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Gainesville’s surfers and skateboarders will be without their local shop for the first time in more than two decades.
Read More »Gainesville’s Freeride Surf & Skate Shop To Close After 25 Years
City and County Commissions Discuss Possible Alachua County Event Center and Development in East Gainesville
In a special meeting on Tuesday the county commissioners reviewed a report by their hired consultant, Victus Advisors. Thursday was the first time that both city and county officials had discussed the project publicly.
Read More »A Conversation With James Lawrence On GNV4All’s Progress
This weekend will see a major milestone in the work being done by the two-year-old GNV4ALL organization.
Read More »Know Your 2018 Candidates: Alachua County Commission, District 2
Three people are running for the position of Alachua County Commissioner to represent District 2, which covers the northwest areas of the county.
Read More »Alachua County’s Flood Management Ranking Improved, But This Northeast Neighborhood Still Suffers
An abundance of rainfall this summer brought severe flooding in Rosalind Greene’s Northeast Gainesville neighborhood.
Read More »Alachua County To Move Fairgrounds, Extension Office To Newberry
After putting aside plans for a different site in Gainesville, the Alachua County Commission voted Wednesday to relocate the county fairgrounds and extension services to Newberry.
Read More »Alachua County Is Considering Cabot-Koppers Superfund Site For New Fairgrounds
County officials within the past month approached the property owner, Beazer East, about the idea of leasing or selling the 86-acre parcel just north of NW 23rd Avenue.
Read More »Waldo’s History Chronicled In New Book
A former University of Florida English professor will publish a 300-page book on the history of Waldo and its people this fall.
Read More »Residents At Gainesville Homeless Shelter Ask For Crosswalk On 39th Avenue
City and county officials have tried for two years to make it so bus riders won’t have to cross the dangerous street.
Read More »National Wal-Mart Crime Problem No Different in Gainesville
Crime incident data for the past two years downloaded from the city of Gainesville’s open data site shows the top locations with the most reported incidents in 2017 were Gainesville’s three Wal-Mart stores.`
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