Corrine Brown began her prison sentence, Alachua County and Gainesville leaders squabbled over seemingly every issue large and small, and six weeks into the new year, the Valentine’s Day school shooting in Parkland changed much about what was to unfold. It was a busy year in local and statewide Florida …
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Two years after a report called a walk through Dignity Village "devastating," city officials are still working toward closing it down.
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City and county officials have tried for two years to make it so bus riders won’t have to cross the dangerous street.
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The board, made up of city and county commissioners and a member of the Gainesville Housing Authority, met Monday to strategize ways to phase residents out of Dignity Village and transition Gainesville’s homeless into temporary and permanent supportive housing.
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Read More »On Monday, the Alachua County Commission unanimously affirmed the Gainesville City Commission's decision of ranking the Alachua County Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry as the top vendor to enter negotiation talks.
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A local veterinarian makes a trip to the Dignity Village homeless encampment in Gainesville on the third Sunday of every month.
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Volunteers are trying to assess the number of homeless people in five North Central Florida counties and figure out the needs of the homeless community.
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The intersection of Northeast 39th Avenue and Northeast 28th Drive has been the scene of two accidents where pedestrians have been hit by cars.
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Alachua County Commissioner Robert Hutchinson is planning to welcome homeless residents into his home during Hurricane Irma.
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