A developer who wants the city to spend $3.3 million in tax money to open a grocery store in an East Gainesville commercial plaza where two stores have previously failed says this time, things will be different.
Jacksonville resident Fred Washington says the proposed Bravo community supermarket at 2302 East Hawthorne Road would be much more than a grocery store. A Save-A-Lot and Food Lion have opened there, but later closed.
The city is asking developers to bring plans for a community grocery store for East Gainesville possibly using American Rescue Plan Act funds or Gainesville Community Reinvestment Area funds.
Developers have until July 22 to share plans for an at least 20,000-square-foot supermarket.
Body cameras will be required for Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies soon
ASCO said it will enforce consequences for any deputy who does not follow wearing policy. May 17, 2021 | 6:19am EDT The Alachua County Sheriff s Office on Southeast Hawthorn Road on Monday, May 3, 2021. (Photo by Mingmei Li)
Nearly half of all law enforcement agencies in the United States require officers to wear a body camera. Soon, the Alachua County Sheriff s Office will join them.
Last October, the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners approved $500,000 for body cameras, ACSO spokesperson Art Forgey said. Deputies who do not wear body cameras when they’re supposed to can face penalties. There is currently not a set date for the body camera requirement.
A week after getting a major pay raise, the city’s director of Equity and Inclusion has submitted a resignation letter, saying she has been treated with disrespect.
Teneeshia Marshall, who has been a city charter officer for two years, submitted the letter on April 30.
In her job, she evaluates discrimination complaints and evaluates Gainesville city government programs and policies for equity in gender and race.
“I have not had the greatest experience here, so I just decided it was time to move on,” she said Wednesday. “I have experienced some things that for me were deal breakers, professionally. Disrespect was one of them. Interference with my work was another.”
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