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🗑️ Gainesville pickup days change Oct. 5 for about 65% of households
💡 GRU cuts the electric fuel charge by $5 per 1,000 kilowatt-hours
🚰 Archer finishes the first $6.58 million wastewater phase
🏘️ Plan board recommends against Depot Park zoning changes
🦟 Alachua County confirms its second locally acquired West Nile case
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🗑️ Gainesville pickup days change Oct. 5
The Gist: About 65% of Gainesville households will have a new curbside pickup day starting Monday, Oct. 5. Under the city's new GFL contract, collection expands from three weekdays to five; garbage, recycling, yard waste and bulk items will share one assigned day for each address.
Why It Matters: Many households will need to move their bins to a different weekday and have them at the curb by 7 a.m.
What's Next: Enter your address in the city's Garbage Day Lookup Map or call 352-334-2330.
Read more here.
💡 GRU lowers electric and gas fuel charges
The Gist: Gainesville Regional Utilities lowered its electric fuel adjustment from 50 to 45 mills and its purchased gas adjustment from 35 to 32 cents per therm on Sept. 29. A household using 1,000 kilowatt-hours will pay $146.60 instead of $151.60; one using 25 therms of gas will pay $34.99 instead of $35.74.
Why It Matters: Those changes save the example households $5 on electricity and 75 cents on gas each month. GRU says electric base rates will stay flat for a third straight fiscal year.
Read more here.
🚰 Archer finishes $6.58 million wastewater main
The Gist: Archer completed the first $6.58 million phase of its wastewater project with Newberry on time and within budget. Crews installed 42,500 feet of pipe and 44 valves along US 27/41, connecting Archer's system to Newberry's.
Why It Matters: The connection is part of an $80 million regional treatment plan meant to give both cities more wastewater capacity. The new pipe cannot carry flow until the later phases are finished.
What's Next: Phase 2 will add a major lift station in Archer and more pipe beneath railroad tracks and state roads.
Read more here.
🏘️ Plan board votes against Depot Park zoning change
The Gist: Gainesville's City Plan Board voted 4-3 to recommend denying new land use and zoning for The Cottages at Depot Park. Sixteen people spoke against the changes. The roughly 2-acre property has about 37 units, and one resident said his rent has stayed at $1,100 for three years.
Why It Matters: Board members raised concerns about losing relatively affordable homes near downtown. The owners could still redevelop the property under its current zoning.
What's Next: The City Commission will make the final decision on the proposed land use and zoning changes.
Read more here.
🦟 Second local West Nile case confirmed
The Gist: The Florida Department of Health confirmed a second locally acquired West Nile virus case in Alachua County on Sept. 25. The county and the cities of Gainesville, Alachua and Newberry are coordinating mosquito surveillance, treating county-maintained retention basins and spraying targeted areas.
Why It Matters: The virus spreads through infected mosquito bites. Symptoms can appear two to 14 days later and may include fever, headache, body aches and weakness.
What's Next: Residents with symptoms can call the county health department at 352-334-7900.
Read more here.
🌼 Fall Wildflower Walks | Morningside Nature Center | Gainesville | Saturday, Oct. 3, 9-10:30 a.m. | More
Follow a nature interpreter through Morningside's fall wildflowers. Free.
🌳 Plant for Pollinators: Bees and Trees | Evergreen Cemetery | Gainesville | Saturday, Oct. 3, 9-11 a.m. | More
Pick two native trees and a pollinator plant, while supplies last.
📚 Library District 40th Anniversary Celebration | Headquarters Library | Gainesville | Saturday, Oct. 3, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | More
Crafts, therapy dogs, balloon art and icy treats mark 40 years.
🐓 Living History Saturday | Morningside Nature Center Living History Farm | Gainesville | Saturday, Oct. 3, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. | More
Watch wood-stove cooking and blacksmithing, or try period tools. Free.
🐑 Barnyard Buddies | Morningside Nature Center Living History Farm | Gainesville | Wednesday, Oct. 7, 3-4 p.m. | More
Meet cows, chickens, sheep and pigs, and help feed them. Free.
🎸 Free Fridays: Elio Piedra | Bo Diddley Plaza | Gainesville | Friday, Oct. 2, 7-9 p.m. | More
Elio Piedra plays Latin music downtown for free.
🎤 Six One Five Collective | UpStage at the Phillips Center | Gainesville | Friday, Oct. 2, 7 or 9 p.m. | More
Four Nashville songwriters play country originals, covers and songs they wrote for others.
🎶 Jason Marsalis Quartet | UpStage at the Phillips Center | Gainesville | Saturday, Oct. 3, 7 or 9 p.m. | More
Vibraphonist Jason Marsalis brings his quartet to an intimate cabaret stage.
🎻 Telegraph Quartet | Squitieri Studio Theatre | Gainesville | Sunday, Oct. 4, 2 p.m. | More
Hear Beethoven, Kenji Bunch and Mendelssohn in a studio-theater concert.
🎨 Art After Dark: Museum Nights | Harn Museum of Art | Gainesville | Thursday, Oct. 8, 6-9 p.m. | More
Meet Indigenous artists and watch Duane Whitehorse's powwow dance demonstration.
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