Tag Archives: Community Redevelopment Agency

Struggling with adjusting to the new conditions imposed by the pandemic, the Priest Theatre, the mainstay of downtown High Springs, will soon close.

The new plan will set a course for the city department's intended revitalizations in blighted areas.

Commissioners passionately expressed their disappointments, concerns, rebuttals and hope for the future before unanimously approving a motion to add a discussion of racial and equity disparities to the agenda of the next joint meeting.

The 4As town hall meeting at the Alachua County Health Department was designed as a moment to bring everyone up to speed on the latest in East Gainesville development and help bridge a division between city and county leaders.

A proposed Alachua County sports arena has run headlong into the politics of a decades-long effort to inject more economic activity into East Gainesville.

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.

District 1 is comprised of historically black neighborhoods like Porters and Pleasant Street, along with much of East Gainesville.

The Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency is working on behalf of Gainesville Regional Utilities and the city to facilitate the 17-acre district between downtown and Depot Park.

Banners with advertisements line the streets of downtown High Springs. Many business owners have complained to the city about aggressive sales tactics from the company selling the advertising space.

The lot located at 1717 SE 8 Ave. in East Gainesville is slotted to hold 34 new homes, 11 of which will be affordable housing.