Business and development

At the end of 2018, St. Michael’s Episcopal Church was torn down before a meeting that could have marked it as a historic landmark and preserved it for at least one year.

The new reserve includes a two-mile walking trail, a bike rack and informational signage describing the local flora and fauna. ICI Homes plans to open the site on May 23.

Celebration Pointe's owner introduces a bill to invest $2.5 million on a sports complex, speeding up the inauguration to October 2022.

After successfully advocating for the relocation of a Confederate statue and changing the name of a local school, Gainesville activists are now eyeing further changes.

At Tuesday's Alachua County Commission meeting, Deputy County Manager for Public Works and Growth Management James Harriott announced the current schedule for the project has the center’s first major event targeted for Jan. 7, 2023.

Next month, the fairgrounds will complete their move from their previous location near the Gainesville Regional Airport to the Alachua County Agriculture and Equestrian Center, formerly known as the Canterbury Equestrian Showplace.

Williston, Florida has a population of less than 3,000. But Homestead Tiny House Co. chose it as the location for a new tiny house resort.

For those Gainesville businesses for which the day of cards, flowers, chocolates, jewelry, dinner dates and lingerie is the second most profitable of the year, after Mother’s Day, it remains to be seen whether customers will leave them heartbroken because of the pandemic.

The How Bazar's partnership with Sitti Soap is connecting the women of the Jerash Refugee Camp in Jordan to Gainesville through masks.