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Residents, preservationists urge pause to Maguire Village demolition; county to send UF a letter seeking update
Summary
Speakers at public comment asked the county to press the University of Florida to pause demolition of Maguire Village and preserve affordable graduate housing and mature trees. Commissioners instructed staff to send a chair's letter to UF requesting an update and to invite university officials to present to the board.
Public commenters urged the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday to ask the University of Florida to pause planned demolition at Maguire Village and University Village South, saying the complex contains affordable housing, mature trees and community green space.
Marie Van Derinsky of the Sierra Club's Suwannee St. Johns Executive Committee told the board that she has attended UF trustee and landscaping meetings and that the university appears intent on demolishing 44 buildings on a 27‑acre site. She and other…
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