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Gainesville

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Gainesville 1 City (1990 pop. 84,770), seat of Alachua co., N central Fla.; inc. 1869. The Univ. of Florida is a major source of employment in the city. Agriculture and the manufacture of electronic equipment add to the economy. Points of interest, in addition to the huge campus of the university, are Paynes Prairie State Park, Cross Creek, and many natural sinkholes, such as Devils Millhopper (said to be the largest in Florida). A state museum and a state school for the mentally retarded are there. 2 City (1990 pop. 17,885), seat of Hall co., N central Ga., on Lake Lanier, in the foothills... Read more
University of Florida
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition University of Florida at Gainesville; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1853 at Ocala, moved to Gainesville in 1906. The Center for Latin American Studies, the Whitney Marine Laboratory, and the Florida Museum ... Read more
David Starr Jordan
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia (born Jan. 19, 1851, near Gainesville, N.Y., U.S.—died Sept. 19, 1931, Stanford, Calif.) U.S. educator and ichthyologist. He studied at Cornell University and taught ... Read more

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Gainesville to host inaugural City Fest
National Dragster; 3/14/2003; Anonymous; 409 words ; GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The power. speed, and excitement of NHRA POWERade Drag Racing has invaded Gainesville Raceway each spring for more than three decades. Now ... to the historic streets of Gaines-ille for the 2003 Gainesville City Fest. The inaugural festival, which celebrates ... Read more
Gainesville: from classrooms to boardrooms. (Special Advertising Report: Gainesville & Ocala)
Florida Trend; 6/1/1993; Currin, Lisa; 787 words ; Although much of Gainesville centers on the University of Florida (UF), Gainesville is much more than just the home of the Florida ... Committed to the idea of technology transfer, Gainesville's political leaders have become expert at match ... Read more
Gainesville's blacks divided on new community paper.
The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service); 7/27/2005; 787 words ; Byline: Wes Smith GAINESVILLE, Fla. _ Local activist Vivian Filer ... for when she complained that The Gainesville Sun did not cover the black community ... concerns. Filer was hoping for more news about her east Gainesville neighborhood in the Sun. Instead ... entire new weekly tabloid aimed at ... Read more
New York Times subsidiary targets African American community in Gainesville, FL.
Westside Gazette; 8/18/2005; Vaughns, Starla; 787 words ; ... African American spending power, the Gainesville Sun, a subsidiary of the New York Times launches the Gainesville Guardian this week. However, local ... African American periodicals in Gainesville are worried the paper will siphon ... American community on the East side of Gainesville, the weekly ... Read more
Gainesville's blacks divided on Sun's new community paper.
The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News); 7/25/2005; 787 words ; Byline: Wes Smith Jul. 25--GAINESVILLE -- Local activist Vivian Filer ... for when she complained that The Gainesville Sun did not cover the black community ... concerns. Filer was hoping for more news about her east Gainesville neighborhood in the Sun. Instead ... entire new weekly tabloid aimed at ... Read more
Gainesville Interchange May Uproot Businesses
The Washington Post; 1/19/2000; Amy Joyce; 742 words ; Gainesville business owner Cathy Young knows how desperately Northern ... would threaten her livelihood. If the plan for the new Gainesville Interchange at Route 29 and Interstate 66 goes through ... owner of Cathy's Hair Design, located behind Route 29 in Gainesville Village Square. "We're going to have to ... Read more
Spotlight shift: decades of development for small Georgia market.(MarketSpotlight: Gainesville, Georgia)
National Petroleum News; 8/1/2004; 787 words ; GAINESVILLE BEGAN AS THE VILLAGE of Mule Camp Springs in the early ... a hero of the War of 1812, General Edmund P. Gaines, Gainesville quickly found it had become a major transportation and ... Over the course of its existence, the community of Gainesville has suffered three major disasters. A fire in 1851 ... Read more
UNIVERSITY TOWNS; Gainesville: A Sophisticated Slice of Small-Town South
The Washington Post; 4/9/1989; Jonathan Lerner; 787 words ; ... is possible that if you have heard of Gainesville, Fla., it was in connection with a federal ... a group that came to be known as the Gainesville Eight. This case alleged a plan by antiwar ... activism that actually takes root in Gainesville. True, there is a radical-feminist community ... Read more
Gainesville Clears Major Crossroads; Board Approves Rezoning, Town Center
The Washington Post; 10/20/2002; Steven Ginsberg; 680 words ; The effort to remake Gainesville moved forward last week when the ... visible -- and decrepit -- landmark in Gainesville, while also approving a plan for ... The two projects fit the vision of Gainesville that the supervisors approved in ... Read more
Booming Gainesville balances the change.(FRIDAY HOME GUIDE)(FOCUS: VIRGINIA'S PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY AND GAINESVILLE)
The Washington Times; 7/23/2004; 787 words ; ... one of the boomtowns of Prince William County, Gainesville is trying to strike a balance by meeting the ... Supervisor John Stirrup, who represents the Gainesville District. Gainesville has experienced tremendous growth. Data from ... Read more

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