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GRACE Marketplace's Request For One-Time Additional Funding Approved By County Commission

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GRACE Marketplace, a homeless resource center and shelter in Gainesville, asked the Alachua County Commission to provide additional funding for case management work needed to wrap up the closure of Dignity Village, a homeless tent camp that bordered the shelter. The commission approved the funding, despite it falling outside their budget.

Valentina is a reporter for WUFT News who can be reached by calling 352-392-6397 or emailing news@wuft.org.