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East Gainesville has experienced declining population and limited economic investments since the 1960s, but the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce is looking to tap into its economic potential. The chamber wants to address income disparity by diversifying job opportunities in the region.

Gregg Jones will be directing his last play this year after 28 years in the Santa Fe Fine Arts program. The teacher and mentor will be directing an adaptation of "Oedipus the King."

After five cycles of chemotherapy and 13 surgeries for Stage 1 lymphoma, Francisco Lourenco hand-wrote a nine-page book on his cancer experiences for other cancer patients at UF Health.

The Brookings Institution has found that there is a shortage of marriageable men in the United States. The research found that the shortage is one of several reasons why marriage rates have declined over the past few decades.

Phi Theta Kappa, an honor society at Santa Fe College, organized a drive to raise money to buy school supplies for elementary and middle school students in east Gainesville.

About 86,000 of the 140,000 registered voters in Gainesville voted in the last presidential election. In response to the low voter turnout rates, the city of Gainesville has partnered with the Florida Chamber of Commerce to offer a voter registration drive.

Gainesville District 1 City Commissioner Charles Goston, Mayor Ed Braddy and other officials met recently to brainstorm ways to bring supermarkets and restaurants to East Gainesville. That area of town has only two full-service grocery stores, while West Gainesville has 24. Because of the dearth of supermarkets, East Gainesville has been labeled a "food desert," by the USDA.

An amendment to the policy on concealed weapons on college campuses may be presented in the 2016 Florida legislative session. Already passed by Florida Senate and House committees, the policy needs to be approved by three more committees to be considered.

President Obama's proposal of two free years of tuition at a community college has appealed to local high school students. Quinten Eyman, coordinator of recruitment at Santa Fe College, said students have a better chance of standing out when they’re at a school with fewer than students than large universities.

Different events on campus and around Gainesville were held to remember the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.