“It is a necessity if our objective is to provide higher quality education. It's not uncommon that a very good student has to go away to Orlando or South Florida.”
“It's important that communities maintain their sense of place identity, so that they are not just one more blob of suburban sprawl, that they are something special ... People do like themes.”
“We had to beg people 10 years ago to build something, ... I was a sleepy place. Today, downtown Gainesville is one of the hottest real estate markets in Alachua County.”
