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City and county officials are scheduled to meet Feb. 12 to try to work out the CRA issue.
Read More »‘Y’all Better Work It Out’: Legislators Give Advice on Settling Gainesville CRA Dispute
Alachua County, City of Gainesville Will Try To Work Out Dispute Over CRA Funding
At Tuesday’s meeting the commissioners voted 3-2 to work with the lobbyist and City of Gainesville attorney to discuss options for amendments to the bill.
Read More »$224,105: Gainesville Releases Its Cost Total From Richard Spencer Event
The City of Gainesville will not ask the University of Florida to reimburse its cost associated with Richard Spencer’s visit.
Read More »Gainesville Officials Lay Out Vision For Improved Future In Annual State Of The City Address
Mayor Lauren Poe and city officials highlighted 2017 and laid out their vision for Gainesville to become a new kind of city.
Read More »Untold Florida: Why Isn’t SW 8th Avenue Near Tioga Open Yet?
Will it have a red-light or a traffic roundabout? That decision nearly held up the project longer.
Read More »Untold Florida: How Much Arsenic Is In City of Gainesville Tap Water?
This story emerged from an audience question. Submit your curiosities for Untold Florida, and we’ll find the answer.
Read More »City Wants Ideas for Duval Park, And You Have Another Week To Suggest Them
The new deadline is Jan. 16.
Read More »National Wal-Mart Crime Problem No Different in Gainesville
Crime incident data for the past two years downloaded from the city of Gainesville’s open data site shows the top locations with the most reported incidents in 2017 were Gainesville’s three Wal-Mart stores.`
Read More »After Losing Pig, Gainesville Woman Hopes City Changes Code On Pets
Rachel Nosacka was forced to re-home Buddy, her miniature pot-bellied pig, after the city of Gainesville said it was against code to own a pig as a pet.
Read More »Commissioner Hopes Decades-Long Plan Will Take Gainesville To Zero Waste
Commissioner Adrian Hayes-Santos' plan — first talked about officially in August but a long-term idea he's had since before he was elected in 2016 — includes recommendations for across the city, including its businesses and homes. They include requiring some restaurants to separate and compost food waste and prohibiting single-use plastic bags and Styrofoam.
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