The state invested about $27 million into sprucing up Hawthorne, including an updated water system, a new fire station, dramatically improved park facilities, a new downtown road and a popular wellness center.
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Three people are running for the position of Alachua County Commissioner to represent District 2, which covers the northwest areas of the county.
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Potential rezoning would allow for single residential, multi-family residential, mixed-use development and conservation management areas on the site containing wetlands and nearly 1,200 acres of planted pines. But that rezoning may not happen anytime soon.
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Alachua County will request $7 million from the state at a meeting Jan. 30 for its $25 million fairgrounds relocation project. The plan features an indoor track facility, and the county hopes that the new location and the development of the old property will attract visitors and entrepreneurs to East Gainesville.
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Alachua County's new planning board member would like to see development as simple as a coffee shop come to East Gainesville.
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Jobs. Land. Money. After commissioners voted against Envision Alachua, residents talk about what matters when it comes to development for east Gainesville.
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Plum Creek's plan for development in eastern Alachua County will not go to the state for review, the county's elected officials decided in a 3-2 vote on Tuesday night.
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The vote to transmit Plum Creek's Envision Alachua Sector plan to the state for further review will be held Tuesday. Three out of the five County Commissioners need to vote in favor to move the plan forward.
Read More »Plum Creek notified JAW it was terminating the contract because a JAW employee had inaccurately reported his work hours, the lawsuit says.
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With 200-plus citizens interested in speaking about Plum Creek’s Envision Alachua Sector Plan, the Alachua County Commission had to call another recess Thursday night. By 10:30 p.m., the list of those wishing to address commissioners reached 230. Public comment will resume Thursday at Eastside High School’s auditorium. “We owe it …
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