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After a yearlong intermission and a $1.8 million renovation, Bo Diddley Plaza will reopen to the public in March. The plaza will host a concert on Feb. 25, five days before the official reopening.
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Pedal-Powered Pubcrawlers Roll Through Gainesville On Grand Opening
Florida Fun Bikes rolled out its pedal-powered pubcrawler on Thursday with tours through downtown Gainesville. The Gainesville City Comission recently changed an ordinance making the operation of non-motorized vehicles for hire having more than four passengers legal.
Read More »Gainesville Airport Planning On-Site Hotel, Fire Station
Gainesville Regional Airport will soon have a new hotel to accommodate a 40 percent increase in passenger traffic over the past eight years. The on-site hotel and fire fighting station are two of the five large projects in the works.
Read More »Alachua County’s Headquarters Library Celebrates 25 Years
The library’s business model has changed while trying to keep up with advancing technology, but the library has always kept the community in mind.
Read More »Census Gathers Information about Alachua’s Homeless Population
Initial observations Friday indicated homeless people this year were older and frailer than years past.
Read More »Gainesville Event Praises Solar Energy’s Low Costs
The Alachua County Office of Sustainability hosted an hour-long information session Wednesday afternoon about the benefits of solar power as part of a series of "Lunch and Learn" events.
Read More »Gu Zheng Teacher Aims to Show Beauty of Chinese Music
Xiaodan Liang is a gu zheng teacher at Hua-Gen Chinese school in Gainesville. Gu zheng is known as a traditional Chinese zither. She has played the string instrument in various city festivals, and says that one of the reasons she teaches it is to spread the beauty of Chinese culture.
Read More »Rallying Against — And For — Confederate Flag Legislation in Tallahassee
The bills are currently in House and Senate committees.
Read More »International Artistic Duo To Paint Mural In Downtown Gainesville
Interesni Kazki, the famous duo of artists from Kiev, Ukraine, will begin painting a large mural Thursday in downtown Gainesville as part of the 352walls urban art project.
Read More »Here Are The 2016 Candidates For Gainesville’s City Commission, Mayoral Races
Qualifying closed at noon Friday for the two City of Gainesville elected offices to be determined in March.
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