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Gainesville City Commission responds to traffic safety concerns Officials are discussing increased pedestrian lighting and road redesigns Photo by Ashley Hicks | The Independent Florida Alligator Gainesville City Commissioners will meet with Florida traffic officials in a mounting effort to make roads safer after two student deaths less than two months apart on University Avenue. The ...

Eugene officials and a local natural gas provider disagree on whether the city can link ability to use public rights of way to carbon reduction goals.  It's been the "biggest stumbling block" as the city has attempted to negotiate a new franchise agreement with NW Natural before a quickly approaching deadline, City Manager Sarah Medary said.  "We feel we have authority to include carbon reduction as a condition of using right of way," Medary said during a Monday City Council work session.  The franchise agreement gives NW Natural the legal authority to lay, maintain and operate pipes and o...

Managing Editor Julia Sabin, of The J.M. Smucker Co., has been elected chair of the American Frozen Food Institute board of directors. The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) elected new officers and directors to its board of directors during its annual membership meeting. The newly elected officers were Julia Sabin, of The J.M. Smucker Co., as chair; John Tentomas, of Nature’s Touch, as vice chair; and Meghan Swan, of J.R. Simplot Co., as immediate past chair. Sabin is VP of government relations and corporate sustainability for The J.M. Smucker Co., an Orrville, Ohio-...

Lane Community College’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. event was held online this year via Zoom, with keynote speaker Dr. Robert Bullard, who is known as the “father of environmental justice.” The event, hosted by Dr. Lamont A. Francies, coincided with King’s birthday on Jan. 15. Francies is an educator and the senior pastor at Delta Bay Church of Christ in Antioch, California. The Zoom event was held to discuss environmental racism, and how it affects minority communities disproportionately. Bullard has been working and researching environmental justice since 1979, and is the nation�...

New Chairs and Vice-Chairs Elected to Member Councils Share The National League of Cities  has elected new leaders for its Member Councils, which represents the variety of communities that make up NLC membership. Individuals were elected during the 2020 Virtual City Summit Conference.  “Our Councils are an important part of how NLC ensures that we are representing the diversity of our cities, towns, and villages,”  said NLC President Kathy Maness, councilmember, Lexington, South Carolina. “As the largest membership and advocacy organization for local elected officials, our Memb...