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Commissioners passionately expressed their disappointments, concerns, rebuttals and hope for the future before unanimously approving a motion to add a discussion of racial and equity disparities to the agenda of the next joint meeting.

The 4As town hall meeting at the Alachua County Health Department was designed as a moment to bring everyone up to speed on the latest in East Gainesville development and help bridge a division between city and county leaders.

A proposed Alachua County sports arena has run headlong into the politics of a decades-long effort to inject more economic activity into East Gainesville.

A donor recently pledged to match up to $400,000 in donations to the center’s $1.6 million capital campaign.

After a presentation Tuesday, the Alachua County Board of Commissioners are moving ahead with a project to build a sports center at Celebration Pointe but not without concerns.

More than 50 civil lawsuits and hundreds of insurance claims have been filed against the city since fiscal year 2010, costing the city about $7.6 million in settlements and legal fees.

Gainesville’s surfers and skateboarders will be without their local shop for the first time in more than two decades.

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.