Food pantries that rely on donations often face problems providing healthy food to low-resource populations. One partial solution for people who depend on food pantries in Gainesville is foraging and gardening to obtain fruits and vegetables.
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Shelley Postle and MaKenzie Boyer, who works for Meridian Behavioral Healthcare, are only a call away for those who are battling mental illness and in an emotionally charged situation. In April 2018, the Gainesville Police Department and Meridian formed the city’s first co-responder program.
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Some Gainesville residents are criticizing the city commission for spending city money on catered meals. The residents argue it's an unnecessary expense, while the commissioners argue it's a convenience issue.
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Florida is the most dangerous state in the U.S. for pedestrians, according to Dangerous by Design 2019, a report that calculated the total fatalities of pedestrians throughout the U.S. 5,433 occurred in Florida in a ten year span.
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The city is now in the final stages of working with the University of Florida to settle on an integrative agreement to bring dockless scooters to the area.
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Two upcoming hi-tech test projects could improve traffic flow and increase safety around the University of Florida’s main campus.
Read More »A longstanding dispute between the Fraternal Order of Police and the city of Gainesville will now be decided by a state agency.
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Midtown neighborhoods and businesses benefit from their proximity to the University of Florida campus, but residents must deal with the remains of revelers, particularly during football season where tailgating is a time honored tradition.
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In east Gainesville, the $ 5.1 million Southeast 4th Street reconstruction project is aimed to fix a road suffering from alligator cracking.
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Six new Nissan LEAFs, an all-electric model, are now available for Gainesville city employees to use. This is the first phase of a two-year pilot program.
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