The amphitheater being considered for Depot Park in downtown Gainesville is already being met with marked opposition. Talk of it has been happening for about 15 years, but with it gaining noticeable traction recently, dozens of complaints have poured into city commissioners’ email inboxes, starting mainly in September.
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The city of Gainesville has installed a new parking-payment system that will allow drivers to pay via the mobile app Passport Parking instead of just with change.
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With more weddings in Alachua, local businesses have felt the economic effect of a growing industry that impacts venue owners and related businesses from makeup artists to dress shops.
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The Alachua County Board of County Commissioners and the Alachua County Farmers’ Market are discussing the revisions to the market’s lease to allow petitioners and solicitors access inside.
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For Pride week in Gainesville, the Human Rights Council of North Central Florida (HRCNCF) organized a panel discussion on conversion therapy and used it as an opportunity to promote their upcoming attempt to ban the practice throughout the city.
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The Alachua County Faith Leaders Alliance gathered on Monday afternoon to a delivered remarks praising inclusivity, diversity and acceptance.
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The renovations are complete, but student government is still determining how to use the learning center at Newell Hall, a space designed specifically for students to study and collaborate.
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While some of Gainesville small businesses and artists struggle amid growing competition and the influence of online stores, other embraced new technologies in an attempt to increase sales.
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Two housing complexes in midtown Gainesville — one a new, glitzy citadel of high living and high rent, the other a 86-year-old compound of communal chores and meals — are part of the old-versus-new housing shift happening along the periphery of UF, the state's top public university but one that attracts students from all socioeconomic classes.
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Board members of the Alachua County Farmers Market complained to Alachua County commissioners at Tuesday's commission meeting that solicitors are disrupting the market. They said solicitors scare away customers and don't have to pay dues to rent spaces like regular vendors.
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