Gainesville City Commission

By Bradley Osburn Gainesville Regional Utilities proposed it fiscal year 2014 budget to the Gainesville City Commission on Tuesday during a seven-hour long presentation that ended with the commission tabling the discussion until a later date. GRU proposed two rating options that would affect residential consumers who purchase what GRU called its full basket of...

By Caitlyn Finnegan University Corners, the three-square-block complex planned to be built on the corner of Northwest 13th Street and University Avenue, has finally earned approval from the Gainesville City Commission after an hours-long debate over its impact on the already busy intersection. In two 4-2 votes Thursday night, city commissioners gave the green light...

By Caitlyn Finnegan University Corners, the mixed-use development of apartments, retail space and hotel planned for the corner of Northwest 13th Street and University Avenue, is back on the City Commission’s agenda Thursday afternoon in what could be the developer’s last attempt to increase development thresholds. On hold since commissioners voted to delay their decision...

By Caitlyn Finnegan It was a long night of discussions to make headway on what Butler Enterprises calls the “gateway” and “crown jewel” of its proposed 267-acre development that will spread from the I-75 Archer Road exit to Southwest 34th Street. Debates over future block sizes and street ways continued for six hours Wednesday night,...

By Caitlyn Finnegan Gainesville City Commissioners are ready to tackle another controversial topic on the agenda this week: ordering the sale of the Gainesville Renewable Energy Center biomass plant to the city. The special session is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. at City Hall, 200 E. University Ave., and will focus solely on public...

By Caitlyn Finnegan It was a day of new beginnings in Gainesville politics. Ed Braddy became the city’s new mayor Thursday afternoon in a swearing-in ceremony that marked what Braddy calls “the end of machine politics in Gainesville.” More than 200 government officials, city staff, community leaders and residents packed into the Thelma Boltin Center...

By Caitlyn Finnegan Business professionals in Gainesville are ready to see some changes in the city’s attitude towards fostering the small business community. The resounding theme throughout the “Growing Your Small Business in Gainesville: A Conversation with City Leaders” forum Monday night at the Alachua County Senior Recreation Center was the need to turn “can’ts...

By Caitlyn Finnegan City leaders are ready to open the lines of communication between business owners and local government. City commissioners and staff will host a special event, “Growing Your Small Business in Gainesville: A Conversation with City Leaders,” on May 13 at 5:30 p.m. at the Senior Recreation Center. Mayor-Elect Ed Braddy, who campaigned...

By Caitlyn Finnegan Gainesville City Commissioners laid everything on the table for issues that have been off of the agenda for months during its latest meeting on May 2, including the Northwest 8th Avenue project and the University Corners mixed-use development. Commissioners and public attendees debated on city issues for eight hours, with final ordinance...