News Room

Early voting for the City of Gainesville election runs through Saturday, March 13.

The City of Gainesville Office of Equal Opportunity, along with the Dismantling Racism Change Team, is sponsoring the community initiative Dismantling Racism: A Community Initiative on Race & Race Relations, a five-year effort that addresses race and racism, including institutional racism in the City of Gainesville.

National Poison Prevention Week, March 14 through March 20, is a week designated to highlight the dangers of poisonings and how to prevent them. GFR is opening the doors of fire stations throughout the city next week to provide educational and informative opportunities on the dangers of poisonings.

The City of Gainesville Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs announces the opening of the Alachua County K-12 Schools art exhibition, which will run Saturday, March 6 - Sunday, April 11, 2010 in the Thomas Center Mezzanine Gallery. A free public reception and award ceremony will be held Tuesday, March 23 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. at the Thomas Center. The awards will begin at 7 p.m. followed by refreshments.

The Partners In Prevention of Substance Abuse Community Coalition and the University of Florida are hosting a Town Hall Meeting to address underage drinking. Staff is encouraged to attend on Thursday, March 25 from 6-7:30 p.m. at Lincoln Middle School in the auditorium. This event, which is open to the community, will increase community awareness on the issue of underage drinking as well as provide resources. Attendees will be eligible to win prizes. For more information, please contact Gwen Love at 352-244-0628, ext. 3831.

The "City Manager’s Biweekly Report to the City Commission" provides information about significant upcoming activities, projects and meetings in the City of Gainesville over the course of the next two to three weeks. In addition to brief descriptions on each of the upcoming activities, you can click on hyperlinks for more information regarding the presented topic.

The March edition of the City Manager's electronic newsletter, Municipal Minutes, is now available. This monthly e-newsletter provides information about upcoming activities, projects and meetings in the City of Gainesville.

On Thursday, March 18, 2010, the Public Recreation and Parks Board will present the Albert “Ray” Massey award to citizen volunteers who have made outstanding efforts to promote recreational activities in the City of Gainesville. 

The 2009 Citizen's Report is now available. If you would like to request a hard copy of the report, please email gainesvillepio@cityofgainesville.org. If you would like to view the report online, please

Gainesville artists have a reason to celebrate. For the second time in its 28 year history, the Downtown Festival & Art Show ranked among the top 100 fine art festivals in the nation by Greg Lawler’s Art Fair SourceBook. Only six other Florida art festivals were featured in the rankings.