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Strong Roots Movements opened three new garden beds at the CDS Family & Behavioral Health Services' youth shelter.
Read More »Strong Roots Movement Teaches Organic Gardening At Gainesville’s Youth Shelter
Santa Fe College Blount Campus Expansion ‘Opens Opportunities’ For East Gainesville, Sasser Says
Santa Fe College is planning to expand Blount Hall, a move that will also improve the current Center for Innovation and Economic Development. Santa Fe College President Jackson Sasser said this expansion could benefit small businesses all across Gainesville.
Read More »Alachua County Responds To Growing Suicide Trend With Community-Wide Training
The Florida Department of Health statistics have shown that Alachua County's suicide crude death rate from ages 12 to 25 soared from four to 12.2 in the last year alone. Comparatively, the state’s rate is 10.2.
Read More »Opposite Viewpoints on GRU Governance Referendum Offered During Community Discussion
With less than two months to go before the November election, two speakers from the Gainesville community took part in discussing the GRU Authority referendum.
Read More »Gainesville Pokémon Go Community Stays Active With New Update
Despite a decline in popularity nationwide, the Pokémon GO Community in Gainesville is still active. A Facebook group of over 700 members unifies the community, allowing Gainesville residents and employees of all different walks of life to collaborate in their common goal to “catch them all.”
Read More »Grace Marketplace Reflects On First Year
Grace Marketplace has served the local homeless community for one year. The community is part of a 10-year plan, conceived in 2005, to end homelessness.
Read More »Pastor Terry Jones, of Dove World Outreach and Koran-burning infamy, to leave Gainesville
The Dove World Outreach Center, a Gainesville-based church that has sparked international controversy, may be moving to Tampa Bay. The church is well known for its flagrant anti-Islam message, projected in inflammatory acts like Koran burnings and anti-Mohammed Internet videos.
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