🌱 Patch AM: How a Dunedin jeweler finally cut ties with a demanding customer

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

In today's newsletter:

• How a Dunedin jeweler finally cut ties with a demanding customer
• What Dunedin’s closed marina and new roundabouts mean after a wild 2025
• Will Dunedin’s Blue Jays spring training help revive Canadian tourism?

Also on today's calendar: Angelic Alignment - a 21-Day Journey of Connection, Clarity and Divine Guidance and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: I think I’ll wear only one boot today. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Cool with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 58 and low of 53 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 68, low: 51.
• Friday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, with a high of 70 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 9 More Tales of Customers You Had to Fire (instoremag.com) — A Dunedin jeweler, Susan M., shares a memorable story about a demanding customer who made her hunt for the “perfect gold chain,” only to later find one under her bed. Her tale appears in a national roundup of jewelers’ most difficult customers, highlighting how even seasoned professionals in places like Dunedin sometimes have to draw the line with problem clients.
   

• 2025 Year in Review: Pinellas County (tbnweekly.com) — Dunedin readers will want to know the city’s marina stayed mostly closed in 2025 after hurricanes Helene and Milton, with a $3 million repair project underway and completion expected in 2026, and two new Skinner Boulevard roundabouts now open. The broader Pinellas County recap also covers hurricane recovery, shrinking school enrollment, major redevelopment projects, transportation upgrades, and leadership shakeups across neighboring cities.
   

• Canadian travel plummets, local stakeholders remain ‘bullish' (stpetecatalyst.com) — Dunedin’s long-running role as the Toronto Blue Jays’ spring training home could give local tourism a boost this February, even as Canadian travel to Pinellas County has dropped sharply. County tourism leaders say international visits and hotel occupancy are down, but they remain optimistic thanks to strong overall visitor spending and expectations that key markets will rebound.
   

📸 Around Dunedin

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Dunedin

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Friday January 2

• A Course in Miracles
  Unity Community Church , 1315 Bayshore Boulevard , Dunedin
  10:00 am

Tuesday January 6

• Angelic Alignment - a 21-Day Journey of Connection, Clarity and Divine Guidance
  Zoom
  6:30 pm

Saturday January 10

• 7th AnnualTarpon Springs Sponge Docks Craft Festival
  735 Dodecanese Blvd , Tarpon Springs
  10:00 am
• The JOY Reset 2026 - A Half-Day Visioning Workshop to Reflect, Release & Realign for the New Year
  Zoom
  1:00 pm

Sunday January 11

• Creative Artists Guild Art in the Park
  John R. Lawrence Pioneer Park , 420 Main St , Dunedin
  9:00 am

Monday January 12

• Free Ayurvedic Cooking Class
  Nature's Food Patch Market & Café , 966 Douglas Ave , Dunedin
  6:00 pm

📣 Dunedin Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 31

• Stories and Sensory Play for Preschoolers (Registration Required)
  Clearwater Main Library , 100 N Osceola Ave , Clearwater
  11:00 am
• New Years Eve - Comedy Show w/ Headliner Jimmy Kopteros
  Clearwater Comedy Club , 483 Mandalay Ave #210 , Clearwater
  7:30 pm
• Clearwater, FL - OCC Road House - 8:00 PM
  OCC Road House & Museum , 10575 49th Street N , Clearwater
  9:00 pm

Thursday January 1

• Community Coffee Hour at Palm Harbor Library
  Palm Harbor Library , 2330 Nebraska Ave , Palm Harbor
  7:30 am
• Business Success Series
  Palm Harbor Library , 2330 Nebraska Ave , Palm Harbor
  11:30 am

Friday January 2

• A Course in Miracles
  Unity Community Church , 1315 Bayshore Boulevard , Dunedin
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• SENIOR VOLINTEERING ..
  Does anyone know where I can volunteer? Not sure what opportunities there are or which l would be most suited . Just exploring the options (Nextdoor Dunedin Commons)
• Hey there.
  Wondering if you all might know anyone that could update river rock around the sides of the house as well as the patio around the pool. It appears… (Nextdoor Fairway Estates)

• KitchFix posted a job opening for Cook in Dunedin. Apply here.
• Taco Bell posted a job opening for Late Night Team Member in Clearwater. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Dunedin here.

🗞 Nearby News

Clearwater

• No Swimming Allowed On Parts Of Clearwater Beach: Fire Officials (patch.com)

Palm Harbor

• Former coach's trolley tour offers history lesson in St. Petersburg pro baseball (tbnweekly.com)

Tarpon Springs

Ok Dunedin! 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

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