A truck leaves the industrial cement property that sits across the street from Porters, one of Gainesville s historically Black neighborhoods. (MacKenzie DiLeo/WUFT News) Home/Environment/Porters Community Residents Are Growing Tired Of Noise And Dust Coming From Neighboring Cement Companies
Porters Community Residents Are Growing Tired Of Noise And Dust Coming From Neighboring Cement Companies
By MacKenzie DiLeo
May 12, 2021
Chris Fillie worries about dusty peppers.
Fillie has lived in the Porters Community for 17 years and owns a community garden on Southwest Third Street. There, he grows peppers, tomatoes, parsley and rosemary. While the garden has existed for 15 years and is meant to bring fresh produce and a green space to Porters, Fillie is concerned about the garden’s location near an industrial site.
Earth Day 2021, this year s observance lauding nature conservation and appreciation, is Thursday and there are several ways people can honor it in Alachua County despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
The annual holiday celebrates the start of the modern environmental movement. It began in 1970 with a Wisconsin junior senator and has grown to include over 1 billion participants in more than 190 countries worldwide, according to the organization s website.
The first Earth Day helped create the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and legislation like the Clean Air Act. In 1990, it grew outside of the country. And now, it is the largest non-religious observance in the world, the website states.
Gainesville’s Creeks Continue To Suffer From Unsustainable Shark Tooth Hunting
By Lianne D Arcy
January 11, 2021
Hogtown Creek is an urban creek in Gainesville and has delicate banks and creek beds that are easily damaged by fossil and teeth hunter hobbyists. (Lianne D’Arcy/WUFT News)
When you visit Gainesville’s creeks, it’s easy to hear the chorus of rushing water running past. It’s a relief to breathe in fresh air, feel the crunch of sand under your shoes, and enjoy a moment of serenity away from the city without ever leaving it.
But it’s also easy to spot deep gouges in the creek-bed, gaping wounds left behind by a once-harmless hobby.