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🌱 Patch AM: How Springfield students still get museum art experiences during renovations

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Hi there, Springfield! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Springfield students still get museum art experiences during renovations
  • How much holiday food Springfield really throws away—and how to cut it
  • How a former hotel lot will become Route 66’s new plaza

Also on today's calendar: Candlelight: Christmas Carols on Strings and 7 more events.

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Today's riddle: What did one astronaut stranded on the moon say to another? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Friday: Cooler; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 49 and low of 39 degrees.
  • Saturday: Breezy with clouds and sun, temps: high: 60, low: 30.
  • Sunday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 52 and low of 35 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Springfield Art Museum receives 2 grants to support outreach and education during renovations (ky3.com) — Springfield Art Museum is keeping its programs alive during renovations thanks to two new grants totaling $65,000 that fund off-site outreach and fifth-grade art education. While the museum building is closed, Art is Everywhere and in-school field trips are bringing hands-on art experiences directly into Springfield neighborhoods and classrooms, reaching thousands of local kids and adults.
   

2. City of Springfield offers tips to reduce holiday food waste (ky3.com) — Springfield’s landfill nearly doubles its intake between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, much of it food waste, and city environmental staff are urging residents to change holiday habits. They recommend better leftover storage, creative reuse, composting, and reusable dishes to cut methane-producing trash and ease pressure on the local landfill.
   

3. Plans moving forward for Route 66 plaza in downtown Springfield (ozarksfirst.com) — City leaders are moving ahead with a new “Birthplace of Route 66 Plaza” in downtown Springfield, thanks to a land donation from Missouri State University at Jefferson and Park Central East. The Rotary Club plans to build the plaza on a former Colonial Hotel site in time for next April’s Route 66 Centennial Celebration, adding a new historic attraction to the city center.
   

4. C-Street shops gear up for Super Saturday shopping rush (ozarksfirst.com) — C-Street shops in north Springfield are gearing up for Super Saturday, expected to be the busiest shopping day of the season and a major boost for local businesses. Store owners say they’re seeing more customers seeking unique, meaningful gifts despite tariff-related cost pressures, and many are planning discounts and cozy touches like hot chocolate to draw in last-minute shoppers.
   

5. At candlelight vigil, Springfield animal shelter honors puppies found dead (sgfcitizen.org) — Rescue One in Springfield held a candlelight vigil to honor four puppies the nonprofit says were found dead, while three surviving littermates continue to recover in foster care. The shelter and Springfield-Greene County Health Department highlight ongoing animal cruelty investigations and urge residents to report concerns, as Rescue One works to expand services and build a new facility on Nichols Street.
   

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    Friday December 19
  • Ozarks Lyric Opera
    Gillioz Theatre, 325 Park Central E, Springfield
    7:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Friday December 19
  • Storytime @ Rogersville
    Rogersville Branch Library , 104 Beatie St , Rogersville
    10:30 am
    • Saturday December 20
  • SELF CARE SATURDAY SOUND BATH
    Lavish Sound , 7342 W Farm Rd 170 b , Republic
    10:30 am
    • Monday December 22
  • Family Crafternoon
    Willard Branch Library , 304 E Jackson St , Willard
    3:00 pm
  • BB vs Hillcrest
    Glendale High Springfield, MO 65802
    4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • PUPPIES!!!!
    Free to a GOOD home!!! These little guys are ready to go!! They’re Dalmatian/lab and blue healer/possible lab mix… there’s 8 of them left. 6 female… (Nextdoor Doling)
  • OUR RIPLEY IS STILL MISSING!
    Cold temperatures and wet ground have hit us so worried about her. Please help find her for her sake. Hoping anyone finds our dog, Ripley. She’s a… (Nextdoor Chesterfield Village)
  • Melville Road Bridge to OPEN in #Springfield West Norton Road, west of Melville Road (Farm Road 127) OPEN 9. Friday, December 19 East Norton Road... (X: MoDOT_Southwest)
  • With a policy change, the Ozark School District’s Board of Education confirmed Tuesday that its high school will remain non-ranked. The new policy... (X: sgfcitizen)
  • Kirkland's posted a job opening for Stock Team Member - Kirkland's Home - Part Time in Springfield. Apply here.
  • Missouri Staffing posted a job opening for Janitorial Maintenance in Springfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Springfield here.

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