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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. ....
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Business Owners Optimistic Following Increased Unemployment Tax Rate By MacKenzie DiLeo February 10, 2021 Bert Gill refuses to believe that he is a victim of bureaucracy. Despite the countless challenges a local restaurant owner during the COVID-19 pandemic and the mass unemployment crisis has had to face, another looms. With the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity reporting 614,000 Floridians as jobless in December 2020, the increase in unemployment tax could be drastic for business owners like Gill who may already be facing the financial hardships resulting from the pandemic. Furloughed employees, economic shutdowns ordered by the state, and an overall decrease in business are all major challenges already facing your local pizza shop and hair salon. ....