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🌱 Patch AM: Ridgefield Arts Council Faces Leadership Changes As Three Members Plan Departures

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In today's newsletter:

  • Key Arts Council resignations could reshape Ridgefield's cultural planning

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  • Thursday: Humid with a t-storm possible, with a high of 80 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Ridgefield Arts Council Faces Leadership Changes As Three Members Plan Departures (patch.com) — Ridgefield residents will see major changes on the Arts Council as three members, including Co-Chair Colleen Cash, plan to step down while others stay to help guide succession. The council is keeping its 2027 lamp post banner program focused on local arts nonprofits, continuing Cultural District work, and beginning early planning for Make Music Day and the 2027–28 budget. These decisions shape how Ridgefield's cultural life and events will be organized over the next few years.
   

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