The City of Gainesville is looking for performers to take part in a focus group that will help create guidelines for a new city initiative that would allow creatives to perform street shows in downtown Gainesville. The city commission has set aside $25,000 to start the program, which would be …
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Santa Fe College will host an admissions event for Spanish-speaking students and their families who may be considering applying for admission to the school.
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Ninety-one-year-old Jan DeLuc loves to volunteer her time with Family Promise of Gainesville, a nonprofit that mobilizes local resources to help homeless families. This year was DeLuc’s third year volunteering in the Bed Race, one of Family Promise’s key fundraiser events. The event has multiple teams run down a track …
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After a long Tuesday of work, LaShay Johnson, 35, makes her way to the courthouse, where she volunteers as a judge with Alachua County’s Teen Court. She is a community partner with the nonprofit organization, Alachua County Health Promotion & Wellness Coalition, to help provide resources to teens. For six …
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The Florida Department of Health in Alachua County is developing a Hepatitis C clinic in the next 60 days for uninsured residents to be treated and cured of this disease — a step to counteract health disparities in East Gainesville.
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Betty Stewart-Fullwood was a student assistant at the University of Florida when protests for equality sprung up on campus. She yearned to be part of the change. Now, 50 years later, the Matheson History Museum is opening an exhibit that spotlights the civil rights movement in Gainesville and these Black …
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