The county has five rural collection centers: Alachua/High Springs Collection Center on Northwest U.S. Highway 441, Archer Collection Center on Southwest Archer Road, Fairbanks Collection Center on Northeast Waldo Road, North Central Collection Center on Northeast State Road 121 and Phifer Collection Center on Southeast Hawthorne Road.
Read More »The 2,200 acres of pine flatwoods on the purchased property had been used for timber production and will be restored by reforestation with longleaf pine and prescribed fire.
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It was the program’s largest single land purchase ever, according to a news release.
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Hardwood & Honey, a Newberry upcycling furniture store, is sustaining a desire for this style of home furnishings in smaller cities in the region, according to customers.
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Tiny houses are typically under 600 square feet, which their owners say allows them to lead simplistic, environmentally friendly lives. The homes can be built on foundations or on wheels, thus offering greater to freedom to travel, and sales boosted during the pandemic.
Read More »Lawmakers in control pushed past protests on Thursday to accomplish their goals.
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The legislation would dissolve special districts that were created before November 1968 and have not been reapproved in state law. A state Constitution was ratified in November 1968.
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Gainesville took another step toward its bid to solve the affordable housing crisis with the City Commission voting to support creating a partnership with the local housing authority.
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According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, heirs’ property is “the leading cause of Black involuntary land loss.” African Americans, who once owned 15 million acres, lost up to 90 % of their land from 1910-2007.
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A typical process of studying these compounds begins with retrieval of the organism, followed by chemistry steps to isolate pure compounds from the marine products, said Sandra Loesgen, an associate professor of chemistry at the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience.
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