One Nation One Project GNV selects Phase 2 grant recipients

Press release from City of Gainesville

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – One Nation One Project GNV (ONOP GNV), the City of Gainesville’s local arts and wellness initiative, will award grants totaling $200,000 to six area organizations as part of Phase 2: Aces in Motion; BLSSD Future Inc.; Community Impact Corporation; Dream on Purpose; Hippodrome State Theatre; and the Willie Mae Stokes Community Center.

Gainesville is one of 18 U.S. sites participating in a National League of Cities’ nationwide initiative that runs through July 2024. The City’s specific focus is the prevention of youth gun violence and promotion of youth well-being through arts and cultural programming. The Phase 2 projects will be implemented beginning Jan. 1.

ONOP GNV community partners include the University of Florida College of the Arts; SPARC352; Meridian Behavioral Healthcare; Alachua County Public Schools; UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine; Alachua County Crisis Center; Center for Arts, Migration and Entrepreneurship; and the Gainesville Police Department.

ONOP events are free and open to the public and support the City’s vision of equity, inclusion, and access to diverse cultural and arts locations, facilities, and programs of interest to all neighbors.