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“The work of race and equity is not going to be done in six months,” City Commissioner Harvey Ward said.

The City of Gainesville plans to have more activities and events that involve the community and provide updates on its ongoing work to improve equity.

Gainesville is set to receive about $38 million this fiscal year from GRU. That amounts to almost 29 percent of the city’s anticipated total general fund revenue: $133 million.

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 city's concerns were raised, but not much was decided upon during the meeting.

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.

The lodge, 215 N. Main St., was built in 1908 and is a part of the U.S National Register of Historical Places.

They had one goal in mind – to create a solution for racial inequity in Alachua County by creating after school and out-of-school programs.