🌱 How a $45 million shopping center could reshape shopping in Orange
Orange, Texas Patch AM: a 4 min readHello Orange! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a $45 million shopping center could reshape shopping in Orange
- Ready to smell Orange’s rarest and stinkiest blooming celebrity?
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- Wednesday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 91 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 91, low: 72.
- Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 86 and low of 71 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• County giving EDC cash grant for shopping center (therecordlive.com) — Orange County is putting $400,000 of its first-ever EDC grant into a $45 million shopping center, The Grove, planned along I-10 in Orange, with the city adding $2 million for infrastructure. Commissioners also handled hurricane-prep contracts, major petrochemical plant updates, and funding for new pickleball courts and a work boat that will support local bridge maintenance. 
• Rare Corpse Flower ‘Elenore' About to Bloom in Southeast Texas (kpel965.com) — A rare corpse flower named Elenore is about to bloom at Shangri La Botanical Gardens in Orange, and you can see it for free in the Classroom Greenhouse. The famously foul-smelling, once-in-a-decade bloom is drawing big attention, and the gardens have even added extended viewing hours plus a livestream for those who can’t make it into Orange.
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GuadalaHARRY's Bar & Grill, 219 Simonton St, Conroe
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Seal coat operations will resume on Tues.
, May 12th. Motorists are encouraged to use caution when traveling through work zones. #BeSafeDriveSmart #KnowBeforeYouGo (Nextdoor )
- Pilot Travel Centers, LLC posted a job opening for Janitorial Maintenance in Orange. Apply here.
- Kentucky Fried Chicken posted a job opening for KFC Shift Supervisor in Orange. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Orange here.
🗞 Nearby News
Port Neches
- Bay Towing orders tugboat from Sterling Shipyard (workboat.com)
- Jefferson County DA reviewing case of former Beaumont ISD employee accused of injuring student (12newsnow.com)
Groves
- Workout of the week: Trainer Colby Vanderweg demonstrates single-arm rows (kfdm.com)
- Library Events for the Week of May 10 (1049thebeat.com)
- Jo Ellen Penn (kogt.com)
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