Welcome to Gainesville Downtown! We’re glad you dropped by for a visit. If we do our job, hopefully we’ll be seeing quite a bit of each other for years to come.
Our goal is for gainesvilledowntown.com to become your go-to source for anything and everything happening in downtown Gainesville. That, of course, means such things as stage performances at the Hippodrome and all other activities that draw people downtown on any given day or night.
But gainesvilledowntown.com also will devote attention to the underrated attractions of downtown Gainesville. We will keep you informed on the latest events at the Matheson Museum, the Historic Thomas Center and the Alachua Library Headquarters. We will take you behind the scenes at Gainesville’s community theater venues—the Acrosstown Repertory and Actors’ Warehouse. And we will draw attention to venues that are the pulse of Gainesville’s vibrant music scene.
Many of the feature articles on gainesvilledowntown.com will profile the personalities who make downtown Gainesville a dynamic part of this thriving college town. You will meet the chefs preparing the food and colorful bartenders serving up the drinks, as well as actors and musicians offering their creative talents.
Of course, downtown Gainesville has more to offer than food and entertainment. At gainesvilledowntown.com, you’ll meet movers and shakers, the visionaries, innovators and entrepreneurs driving the business community. We will take you inside the Innovation Hub and the many technology companies that are literally and figuratively shaping the downtown landscape.
We will walk the many neighborhoods that define the area and meet people who call it home. We will post engaging articles and photography reflecting the fabric of the area, including the colorful characters that make this place charming. We’ll also spotlight the special events that draw throngs of people downtown—from art festivals and concerts to the farmers market and those massive book sales sponsored by Friends of the Library.
Through a regularly updated blog on the site, gainesvilledowntown.com also will keep you informed of the latest “word on the street.” If a business opens—or, alas, closes—we will provide the scoop. If something noteworthy takes place regarding, say, the renovation of Bo Diddley Community Plaza, our blog will let you be the first to know.
One feature of gainesvilledowntown.com that we hope will keep you coming back for more is a daily events calendar, called Today’s Best Bets, dedicated to all things downtown. We will tell you which musicians are playing where and when, provide you with some featured drink and dinner specials at local restaurants and inform you of everything else, from gallery openings to poetry jams.
Although we will emphasize the many positive aspects of downtown Gainesville, gainesvilledowntown.com also will 
address some of the pressing issues facing people who live, work and visit here. Parking, the homeless, city regulations and crime are among their daily concerns. We will make an honest effort to speak with all sides of a story and present the facts.
We will do all we can to bring you an informative and entertaining website, but the success of gainesvilledowntown.com ultimately depends on you. Through Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms, the site will serve as a public forum, an exchange of thoughts and ideas. We value any and all input that helps advance the dialogue, so let us hear your voice!
Why is there a need for gainesvilledowntown.com? Simple. Although Gainesville has no shortage of media, no newspaper, magazine or broadcast outlet dedicates itself to the downtown scene.
We’re proud to say, gainesvilledowntown.com will do just that. Please join us for the journey!
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