Over a decade later, Gainesville and Alachua County are still working to eliminate homelessness in the area — their newest initiative is getting people into permanent housing.
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An Eastside High School Senior and a Gainesville Bishop received awards at the Ninth Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Prayer Breakfast at the Best Western Grand Hotel on Friday. The theme of the breakfast was to take action in order to solve problems.
Read More »Members of the Gainesville community celebrated the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a march and gospel event.
Read More »The annual Strike Out Hunger Food Drive on Monday is an effort to help people who do not have access to food by stocking food pantries.
Read More »The sixth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast Thursday morning commemorated MLK's life and the causes he believed in. Two local residents were also awarded for their contributions to the Gainesville community.
Read More »Strike Out Hunger Food Drive and Basket Giveaway didn't meet its 2012 goal of collecting 100,000 pounds of food but came close by collecting 78,000 pounds. The group's 2013 food drive will take place Nov. 1-8 at the Alachua County Fairgrounds.
Read More »Rodney Long, president and CEO of The Long Foundation, Inc., acknowledged benefactors and beneficiaries, presented the collection's results and announced the 2013 food drive dates to the Alachua County Commission Tuesday morning.
Read More »On what would have been Martin Luther King's 84th birthday, people around the nation are celebrating his life, as well as the second inauguration of President Barack Obama. The Martin Luther King Jr. Commission of Florida hosted a variety of events today to mark the occasion at the memorial gardens bearing his name in downtown Gainesville.
Read More »Dean Cheshire and Charles Chestnut IV are running for the county commissioner seat in Alachua County. The two are both Gainesville natives and want to bring fresh ideas to the job.
Read More »Republican Winston Bradley is stepping in to the Alachua County Commission seat vacated by Democrat Rodney Long late last year. Alachua County Republican Party Chairman Stafford Jones says this is a positive step forward for the county at large. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/news/files/2012/02/Jones3.mp3] Jones says Bradley’s experience in business, the military and the …
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