While no known accident has yet been caused by an awkward U-turn, eight car crashes have been reported within 100 feet of Main and Southwest 16th streets since January, according to traffic crash reports provided by Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
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Gainesville residents filled the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention Wednesday as Mayor Lauren Poe and new Interim City Manager Deborah Bowie presented the state of the city in 2019.
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The city commission accepted his resignation on Thursday, a week after some commissioners had complained about his management style and problems with employee morale.
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Gigi Simmons is a lifelong resident of the Porters community in east Gainesville, and as of May 17, she is the newest city commissioner to represent District 1 on the commission. Representing an area of Gainesville with some of the highest levels of poverty, Simmons began her tenure as commissioner …
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“Florida is the strangest state. It’s the butt of everyone’s joke. But at the same time, it’s not a single thing. It’s a multitude of stories layered on top of one another.”
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The revitalization of downtown Gainesville continued on Saturday with the grand opening of The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention.
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Mayor Lauren Poe and city officials highlighted 2017 and laid out their vision for Gainesville to become a new kind of city.
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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 Cade Museum of Creativity and Invention in Gainesville is set to bring its Maker Molecular program to a close in December.
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Gainesville children will soon have new industrial-themed playground and park where they can play while they learn about the local environment and history. Depot Park, which features a 50-foot customized train playground with a 14-foot-tall smokestack, is expected to attract adventure-seeking kids from more than just the Gainesville area. The park has a soft opening Aug. 1 and a grand opening Aug. 20.
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