First Magnitude Brewery

First Magnitude Brewing Company partnered with Current Problems for an annual cleanup, collecting trash, invasive species and other waste from Gainesville creeks.

Many dining and beverage spot owners said they were just as worried about the impact on the community as they were their own short- and long-term business viability.

Neighborhoods have been destroyed and families forever impacted after Hurricane Dorian battered the Bahamas for almost 30 hours as a Category 5 hurricane. Emergency relief and long-term assistance are needed.

Gainesville got a little cleaner this past weekend as about 160 volunteers collected 19,121 pounds of trash during the fifth annual Clean Creek Revival, according to Megan Black, executive director of Current Problems, a nonprofit environmental group.

The incumbent was knocked out of his Gainesville city commissioner at-large seat.