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Loose soccer balls on Southwest 43rd Street, dirt patches and rundown facilities are a common sight at Forest Park in southwest Gainesville.
Read More »Gainesville Regional Soccer League Fights For Renovations At Forest Park
100 Stories From WUFT That Kept You Informed In 2019
These were the top stories near you this year.
Read More »Controversy Emerges Over Plan To House Howard Bishop Middle School Students At Other School Campus
Forty-two Alachua County schools are being renovated in 12 years, and the speed is causing some tension and pain between the district, parents and people who live near schools like Westwood.
Read More »‘Like Watching Spider-Man Do His Thing’: Gainesville Park To Soon Have Traveling Rings Fitness Equipment
A special type of outdoor fitness apparatus found in a few choice destinations nationwide will rise in the soon-to-open Reserve Park in Gainesville.
Read More »Gainesville Residents Fear Neighborhood Impact From Four Creeks Preserve Parking Area
The long-term management plan for the property is still being developed, but the first trail is set to open on Sept. 28.
Read More »Alachua County Commissioners Want To Build A Linear Park Along U.S. 441 Through Paynes Prairie. They Need $3 Million To Make It Happen
The linear park would be a means of keeping pedestrians and anglers farther away from the busy highway.
Read More »Gainesville City Commission Approves Hartman House and Clarence R. Kelly Community Center Renovations
Renovations of the two city-owned properties cost more than $2 million total.
Read More »Improvements At Lincoln Park In East Gainesville Have Begun
Lincoln Park, 900 SE 15th St., will see big improvements in the coming months. The Gainesville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department has started a multi-step project that will be completed by August.
Read More »Gainesville Residents Voice Desires For Ideal Construction Of Unity Park
The City of Gainesville this week heard public feedback about proposals for a relocated and redeveloped east side park that's expected to cost at least $600,000.
Read More »Half-Cent Sales Tax Brings Improvements And New Elementary School To Gainesville
Southwest Gainesville will get a new elementary school, and every school in the county will receive money for improvements from the half-cent sales tax Alachua County voters approved in November.
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