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More than 50 vendors lined the walkways at Celebration Pointe on Thursday for the 10th annual GCM Food Festival, a spring tradition that brings food lovers, families and small business owners together.

The City of Gainesville plans to make renovations to the downtown Streatery, a stretch of Southwest 1st Avenue that has been closed off to traffic since September 2020.

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.

High Springs residents expressed their support to amend the city’s alcohol ordinance to allow the sale of alcohol at breweries on Sundays. Residents shared their views on the subject during a hearing regarding amendments to the Unified Land Development Code and small-scale alcoholic beverage production facilities at the Alachua County Commission meeting Wednesday.

Months after Hurricane Helene and a devastating fire on Dock Street left their mark, Cedar Key is busy again with repairs and preparations for the bustling spring season ahead.

The Porters Quarters Community Farm Farmers Market , a pop-up market in the Porters Community Garden, launched on Wednesday with 16 vendor tables selling clothing, jewelry, books and desserts, among other products.

Many Pinellas County business owners and workers say they are ready to welcome snowbirds and vacation-seeking visitors. Changes in tourism trends in the state’s coastal playgrounds will be revealed in the coming months and years, especially during peak tourism season.

First Magnitude Brewing Company took advantage of all the puppy lovers out there and invited people to watch their favorite part of Super Bowl Sunday, the Puppy Bowl, at its “Touchdowns for Tailwags” adoption event on Sunday.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, music stores nationwide have closed amid an increase in online retailers. But Leon Barrows has kept Music Junction in Alachua open through strategic decisions.

The controversy over the possible development of a concrete batch plant in Archer has had an unintended consequence – an increase in civic participation by area residents.