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Residents say it will result in crime and underage drinking; temporary rule was originally set in September 2020 to help ailing restaurants and bars.
The homeless population in Alachua County and the region significantly dropped over the last year — a clear sign that efforts to get them into housing is working, officials said. The homeless population in the county dropped 21% in the survey of the population from Jan. 26 through Jan. 31. It took longer than normal to get the results due to the pandemic. Officials said while more people are getting permanent housing, more government money is needed to support those efforts. The latest Point in Time (PIT) survey results released Monday by the North Central Florida Alliance for the Ho...
The new measure makes panhandling on a street median that’s 6 feet or less wide illegal. While city and police officials insist the ordinance is not targeting them, people who are homeless and their advocates say there’s no question who will be hurt the most. “I’m living on the streets,” said Charles Smith, 35, who has been panhandling in the city for about a month, “and now you want to fine me because I’m out here trying to make a living?” Smith said it’s so much easier for panhandlers if they can stand along a median as drivers waiting at a red light have time to think abo...
Laurence Kilgannon A Port Talbot-based manufacturing start-up has received an investment of almost £900,000 to expand global sales of its smart corrosion inhibitors. Founded by Patrick Dodds, Hexigone has discovered a way to protect metals for up to ten times longer, through their innovative, smart inhibitors – raising £894,000 of financial support to ramp-up commercial activity across the globe from its site at Baglan Energy Park. The £894,000 investment comes from new investors including the British Business Bank Future Fund and Enterprise Investment Scheme as well as continued suppor...