Sofia Bravo

The McKinney-Vento program received a severe cut in funding last year, decreasing the number of staff supporting homeless students.

The Midtown parking lot has been a popular food truck area since 2022. But a proposed housing development threatens to displace the remaining two vendors.

Mobility on Demand (MOD) is a new initiative that aims to solve this issue. It provides free transportation to clinics, health care screenings and other essential community resources. The service takes residents to any destination within the East Gainesville MOD zone.

Gainesville Police have recently begun enforcing a 2021 city ordinance that prohibits pedestrians from standing, sitting or walking on a median that is 6 feet in width or less. In 2024, several dozen citations were issued, and there have been four cases in 2025 as of Feb. 14.

Johnell Gainey returned to the Alachua County Commission Tuesday evening with the same request he’s had for the past seven years: to get rid of the “dump” in his residential neighborhood.