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Vandalism in Audubon Park occurred on the night of January 23rd. Mail boxes were knocked down and destroyed at 1020 and 1040 SW 11th Terrace. A real-estate sign was pulled up at 1000 NW 11th Terrace there may have other incidents of this sort in the neighborhood.A police report was made; Case report # 0210001523. Officer Byrd referred to this as “criminal mischief” in his report.Coincidently,

Jimmy H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05885116228458345164noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6217317708322803337.post-13676684291210728262009-06-03T11:10:00.000-07:002009-06-03T11:14:28.194-07:00

Here's a Stadium Club update. I remember two years ago when the owners approached the city asked for tax increment money, the local developers who sat on the College Park University Heights Redevelopment Advisory Board predicted that the owners' business plan was not feasible and this project would bankrupt them. It was that obvious from the very beginning.From June 3rd's Gainesville Sun.Stadium

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This Monday, at 6pm at City Hall, the City Commission will be holding a special meeting to decide on the location of a new vehicle service center to replace the downtown GRU garage that will be closing to further downtown redevelopment. The city staff wants to relocate this 25,000 sf center next to the Stephen Foster neighborhood. This industrial facility will be extremely noisy, polluting, and

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The following was sent by Kathy Cantwell of the Sierra Club. It concerns a proposed, intense development overlooking Paynes Prairie. The County Commission will be voting on it this Tuesday. 2/12. Please read this carefully.Jimmy HarnsbergerUniversity Park Neighborhood Association------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------20 years ago, I was

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(From Left to Right: Tom Hawkins, Jr.; Robert Agrusa; Jack Donovan; Bryan Harman; Lauren Poe; Bonnie Mott)Last night, three neighborhoods sponsored a City Commission candidate forum that was well attended by citizens and which featured six candidates: Jack Donovan, Tom Hawkins, Robert Agrusa, Bonnie Mott, Lauren Poe, and Bryan Harman.The neighborhood organizations included the University Park

Jimmy H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05885116228458345164noreply@blogger.com89tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6217317708322803337.post-67609211955408667362007-07-16T08:25:00.000-07:002007-07-16T08:35:39.400-07:00

Yesterday, the Gainesville Sun reported the death of longtime neighborhood activist Susan Wright.I only met Susan two years ago when I had just begun fighting the City on an nonconforming use that was illegally granted to a rental house on my street. I was extremely impressed by her dedication to public service even as she was fighting cancer. She was instrumental in putting together the

Jimmy H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05885116228458345164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6217317708322803337.post-73761009600256442512007-07-05T07:40:00.000-07:002007-07-05T07:42:05.359-07:00

By Barbara RuthStephen Foster NeighborhoodThe Stephen Foster neighborhood won a huge victory over the City Planning Department on May 24, 2007. That was when the Development Review Board (DRB) in a unanimous decision voted to deny the City of Gainesville’s petition to expand the City's Fleet Maintenance Facility at the city compound site adjacent to the Stephen Foster neighborhood. Substantial,

Jimmy H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05885116228458345164noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6217317708322803337.post-66891755342962657792007-05-28T19:46:00.000-07:002007-05-28T19:48:16.003-07:00

The Stephen Foster neighborhood won a crucial victory last Thursday - they convinced the Development Review Board (DRB) to reject the city's planned expansion of a vehicle service center in their neighborhood. I've pasted the Gainesville Sun article on this below.This was critical because if the DRB had passed it, the only appeal option was to sue the city, which is time-consuming, expensive, and

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May 09. 2007 in the Gainesville SunStephen Foster neighbors are very concerned about a proposed expansion of the city vehicle maintenance compound. Springstead Creek flows through the site and then into the neighborhood, and toxic run-off from vehicles and mosquito treatment of retention ponds on the compound could filter into the creek.Springstead Creek contributes water to the Hogtown Creek

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May 09. 2007 in the Gainesville SunOn Thursday, a public hearing will be held before the Gainesville Development Review Board to consider whether the city should be allowed to expand its existing 10,000 square foot Motor Vehicle Repair Facility to 30,000 square feet, at its NW 39th Avenue compound. The expansion would service over 1,300 city fleet vehicles.The city compound property and the

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