🌱 Phoenix Makes NYT List + Airport Aids Travelers With Dementia

Get on up, Phoenix! Let's get you started this Wednesday with everything you need to know going on around town today.

First, today's weather:

Sunshine, and unseasonably cool. Have you dug out your sweatshirts yet? High: 75 Low: 53.

Here are the top stories in Phoenix today:

1. A new cutting-edge cancer-detection technology is available completely free to Phoenix police and firefighters, thanks to a partnership between the city and Vincere Cancer Center. The early-detection test is called "Galleri." The city is hoping the test will save lives with cases of occupational cancer on the rise. (FOX 10 News Phoenix)
2. Sky Harbor's Compassion Cacti program aims to give travelers with hidden disabilities some extra assistance. The program provides special lanyards to people with hidden disabilities to help airport staff identify them. Anyone with dementia or who is traveling with someone who has dementia can apply for the program to get some extra assistance at the airport. (KJZZ)
3. Phoenix restaurant Tratto earned a coveted spot on the New York Times "2021 Restaurant List." Tratto was founded by award-winning chef Chris Bianco. The restaurant prepares food and drinks in collaboration with farmers, ranchers, millers and local artisans. (Phoenix Patch)
4. Single-family homebuilding permits in Phoenix trended down over the summer, even though they were still almost 30 percent higher than this time last year. They've been on a downward trend since June. (ABC15 Arizona)

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Today in Phoenix:

• Corte Bella Market. (10 a.m.)
• Listening Through the Fear: Understanding Extremism in America with Rory Gilbert. (6 p.m.)
• Taxes in Retirement seminar. (6 p.m.)
• Estate Planning seminar. (6 p.m.)
• October Governing Board Meeting — Alhambra High School. (7 p.m.)

Phoenix Patch Notebook

• Arizona Humane Society: "Quick! Name something cuter than a Pittie in PJs... we bet you can’t! Happy #NationalPitBullAwarenessMonth from adoptable Pittie, Cury! Need a cuddle buddy as the Arizona weather gets cooler? Look no further than Cury! Cury is a 2-year-old deaf American Pit Bull Terrier who walks great on a leash and loves playing in water. Cury is hoping to spend the fall season taking long walks and then lounging in PJs with her furever family." (Facebook)
• Phoenix Police Department: "Helping a friend who is in an abusive relationship can be a difficult topic to tackle. There are resources that can help guide you at acesdv.org/abuse-defined/ #DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth #PaintPHXPurple" (Facebook)
• Phoenix Public Library: "Get a Library card! Come visit us for a free Phoenix Public Library card at any of our 17 Valley locations. Use your library card to enjoy books, audiobooks, online classes, magazines, music and movies." (Facebook)
• City of Phoenix Water Services Department: "Interested in learning how you can be a part of conserving #water in Arizona? Join the Phoenix Water Wrangler Institute volunteer program to learn about water and the importance of water stewardship!" (Facebook)

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— Caitlin Sievers

About me: I'm a passionate writer and photographer who worked as a reporter and editor for various publications in the Midwest before landing in Phoenix. I have seven roommates. Four of them are cats. Contact me at caitlin.sievers@patch.com with story ideas and feedback.

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