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Florida Sun-Review: Orlando: 1922 Florida Times-Union [10] Jacksonville [1] 1864 Gannett Company: Began as Florida Union: Florida Today: Melbourne: Gannett Company [11] Floridian Newspaper: Miami 1927 Began as Jewish Floridian in 1927; became Floridian Newspaper in 1990 [12] [13] Folio Weekly: Jacksonville: Fort Myers Beach Observer [1] Fort ...
Satchel's Pizza is a pizzeria in Gainesville, Florida. It was opened on March 7, 2003 by Satchel Raye. [1] Satchel's has become very well known in Gainesville, and can have wait times of over an hour on the weekends. [2] It is common for Gainesville residents to see bumper stickers from Satchel's when driving around town. [3]
A startup company in North Central Florida, Fracture was founded by two graduates of The University of Florida, Alex Theodore and Abhi Lokesh. [4] [5] They began selling their product in December 2009. [6] Theodore and Lokesh raised $1.5 million in funding from outside investors, [7] including Tamiami Angel Fund I in 2012. [8]
The motion to move the county seat was hotly contested by the residents of Newnansville, but Tillman Ingram, a plantation owner in Hogtown who owned a sawmill there, offered to build a courthouse in the new town. The offer was for such as favorable price that the move was approved. At tha time, the name "Gainesville" was chosen for the new town.
From 1900 until 1970 Gainesville High School was the main public high school serving the city of Gainesville, in addition to the segregated Lincoln High School. However, because of large growth in the city throughout the 1960s, the capacity of GHS became strained, forcing the district to plan for a new high school.
Danny Harold Rolling (May 26, 1954 – October 25, 2006), known as The Gainesville Ripper, was an American serial killer who murdered five college students in Gainesville, Florida over four days in August 1990.
In 2009, the Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency determined that a refresh would be needed to improve the structure's appearance and improve the image conveyed by what was a gateway to the city. In March 2012, construction started on a new design resembling a strand of DNA, with the bridge re-opening on Thanksgiving [2] [3]
The Pleasant Street Historic District in Gainesville, Florida is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on April 20, 1989) located in Gainesville, Florida. It encompasses approximately 770 acres (3.1 km 2), bounded by Northwest 8th Avenue, Northwest 1st Street, Northwest 2nd Avenue, and Northwest 6th Street. It contains 259 historic ...