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🌱 Patch AM: Could your Pasadena storefront qualify for up to $50,000 in upgrades?

Also check out Silence into Song: 2,977 Voices Remembered on the Pasadena Patch calendar

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Hello Pasadena! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Could your Pasadena storefront qualify for up to $50,000 in upgrades?
  • How a Pasadena girls school modernized a mansion without losing its soul.

Also on today's calendar: Silence into Song: 2,977 Voices Remembered and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What happened to the pregnant cat that ate yarn? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Warm with clouds and sun, with a high of 96 and low of 78 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and hot, temps: high: 101, low: 76.
  • Thursday: Hot with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 96 and low of 73 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Video Pasadena EDC offers a facelift plan for local brick and mortar businesses. (pasadenian.com) — Pasadena business owners can now tap the city's Economic Development Corporation Facade Forward Grant, which covers 50% of eligible exterior upgrades up to $50,000. The program is meant to refresh storefronts, strengthen local businesses, and brighten commercial corridors, and owners are encouraged to check the online guidelines to see if their location qualifies.
   

• An Esteemed Girls School Receives Modern Updates from an All-female Design-build Team (retrofitmagazine.com) — Mayfield Senior School in Pasadena has completed a major $17.5 million modernization of its historic Strub Hall, led by an all-female design and construction team. The project preserved the mansion's Beaux-Arts character while adding seismic upgrades, accessibility improvements, and tech-enabled classrooms, earning a Pasadena Heritage Design Award and enhancing daily life for students and staff.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Tuesday September 8
  • Coffee with the Principal
    Washington Elementary STEM Magnet School Pasadena, CA 91101
    8:15 am
  • School Tour
    Jackson STEM Dual Language Magnet Academy Pasadena, CA 91101
    8:30 am
  • Closed Session Board of Education Meeting
    San Marino Unified 1665 West Dr, San Marino, CA 91108, USA
    5:30 pm
  • Board of Education Meeting
    South Pasadena Unified District Office Board Room
    6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • LOST CAT her name is pepper she just turned 5yrs went missing sometime around 09/05/26 @ 3- 10pm she had a collar on with an air tag we assume it was removed by someone since we found it sitting in the grass nowhere where it could've been snagged on
    and it was unbuckled. Please if you see her or have any idea where she might be contact me. She means the world to me please please help me. (Nextdoor Madison Heights Pasadena)
  • La Cabanita is the BEST mexican food EVER - the team are quality, kind and hard working men and women.
    I have gone to La Cabanita for 25 years consistently never disappointed. It is NOT overpriced, it can be a bit loud depending on where you sit but it… (Nextdoor Downtown-Fair Oaks)
  • Fish Window Cleaning posted a job opening for Future Opening: Window Service Associate in Arcadia. Apply here.
  • Healthcare Services Group posted a job opening for Housekeeper (Part Time) in Glendale. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pasadena here.

🗞 Nearby News

Altadena

  • Altadena leaders encourage early-bird sign-ups for second-annual Forever Run (pasadenastarnews.com)
  • Synergy Signature Homes Launches Sunset Showroom (palipost.com)
  • Why more homeowners across the U.S. are turning to an insurance that offers less coverage (inquirer.com)

San Marino

Ok Pasadena! 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: She had mittens! (Thank you April M. for sending it in!)
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