GAINESVILLE – An effort to create a stronger presence along the Cleveland Highway corridor by local authorities now includes a plan by the Gainesville Police Department to construct a new precinct on property adjoining the city’s recently completed Fire Station #2.
Tuesday evening the Gainesville City Council unanimously approved the purchase of 0.81-acres fronting Cleveland Highway from America’s Home Place of Gainesville.
City Manager Bryan Lackey told city council the 0.81-acre site sits in front of the new fire facility and to the side of the lengthy fire station driveway but is not a part of the complex; purchasing the property would complete the rectangle of land owned by the city at that location.