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Join us to celebrate the completion of this transformative project!
The City of Gainesville’s Wild Spaces & Public Places program and the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department are thrilled to announce that construction of the Clarence R. Kelly Community Center & Park is near completion. You are invited to commemorate the new center and park, at an opening celebration on Juneteenth—a finale to the City of Gainesville's month-longJourney to Juneteenthcelebration.
Wild Spaces & Public Places
Your Half-Cent Sales Tax at Work
This project is being funded with the Wild Spaces & Public Places half-cent sales tax. Collected from January 2017 to December 2024, the sales tax will continue to create, improve and maintain parks and recreational facilities and acquire and improve environmentally-sensitive lands. To sign up for updates, please visit www.WildSpacesPublicPlacesGNV.org.
For information about the project, please contact Pete McNiece, project manager, at 352-393-8544 ormcniecepr@cityofgainesville.org.
For information about the opening celebration, please contact Angie Gould, Senior Marketing and Communications Specialist,