County struggles to find food desert solution for residents
By Carla Vianna | Apr. 20, 2015Most Gainesville residents don’t worry about reaching the closest grocery store.
Most Gainesville residents don’t worry about reaching the closest grocery store.
When Raymond Chobaz waved his baton in the air, the symphony followed suit.
I’m a 22-year-old college student about to graduate. I live on my own. I cook for myself. I drive my own car.
An automated external defibrillator machine during cardiac arrest can be the difference between life and death.
When the Spring semester of her senior year rolled around, Mallory Thompson began applying to companies in Atlanta and Nashville.
UF students will soon be able to check how long the Starbucks line is at Library West without leaving their seats.
The City Commission took a step forward Thursday in the Gainesville Regional Utilities governance issue.
UF Student Government has partnered with Uber to offer a student discount for rides on and near campus.
Nicole Gonzalez left to use the restroom and came back to an empty table.
While a bill aiming to change Gainesville Regional Utilities authority advances through the Florida House, the Gainesville City Commission is working to resolve the governance issue locally.
Pictured is the SWAG Family Resource Center, a nonprofit center located in Linton Oaks which works to provide healthy food options for surrounding neighborhoods.
Pictured is the Maa & Paa grocery store, the only source of food located within Linton Oakes. The store supplies basic foods like frozen meat and snacks; the closest grocery store is the Winn-Dixie on Southwest 34th Street.
Harvey Budd and his wife, Ilene, celebrate Budd’s victory over Jay Curtis in the race for the at-large commissioner seat Tuesday night in a banquet room in the Hippodrome Theater.
A 3-D printer from UF's A² Fab Lab is showcased at the TEDxUF Lab on Saturday. A TEDxUF tradition, the lab featured interactive stations such as a self reflection board and a moving solar panel.
Joan Canton, vice chair of Southwest Advocacy Group, cuts the ribbon in front of the new Southwest Health Clinic at 816 SW 64th Terrace. The clinic, which will offer health care services to Linton Oaks and surrounding neighborhoods, opens Tuesday.
Pictured is one of four dental chairs in the Southwest Health Clinic. Dental health care is one of the medical services that the Southwest Health clinic will provide when it opens.
Pictured is the Southwest Health Clinic’s lab. The clinic will be staffed by the Alachua County Health Department.
Steve Carroll, owner of the Oaks Mall’s last locally owned store, stands in Chick-fil-a and poses for a picture. Carroll’s restaurant opened in 1978 and was one of the mall’s original stores.
Steve Carroll, owner of the Oaks Mall’s last locally owned store, stands in Chick-fil-a and poses for a picture. Carroll’s restaurant opened in 1978 and was one of the mall’s original stores.
A flyer depicting Bear, a 30-pound rat terrier, hangs on a wooden pole on Sunday morning in Boulware Springs Nature Park, the last place he was sighted. Bear went missing on Feb. 3.