Gainesville greenlights next University Ave phase
The Gainesville City Commission voted Thursday to move ahead with the preliminary design phase of a project that will alter portions of University Avenue and 13th […]
Communities request return to former district
As Gainesville’s redistricting efforts wait for county approval of new voting precincts, residents of two communities have asked to be returned to District 1. Residents of […]
City making minor tweaks to redistricting map
Gainesville’s redistricting efforts are in a holding pattern until the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) adopts the new voting precincts being drawn by the […]
City seeks input on latest redistricting map
The Gainesville City Commission is asking for community input into another redistricting map – one that conforms more closely to proposed new voting precincts from the […]
State redistricting complicates city efforts
The city’s redistricting effort has hit a snag because of the way the Florida Legislature redistricted the state House and Senate districts, UF consultants told the […]
Gainesville receives $10 million to update transit
Gainesville will buy 12 new buses and build a new Eastside transfer station as part of a $10.6 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration. Mayor […]
Poe stands by Gainesville’s Russian sister city
Mayor Lauren Poe explained Monday why he believes Gainesville’s sister city relationship with Novorossiysk, Russia, is important and will continue to be even if the war […]
Poe: No plans to run for another office
Gainesville Mayor Lauren Poe said he is excited for what’s next in his career but told an audience Monday at Santa Fe College that he’s not […]
City land use to grow to include urban farms
Gainesville residents will soon be able to engage in two types of urban farming and some will be able to potentially increase their chicken flocks under […]
Gainesville shelves zoning change
The Gainesville City Commission on Thursday rejected 5-2 an ordinance on second reading that would have removed a minimum acreage requirement for transect zones. The proposed […]
City could get second minority-majority district
The Gainesville City Commission on Thursday approved a preliminary redistricting map that would create two minority-majority districts in the city in advance of the August election. […]
Gainesville refuses zoning change near Depot Park
For now, a piece of property adjacent Depot Park will remain zoned for industrial uses, but discussion of potential changes to the property did prompt a […]
Gainesville moving ahead on speed limit changes
The city continues to move forward with its plans to lower speed limits on city streets to 30 mph but has abandoned, for now, plans to […]
Fire station renovation too costly for Gainesville
The high cost of renovating the former Fire Station 1 has the city of Gainesville looking for another solution for the Main Street property. The city […]
City seeks input on background check ordinance
The Gainesville City Commission has created a draft version of an ordinance that would change the way businesses in the city conduct background checks on potential […]
Gainesville ponders 3 different election maps
Gainesville got its first look Thursday at three potential versions of the city’s election map as part of the city’s ongoing redistricting effort. The city is […]
Some downtown parking spaces return to higher fees
While free parking spaces are making a return to downtown Gainesville, so are higher rates at the Southwest Parking Garage and some other paid parking spaces, […]
Gainesville to increase costs for candidates
The Gainesville City Commission approved on first reading Thursday a change that will increase the fees future commission candidates will have to pay but also added […]
Free parking spaces return to downtown
Prompted by complaints from citizens and business owners, the Gainesville City Commission voted 5-1 to suspend changes to downtown parking. The commission passed a set of […]
Commissioner, former GRU head join mayoral race
Former Gainesville Regional Utilities general manager Ed Bielarski has filed to run for mayor of the city that fired him—and his newest opponent is the commissioner […]
Mayoral candidate shoves, threatens Arreola
Gainesville City Commissioner David Arreola said he was shoved and threatened by fellow mayoral candidate Donald E. Shepherd while trying to talk to the recently fired […]
GRU, city look to consolidate some efforts
Gainesville is moving forward with an effort to consolidate some shared services between Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) and general city government and to rebrand the utility […]
Judge stops UF from enforcing policy until trial
A federal judge is temporarily blocking UF from enforcing part of its conflict-of-interest policy for faculty and staff. Mark Walker, chief judge of the U.S. District […]
City employee files lawsuit, loses job
A city employee filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the city of Gainesville in federal court on Jan. 3 and her position was eliminated nine days […]