City must do more to support youth David Arreola
Nestled between the Serengeti and Lake Victoria, the Maasai people of Kenya have a traditional greeting which has been learned all over the world: “Eserian nakera?” In English it means, “And how are the children?” The response is: “All the children are well.”
American culture places a high value on youth with a varying degree of meaning. The tech-driven generations, of which I am a part of, have been raised to simultaneously see the cash value our country places on us and the great social power we wield from sheer numbers.
Nestled between the Serengeti and Lake Victoria, the Maasai people of Kenya have a traditional greeting which has been learned all over the world: “Eserian nakera?” In English it means, “And how are the children?” The response is: “All the children are well.”
American culture places a high value on youth with a varying degree of meaning. The tech-driven generations, of which I am a part of, have been raised to simultaneously see the cash value our country places on us and the great social power we wield from sheer numbers.
Growing up is just as hard as it was for previous generations with the distinction of an ever-growing inundation of digital content shaping our values and worldview. The COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis have also affected our youth. So, in Gainesville, we would do well to ask, How are the children?”
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30 Years In The Making, Alachua County Fairgrounds Move From Gainesville To Newberry
By Julia Coin
February 19, 2021
Lee Ferguson has worked on the site of the new Alachua County Fairgrounds for 30 years, about as long as the county has been searching for its new location.
He’s tended to the property in Newberry since the 1990s, when his sister bought it. Since leaving his life as a windsurfer in the Florida Keys, Ferguson has seen the property go through changes in ownership and losses in acreage. Its once expansive cross-country course is home to new houses, and the remaining property is being transformed by the county.