The Week Ahead: Your stories to look out for in North Central Florida

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Published: Jul. 27, 2026 at 2:37 AM EDT

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - At a special city of Alachua commission meeting at noon on Monday, commissioners will hold a quasi-judicial hearing on a rezoning plan for the controversial farmlands commercial development. On June 22, they voted 3-2 to make land use changes.

A three-day, Rural America Summit in Lake City gets underway on Tuesday, co-sponsored by Columbia county economic development.

Alachua County school superintendent Kamala Patton, tries again on Thursday to convince school board members to buy Citizens Field. They voted 3-2 against an agreement in June.

Thursday night the Florida 4-H Hall of Fame induction ceremony takes place at the Reitz union. The ceremony includes a legacy honor for C.K. McQuarrie- who was the UF Agricultural Experiment Station’s first statewide demonstration agent.

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