Business partners Mitch Glaeser and Rich Blaser plan to build a 175-foot tower home to businesses, meeting rooms and rock climbing walls – including a 130-foot indoor climbing wall. This would be the biggest climbing wall in the world.
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Mayor Lauren Poe will face off against challengers Marlon Bruce, Jenn Powell and Jennifer Reid for re-election. Bruce, Powell and Reid are each hoping to energize voters for their first political office.
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A financial report for Gainesville Regional Utilities suggests rate increases will be the norm, rather than the exception.
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Gainesville City Commissioners decided to terminate three contracts with the Florida Department of Corrections in a 5-1 vote on Thursday. In 30 days, inmate labor will be gone from Gainesville.
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The Community Redevelopment Agency Board voted to provide fiber-optic internet to Heartwood, a CRA neighborhood project in East Gainesville. Some of the members opposed the project over concerns of increased HOA costs for residents.
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Gainesville wants its city commission to keep watching the city’s utilities.
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Keith Perry, R-Gainesville, will retain his District 8 State Senate seat.
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Crystal Monroe credits her big family for influencing her political decisions. She doesn't like to label herself as Republican or Democrat, but instead identifies as being “about prosperity and moving forward.”
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In his first bid for re-election, state Rep. Chuck Clemons, R – Newberry, will face off against Democratic challenger Jason Haeseler to represent District 21 in the Florida House of Representatives. The district includes all of Dixie and Gilchrist counties, as well as a portion of Alachua County. State. Rep. …
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Records show Alachua County Public Schools (ACPS) began installing filters in August, having purchased 1,300 filters for its 36 public schools.
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