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​The concept for the Walk of Fame started bouncing around the brains of Telg and Andrew Caplan around a year ago. Caplan, a member of The Gainesville Walk of Fame advisory committee, said that the initiative will serve to both appreciate the musicians’ legacies and uplift the community.

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​Alachua County plans to build Pinesville Park on SW 170th Street just north of Archer. The two-acre property will be leased from St. Peter Missionary Baptist Church, and the site plan includes multi-use basketball and pickleball courts, pavilions, a playground and walking trails. 

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​Imagine you’re in the back of an ambulance, one of the scariest moments of your life, and the truck breaks down. You have to wait for another ambulance to come pick you up and take you to the hospital. That was the reality for some patients and first responders in Alachua County, but now they’ve received brand new, state-of-the-art ambulances to continue serving the community in the best way they can.

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​The UF/IFAS Extension Alachua County Office is pleased to announce the 2025 Peanut Butter Challenge.

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​This comes after Alachua County received a $2.25 million reimbursable grant from the Florida Department of Transportation to complete the initial design work. It won’t be a quick process, however. 'State projects of this magnitude usually are years in the making,' said Stuart Cullen, PE, civil engineer and leader of the county’s capital projects team.

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​Officials with the Florida Association of Counties say counties across Florida petition to host the annual Innovation and Policy Conference, and Alachua County won this year.

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​In a presentation lasting over two and a half hours, Resiliency Specialist Jennison Kipp laid out the 264-page plan with 180 action items, beginning with the purpose statement: “To guide, develop, and cultivate environmentally, socially, and economically resilient strategies and solutions to climate change for the whole community.

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​Demolition is underway at the historic Thelma A. Boltin Center, despite months of pushback from preservationists and a request from the Alachua County Commission for the city to pause the teardown.

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​Per Alachua County’s Climate Action Plan, Alachua County has lost more than 50% of its farmland since 1950 due to increased urban and suburban development. According to the World Population Review, the county’s population has risen from approximately 57,000 in 1950 to 286,000 as of 2023. This loss of land and growth in population emphasize the importance of agricultural land conservation and supply.

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​Despite a request from Alachua County for a 90-day pause, the city of Gainesville started the demolition on Tuesday, 12 days after the commission voted to end its $3 million renovation plans. 

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​At a special meeting on September 11, the Alachua County Commission set its property tax rates and adopted a budget on first reading; the second public hearing will be at 5:01 p.m. on September 23. They also set the final fire assessment, stormwater, and solid waste fees.

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