Author: FreeGNV

Ron Cunningham is a sometime journalist who used to string words together at the Gainesville Sun before I retired to free lance and blog. If I still had a business card it would read: Ron Cunningham: Trained Observer Of The Human Condition. Because like The Donald, you know, ego.

Think big, go small

What if, in reimagining The Power District, Gainesville is aiming big when it ought to be going small? Commissioners have … More

Ron’s back roads

I wrote this for the current, Summer 2021, issue of Forum magazine. It’s about some of my favorite out-of-the-way places … More

I of the beholder

Or what would Picasso say? Although I fancy myself a fairly decent stringer-of-words, I have very little artistic talent beyond … More

The Great GNV Melt-Off

Things I learned while looking up other stuff. Listen, trying to explain Gainesville takes a lot of work and not … More

Mugwump needed

Never let it be said that watching the school board isn’t an educational experience. Although I’m not sure there was … More

Not just a park

Over the years I’ve cycled through St. Augustine’s Davis Shores neighborhood countless times. It is a convenient way to get … More

The stubborn status quo

Elections are supposed to have consequences. For instance, the last two elections have clearly wrought a pivotal change in thinking … More

Once upon a lighthouse

You wander among ancient oaks and spy it amid twisted branches. Long before there was a lighthouse a watch tower … More