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🌱 Patch AM: How your coffee chats with councilmembers could reshape Dixon’s future growth

And on the Dixon Patch calendar - Field of Dreams BBQ

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Cheers Dixon! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How your coffee chats with councilmembers could reshape Dixon's future growth
  • How new solar kits will change science class in Dixon schools
  • Dixon firefighters helped battle a deadly English Hills house fire

Also on today's calendar: Cigar Night and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Not as warm, turning breezy, with a high of 80 and low of 56 degrees.
  • Thursday: Sunny and pleasantly cool, temps: high: 80, low: 53.
  • Friday: Sun-soaked conditions, with a high of 91 and low of 57 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

📰 News we're reading

• Dixon Leaders Swap the Dias for Coffee Counters to Put Resident Voices First (independentvoice.com) — Dixon residents just wrapped up a month of informal "Coffee with a Councilmember" meetups, where they spoke directly with city leaders about growth, traffic, and local businesses. These conversations feed into the city's Dixon Grown initiative and upcoming environmental review for major development plans, giving locals more chances to shape how Dixon grows and where new projects go.
   

• Teachers Trained in Solar School Curriculum (independentvoice.com) — Teachers from Dixon High School and John Knight Middle School are now bringing hands-on solar energy lessons into local classrooms after completing a specialized training in Winters. Using We Care Solar's suitcase-style kits, Dixon students will build working solar setups, collect real data, and connect science lessons to global energy access challenges and future STEM careers.
   

• 1 Found Dead In Residential Fire In Solano County (patch.com) — Firefighters from Dixon were among several agencies called to a deadly house fire in the remote English Hills area north of Vacaville, where one occupant was found deceased. The blaze spread to nearby vegetation and an exterior garage, briefly prompting evacuations before crews contained the half-acre vegetation fire and secured the scene.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Carlisle Companies Incorporated posted a job opening for EHS Specialist in Dixon. Apply here.
  • University of California Davis posted a job opening for Junior Specialist - Plant Transformation Facility (PTF) in Davis. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Dixon here.

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  • Vacaville animal sanctuary launches fundraising campaign (thereporter.com)

Ok Dixon! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Black eyed peas can sing us a song but chick peas can only hummus one. (Thank you Bev H. for sending it in!)
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