City of Gainesville to host feedback sessions on proposals for American Rescue Plan funds
Press release from City of Gainesville
The City of Gainesville Office of Equity and Inclusion will host a series of community workshops to gather input on several dozen proposals to be considered for federal emergency relief funding.
The City will receive more than $32 million dollars under the American Rescue Plan, designed to help communities recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Neighbor feedback from the sessions will be submitted to the Gainesville City Commission for consideration in advance of its July 15 meeting where next steps will be determined.
In-person and virtual feedback sessions are scheduled as follows. (Registration is required.)
- 6-8 p.m. Monday, June 28 via Zoom
- 10 a.m.-noon Tuesday, June 29 via Zoom
- 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, June 29 at Gainesville Regional Utilities, 301 S.E. 4th Ave. (Register online through this link.)
- 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, June 30 via Zoom
Gainesville city commissioners and community organizations submitted funding proposals on topics including broadband, health care, rent relief, transportation, and utility debt forgiveness, among others.
During each two-hour session, neighbors will gather into small groups to learn about the proposals in these categories: Economic; Housing; Social Services; and Health, Broadband, Transportation, Grocery, and Capital Projects.
Equity and Inclusion staff also will introduce the new COVID Equity Budget Tool, used to assess whether or not a proposal advances equity, addresses existing disparities, creates disparity, or would have little to no impact on delivering more equitable outcomes.
Additional details will be available on the city’s website in advance of next week’s sessions.
Don’t approve any proposal submitted by “non-profit” orgs with perpetual admin. oversight (prof’l squeaky wheel model). Only approve a proposal that empowers individual private ownership and fosters liberty with self-governance. That’s the only way the funds will help long term.
That’s a good idea…Thanks. And stop with the “open border” of accepting
Homeless into our county. That money needs to be spent
On the residents of Alachua County only..no more accepting of
Released inmates from Putnam county to Alachua County…these other places can’t make their problems our problem.
Like that’ll happen with these Nancy Pisslosey wannabes.
No doubt our experience lacking leaders will spend it on outrageous liberal causes that will demand even more of our tax money to support once those funds are gone. Easy for them to just raise property taxes, fire fees, electricity and trash fee. Our own neighbors voted these ignorant losers into office. Not a one of them has successful experience in private business, just business failures, bankruptcy, job losses, and government checks. For gosh sakes folks. someone with experience run for office and vote these losers out!!!
Decrease the utility bills instead of increasing them, duh. (Oops, that’s not part of Agenda 2030.)