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Opus Coffee owners are planning to open two new Gainesville locations this fall.
Read More »Opus Coffee Unveiling Two New Non-Hospital Locations
What Having The Cheesecake Factory In Gainesville Says About The City’s Retail Growth
Cheesecake Factory has 16 other locations in Florida.
Read More »Plan Proposed For Abandoned Building To Become ‘Hip, Trendy, Cool’ Plaza And Condominiums
Located at 2002 NW 13th St. – a few blocks north of Gainesville High School, the 4-story building once housed office facilities.
Read More »‘Power District’ Offers Options And Hurdles For Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency
The Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency is working on behalf of Gainesville Regional Utilities and the city to facilitate the 17-acre district between downtown and Depot Park.
Read More »Gainesville Is The City Affected The Most By Poverty In Florida, Analysis Reports
A recent article on 247wallst.com found that Gainesville has the highest poverty rate – 30% – in Florida.
Read More »Gainesville Residents Uncertain On City’s Quest To Build Its Own Internet Network
A telecommunications consultant hired by the Gainesville City Commission conducted a residential survey of 370 potential internet customers to gauge interest in a city-owned network.
Read More »Neighboring Cities, Other Entities Weigh Partnering With Gainesville To Improve Internet
Gainesville’s bid to seek municipal partners for building a broadband network is getting mixed initial reviews.
Read More »1,778-Acre Site Planned Development Could Be Rezoned As Agricultural Land
Gainesville City Commissioners say it will be a long time before a decision will be made about a 1,778-acre site that is a massive mixed-use development area.
Read More »Real Estate And Sea Level Rise: A Buyer’s Guide
By Brendan Rivers In the Tampa Bay area, Pinellas County is teaching real estate agents how to field questions about flooding — an increasingly common concern when homebuyers talk to Realtors. “They really are the boots on the ground for all of the floodplain managers everywhere,” said Lisa Foster, the county’s floodplain administrator. She developed the Real Estate Flood Disclosure training program, a first of its kind in Florida. Realtors are eager, she said, to take the classes on everything
Read More »No One Yet Knows The Gainesville Job Corps Center’s Future, But This Is Its Past
Even before Hurricane Irma, more than a half-century of shifting purposes and environmental hazards sometimes restrained students eager to learn and staff willing to help, a WUFT News investigation found.
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