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Also on today's calendar: Free Bra Fittings to Support Breast Cancer Awareness and 2 more events.
Today's riddle: Why did the chicken go to the gym? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Fayetteville awarded $25.1 million HUD Grant to transform Murchison Corridor (bizfayetteville.com) — Fayetteville just secured a $25.1 million HUD Choice Neighborhoods grant to overhaul the aging Murchison Townhouses area into a mixed-income community with 323 new apartments and major neighborhood upgrades. The project promises new housing, for-sale homes, commercial façade improvements, trails, and extensive resident services, with current public housing tenants guaranteed a right to return as the corridor is transformed.
2. Fayetteville Proposes Parking Fee Increases to Cut $250,000 Deficit (foxy99.com) — Fayetteville officials are weighing higher downtown parking citations and special-event rates to close a $250,000 budget gap after City Council cut General Fund support. Proposed changes would double Hay Street deck event parking, raise fines across 13 violations, and convert the Bow & Ann Lot, while some council members urge more public input before any vote this month.
3. Woman dies in medical emergency after 'altercation' at Fayetteville Golden Corral on Skibo Road, police say (cbs17.com) — Police are investigating a Thursday afternoon altercation at the Golden Corral on Skibo Road in Fayetteville, where a woman not involved in the disturbance suffered a medical emergency and later died at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. Officers initially responded to reports of a physical disturbance and possible shots fired, and are asking anyone who witnessed what happened to contact Detective J. Phillips.
4. Weather Permitting: 30 years later, Fran's fury echoes in Fayetteville (fayobserver.com) — Thirty years after Hurricane Fran, longtime Fayetteville residents still remember the storm's devastating winds that toppled historic oaks, blocked roughly 150 roads, and left some neighborhoods without power for weeks. This retrospective contrasts Fran's wind damage with later floods from Matthew and Florence, underscoring how vulnerable the city's trees and infrastructure were when the last hurricane-force winds hit Fayetteville.
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