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Read More »100 Stories From WUFT That Kept You Informed In 2019
Gainesville City Plan Board Delays Weyerhaeuser Development Plan Decision
The move came despite criticism from the public and with consideration of a pending lawsuit from the property's owner.
Read More »1,778-Acre Site Planned Development Could Be Rezoned As Agricultural Land
Gainesville City Commissioners say it will be a long time before a decision will be made about a 1,778-acre site that is a massive mixed-use development area.
Read More »100 Stories From WUFT That Kept You Informed In 2018
Corrine Brown began her prison sentence, Alachua County and Gainesville leaders squabbled over seemingly every issue large and small, and six weeks into the new year, the Valentine’s Day school shooting in Parkland changed much about what was to unfold. It was a busy year in local and statewide Florida …
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 »Plans For Development Near Northwest Gainesville Walmart On Hold To Balance Environmental Interests
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.
Read More »Alachua County Proposes $25 Million Fairgrounds Relocation Plan, Requests $7 Million From State
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.
Read More »In Summer Griggs, East Gainesville Gets A Voice On Planning Commission
Alachua County's new planning board member would like to see development as simple as a coffee shop come to East Gainesville.
Read More »City, County Leaders Don’t Agree About Details of Proposed Tacachale Redevelopment
During a joint commission meeting, Gainesville and Alachua County commissioners discussed a proposal for the construction of a new job center.
Read More »East Gainesville’s Fragile Future Caught In Crosshairs
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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