🌱 Why Eli Lilly’s Concord facility just won a major global industry award
What's up Concord! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Why Eli Lilly’s Concord facility just won a major global industry award
- Could your old Sprouts receipts be worth settlement money?
Also on today's calendar: Masterclass: How to Explore Career Transition into Business Ownership and 2 more events.
Today's riddle: Why do cows have hooves and not feet? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 71 and low of 48 degrees.
- Wednesday: Partly sunny and warmer, temps: high: 84, low: 53.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 83 and low of 55 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• ISPE Announces 2026 FOYA Winners (pharmaceuticalonline.com) — Concord gets a nod on the global pharmaceutical stage, with Eli Lilly’s “Lilly Concord” project winning a Facility of the Year Award for Operations: Project Execution. The ISPE honors recognize standout drug-manufacturing facilities worldwide, from China to Europe and North Carolina. Concord’s facility is highlighted among elite projects advancing innovation, efficiency, and supply of medicines. 
• Shopped at a NC Sprouts grocery store? You may be owed part of a $5M settlement (heraldonline.com) — If you’ve shopped at Sprouts in North Carolina — including once the planned Concord store opens — you may qualify for a share of a $5 million settlement over improperly printed receipts. Shoppers nationwide who used cards at Sprouts between 2020 and 2023 and kept receipts showing too many card digits can file claims by mail or online before the August 5 deadline.
📸 Around Concord
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Motown and More
Davis Theatre at Cabarrus Arts Council, 65 Union St S, Concord
7:30 pm
Friday April 24
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Other local events
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Will Reagan w/ Andrea Marie @ Provided Coffee
Provided Coffee Concord , 159 Brumley Ave NE , Concord
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Masterclass: How to Explore Career Transition into Business Ownership
Harris Alumni Center at Johnson Glen , Johnson Alumni Way , Charlotte
6:30 pm -
Words to Live By — Live Music, Storytelling, and Spoken Word
Davis Theatre at Cabarrus Arts Council , 65 Union St S , Concord
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Words to Live By
Davis Theatre at Cabarrus Arts Council , 65 Union St S , Concord
7:30 pm
Saturday April 25
Thursday April 30
Friday May 15
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🗓 Events Nearby
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10:30am HQ Ready Set Storytime!
Rowan County Calendar , 201 W Fisher Street , Salisbury
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Military & Veteran Food Pantry
Rowan County Calendar , 1935 Jake Alexander Blvd. W. , Salisbury
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6pm HQ Ages 11 to 17: Tabletop Roleplaying Game
Rowan County Calendar , 201 W Fisher Street , Salisbury
6:00 pm -
Planning & Zoning Board Meeting
Harrisburg, NC Calendar , 4100 Main Street , Harrisburg
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Friends of RPL present Baseball in the Movies
Rowan County Calendar , 201 W Fisher Street , Salisbury
6:00 pm -
Veteran Coffee Mornings
Rowan County Calendar , 320 N. Main Street , China Grove
9:00 am -
Children's Scavenger Hunt
Rowan County Calendar
9:00 am
Tuesday April 21
Wednesday April 22
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Any Mother’s Day events going on in the area?
My Mom’s birthday is May 12th and she’s decided her and my dad are going to come up here Mother’s Day weekend. I’m looking for things for us to do or… (Nextdoor Winecoff - Havenbrook) - Is anyone missing a cat?
It’s orange, black and white. We believe it is a girl. She is super friendly, we believe she is a kitten. (Nextdoor Covington)
- Famous Toastery posted a job opening for Runner in Concord. Apply here.
- BJ's Restaurants, Inc. posted a job opening for Janitorial in Concord. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Concord here.
🗞 Nearby News
Kannapolis
- Racing Time: Oral Historian Travels America to Capture WWII Voices (military.com)
- Okuma America Corporation Receives Awards for Training Program at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College (qualitymag.com)
- Three-Run Ninth Propels RiverDogs to Exhilarating 8-7 Win (holycitysinner.com)
Davidson
- Penn State basketball sustains another loss from its forward group (victorybellrings.com)
China Grove
- Blotter for April 21 (salisburypost.com)
- High school baseball: North outscored 27-9 by UCA (salisburypost.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They lactose! (Thank you Courtney S. for sending it in!)
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