m. shower or two, with a high of 83 and low of 71 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Housing Affordability a Topic of Discussion as Comprehensive Plan Committee Prepares for First Public Workshop (ryerecord.com) — Rye is gearing up for a major update to its 40-year-old comprehensive plan, with a public workshop set for October 14 at 7 p.m. in the Rye Free Reading Room. Residents can learn how housing affordability, sustainability, transportation, and neighborhood needs will shape the city's future and find ways to get involved as planning moves forward.
   

• Jim Ruddle, a newsman of 'old school' values and talent, dies at 94 (chicagotribune.com) — Longtime television newsman Jim Ruddle, who eventually settled in Rye and wrote a young adult novel there, has died in town at age 94 of natural causes. Colleagues remember the former Chicago anchor for his fairness, powerful writing, and "old school" approach to journalism, while his family recalls an adventurous sailor, storyteller and devoted grandfather.
   

• Chamber Launches New Chili Cook-Off Format (ryerecord.com) — Rye's Chamber of Commerce is spinning its 12th Chili Cook-Off into a standalone fundraiser on October 4 at the Rye Recreation building, benefiting the Chamber's scholarship fund. The Chamber is also replacing Mistletoe Magic with a revamped Holiday Stroll on November 19, aiming to draw residents downtown for shopping, dining, and festive entertainment.
   

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