The North Central Florida YMCA, located at 5201 NW 34th Boulevard, is drowning in debt and paddling to stay afloat. The YMCA’s goal is to hit $1.5 million in donations to get into the green, but the minimum amount needed to keep its doors open is $1.2 million. As of now they are $352,000 short.
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Repealing Obamacare could cost Florida 181,000 jobs by the end of 2019, a third of which originate from the health care sector, according to a recent report. Despite this, North Central Florida hospitals are confident about their operations post-Obamacare.
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A potent, final round of severe weather expected today. Threat for tornadoes, damaging winds, and severe hail is higher than Saturday and Saturday night.
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Hundreds of people from North Central Florida will travel by bus on Friday afternoon to participate in the Women’s March on Washington. Seven buses, more than any other county is sending in the state, are scheduled to leave from Oaks Mall.
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The YMCA of North Central Florida is scheduled to close Jan. 31 unless it raises $1.5 million, and a final fundraiser Saturday aims to get the facility closer to its goal.
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An anti-Trump protest, called the "Peoples Inauguration," is set to take place Friday at Gainesville City Hall at the same time as the inauguration ceremonies in Washington D.C.
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St. Johns and Suwannee river water management districts approved the North Florida Regional Water Supply Plan on Tuesday in spite of opposition from environmentalists, spring advocates and business owners.
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One in every nine North Central Florida schools that received grades from the Florida Department of Education in 2016 were charter schools.
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Spills can have significant environmental and health effects by contaminating drinking water, which can lead to increased incidents of cancer and other diseases.
Read More »The North Central Florida YMCA announced Wednesday that the organization has filed for liquidation bankruptcy and will cease all operations by Dec. 30.
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