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🌱 How Kissimmee’s new Thrive Studios is reshaping affordable housing on 192

Morning Kissimmee! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Kissimmee’s new Thrive Studios is reshaping affordable housing on 192
  • Planning your June? See what’s riding into Silver Spurs Arena.
  • Kissimmee man among 15 arrested in Central Florida child-predator sting

Also on today's calendar: STEM Adventures at Kiddie Academy of St. Cloud .

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Warm with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 88 and low of 64 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and warm, temps: high: 88, low: 67.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny and warm, with a high of 89 and low of 66 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. It's a time to Thrive in a new home (aroundosceola.com) — A new 33-unit affordable housing community, Thrive Studios, has opened at U.S. 192 and Armstrong Avenue in Kissimmee, offering formerly unhoused or cost-burdened residents a permanent place to live. Local, county, state, and federal leaders joined Hope Partnership to celebrate the hotel-to-housing conversion, which they say is just one step toward easing Osceola County’s broader housing affordability crisis.
   

2. Red, White & Rodeo: 157th Silver Spurs Rodeo Brings Bulls, Broncs & Patriot Pride June 5–6; Tickets On Sale Now (positivelyosceola.com) — Kissimmee’s Silver Spurs Arena will host the 157th Silver Spurs Rodeo on June 5–6, offering two nights of classic rodeo action starting at 7:30 p.m. Families can enjoy bull riding, barrel racing, and more, plus special tributes and complimentary meal vouchers for military members with paid admission. Organizers urge locals to arrive early and gear up for high-energy evenings.
   

3. Orlando police: 15 arrested in sting targeting child predators (orlandosentinel.com) — Kissimmee residents should know that one local man is among 15 suspects arrested in a major Orlando-area sting targeting alleged child predators. Orlando police and federal agents say the undercover operation, which began in late March, involved officers posing online as teens or adults seeking minors, with most cases expected to be prosecuted by the Orange-Osceola State Attorney’s Office.
   

4. Influencer Clavicular hospitalized in Miami after suspected overdose during livestream (wesh.com) — Kissimmee gets a brief but important mention in a wider story about influencer Braden “Clavicular” Peters, who was recently investigated after a fight between two women at an Airbnb he rented in the city. Weeks later, he was hospitalized in Miami following a suspected overdose during a livestream, after previously being arrested in Fort Lauderdale on a related battery charge.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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