On Friday, April 8 at 10 am. Santa Fe College will have a ribbon cutting ceremony for Blount Hall, its … More
Category: I love Gainesville
Posts related to my lifelong love affair with Gainesville
Celebrating a people street
We closed two blocks of downtown’s SW 1st Avenue during the Covid lockdown so restaurants there could stay in business … More
That’s so GNV: Attitude edition
These are perilous times for a university community like ours. And perilous times demand attitude, and plenty of it. We … More
The GOP’s hostile takeover of Florida higher education
Next time may be the charm for Richard Corcoran. No doubt the former Speaker of the Florida House expected to … More
Mama told me not to burn
Come out to Flamingo Hammock, they said. It’ll be fun, they said. We’ll have some laughs, they said. Light a … More
The misadventures of GNV’s auto-bug
If Disney made a move about Gainesville’s little robo-bus it would be a comedy of errors in the spirit of … More
Will another change agent bite the dust?
We have a tendency in this town to crucify change agents. We’ve seen two successive city managers come to grief … More
Revolving door superintendents
If school board members Gunnar Paulson, Rob Hyatt and Mildred Russell fire Superintendent Carlee Simon next week – and it … More
In search of Sweetwater
Back when GNV was a railroad town Sweetwater Branch, which ran through the middle of downtown, was something to brag … More
A walk along the Sweetwater
Sweetwater Branch Creek is Gainesville’s most disrespected waterway. Running through the heart of GNV, the creek has, over the years, … More