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🌱 Aurora Crossing housing proposal takes a phased approach

Moab, Utah Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Aurora Crossing housing proposal takes a phased approach
  • Moab seventh graders find a different classroom on the Colorado
  • After a sold-out Soup Bowl, Moab's potters need a break

Also on today's calendar: Kids Makerspace and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Beautiful with sunshine, with a high of 64 and low of 36 degrees.
  • Thursday: Abundant sunshine, temps: high: 63, low: 36.
  • Friday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 65 and low of 45 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Grand County Planning Commission transcript, Nov. 9, 2026 (moabsunnews.com) — The Moab Area Community Land Trust wants to develop an 84-unit Aurora Crossing parcel in two phases, starting with 32 homes. At Grand County’s planning commission meeting, executive director Kaitlin Myers said the proposed parcel split would leave planned density unchanged while giving the organization more time to assess the multifamily housing market.
   

2. Moab seventh graders raft the Colorado (moabsunnews.com) — Some Moab seventh graders experienced their first raft trip when Canyonlands Field Institute took Margaret L. Hopkin Middle School students down the Colorado River in October. A foundation donation covered costs beyond the school bus, and a teacher noticed normally quiet students becoming more engaged during a hands-on canyon-building activity.
   

3. Moab's Soup Bowl raises more than $19k for the Wellness Collective (moabsunnews.com) — Moab's Soup Bowl fundraiser raised more than $19,200 for the Wellness Collective, but its volunteer potters are taking 2027 off. After nearly 500 volunteer hours this year, organizers say the sold-out event needs a more sustainable format, possibly with non-potters handling planning or a shift to every other year.
   

4. BLM investigates vandalism on petroglyphs near Moab (westernslopenow.com) — BLM investigators are seeking whoever carved names into or near prehistoric rock art at two sites near Moab, along Highway 279 and near Hell's Revenge. The agency says damage to these protected cultural resources cannot be fully restored. Anyone with information can call Moab BLM law enforcement at 435-259-2131.
   

5. UNM faculty member develops method to trace ancient Pueblo azurite sources (unm.edu) — Blue mineral samples used by Ancestral Pueblo communities likely came mostly from Lisbon Valley near Moab, researchers found. By comparing isotopes in archaeological azurite with known mineral sources, the team developed a way to trace the pigment’s origins and better understand travel and exchange across the Southwest about 1,400 years ago.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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