Sweetwater Organic Coffee Company, known for importing beans from countries like Peru, Colombia and Guatemala, is feeling the financial strain of sweeping tariffs announced earlier this year by former President Donald Trump.

That vision became reality at Zip! at Haile Quarry, home to six zip lines, including Florida’s longest and its longest ADA-compliant line. The latter is named “Jordan’s Jamboree,” in honor of Glant’s son, Jordan, who passed away at age four.

Alachua County begins preliminary design to expand 3.84 miles of Archer road from Southwest 75th St. to Southwest 122nd St. from a two-lane to a four-lane highway.

Big Lee’s popularity and the traffic it has brought to Ocala are just a glimpse of the area’s changing business demographics. From 2023 to 2024, Ocala’s population increased by 4%, making it the nation’s fastest-growing metropolitan area, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

To rejuvenate the community and attract visitors, the Waldo Historical Society is hosting its first annual Sweet Potato Festival and Car Display on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Waldo City Square.

The final vote was 2-2, with Commissioner Shirley Green Brown absent for medical reasons. Without a majority vote, the motion failed.

More than 50 vendors lined the walkways at Celebration Pointe on Thursday for the 10th annual GCM Food Festival, a spring tradition that brings food lovers, families and small business owners together.

The City of Gainesville plans to make renovations to the downtown Streatery, a stretch of Southwest 1st Avenue that has been closed off to traffic since September 2020.

The Midtown parking lot has been a popular food truck area since 2022. But a proposed housing development threatens to displace the remaining two vendors.

The Army Reserve is nearing completion on the construction of a facility on a 100-acre property near the Gainesville Regional Airport that will provide the community with economic benefits and military support.