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Representatives of CHW Professional Consultants proposed the area could be used for new businesses and a small park.
Read More »Plan Board Rejects Plan To Tear Down St. Michael’s Church And Build Businesses
Why Some Northwest Gainesville Residents Are Trying To Save An Abandoned Church
Stores like Starbucks, Walgreens, a fast-food restaurant and a bank with a two-lane drive-thru would be built in the church's place.
Read More »Pastor Owner Expresses Conflict Over Environmentalism, Economics in Stormwater Bill
A local pastor has experienced firsthand the conflict between efforts to protect Gainesville's water systems and tight personal budgets.
Read More »Some Waldo Residents Looking For Easier Access To Healthier Food Options
Waldo, Florida, is not considered officially as a food desert on the USDA’s most updated food desert map from 2015. However, the town has a limited amount of options for grocery shopping, especially for residents without a car, or for the families relying on SNAP benefits.
Read More »For Windsor And Rochelle, Citrus And Weather Shaped Future
Once developed hubs for the citrus industry, these two communities now bear little resemblance to the agricultural centers they were in the mid-19th century. Instead, today they boast small-town values and fellowship as well as sleepy oak-canopied dirt roads.
Read More »Authorities And Businesses Concerned About Newberry Road On-Street Parking. Can It Be Fixed?
Finding a place to park has become increasingly difficult on 38th Street to the light at 43rd Street. Gainesville city commissioners are trying to solve the issue, while some local businesses disagree with the solution they offer.
Read More »After Florida Rampage, Some Owners Are Destroying Their Guns
In response to the killings of 17 people at a Parkland school by a 19-year-old with an AR-15, some gun owners across the country are waging personal protests against mass shootings by destroying their own guns.
Read More »Health Clinic ‘Inspires’ UF Student Volunteers To Offer Care
The fluorescent lights burn and buzz above patients sitting in the waiting room. It’s quiet. People sit in rows of blue-cushioned waiting room chairs for their chance to see a physician. Some don’t have addresses. Others have limited or no insurance. And on the other side of the waiting room …
Read More »’10 Can’ Helps Veterans And First Responders Relax With Fishing And Hunting Programs
10 CAN Inc aims to help veterans and first responders identify activities, such as fishing, hunting or agriculture, to help them cope with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Read More »Trump Hears Wrenching Tales At School Violence Meeting
Spilling out wrenching tales of lost lives and stolen security, students with quavering voices and parents shaking with anger appealed to President Donald Trump on Wednesday to set politics aside and protect American school children from the scourge of gun violence. Trump sat rapt and motionless, listening intently as raw emotions reverberated at the White House.
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