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Gainesville, Florida Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Gainesville! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Gainesville prepares cold-night shelters for adults and families this weekend
  • Santa Fe's holiday concert mixes gospel, bluegrass and choral traditions
  • Gainesville asking rents fall 5% from last October

Also on today's calendar: Jacksonville Chocolate and Coffee Festival and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A stray afternoon shower, with a high of 80 and low of 58 degrees.
  • Thursday: Breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 77, low: 52.
  • Friday: Partly sunny and not as warm, with a high of 68 and low of 41 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Gainesville activates Cold Night Shelter Program for winter season (mainstreetdailynews.com) — Gainesville anticipates opening cold-night shelters November 13–14 as overnight temperatures are forecast to fall below 45 degrees. Individual adults can use GRACE Marketplace, while children and accompanying family members can go to the Martin Luther King Jr. Multipurpose Center, 1028 NE 14th St. Both shelters will operate from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.
   

2. 'Songs of the Season' to bring holiday spirit through eclectic musical mix (alachuachronicle.com) — Santa Fe College's “Songs of the Season” brings an eclectic holiday concert to Gainesville on Friday, November 13, at 7:30 p.m. Voices of Santa Fe and guest instrumentalists will perform traditional and contemporary choral music alongside gospel, African-inspired and bluegrass-inspired selections at Sasser Fine Arts Hall, with tickets available through Showpass or the box office.
   

3. Gainesville apartments ​for rent saw price decreases since last October (gainesville.com) — Apartment hunters in the Gainesville area saw a median asking rent of $1,573 in October, down 5% from a year earlier but nearly unchanged from September. Zumper's listing data puts local rents 31% below Florida's median, though the figures reflect advertised apartments rather than what all existing tenants pay.
   

4. University of Florida lab researches the impact of A.I. in educational spaces (wcjb.com) — A University of Florida researcher is examining how students can use AI to learn programming without letting it replace their own thinking. Her work explores which tools students find useful, how heavily they rely on them, and whether their cognitive skills keep developing as they prepare for the workforce.
   

5. Flu season is here! Gainesville pediatrician pushes for vaccinations (wcjb.com) — Alachua County Public Schools offers free nasal spray flu vaccines during the school day, a local option as Gainesville pediatrician Dr. Rachel Coleman urges vaccination. Coleman says a mutated H1N1 strain may explain the season’s early arrival, with cases first increasing on the West Coast.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • More Blue...
    Though we are well into November, we still are fortunate to have flowers hanging on and therefore butterflies and other pollinators. Each year I look… (Nextdoor Valwood)
  • Hello neighbors,
    We live very in Mile Run, off 37th drive, and this little cat has been visiting our backyard over the last few weeks. We managed to trap she/he last… (Nextdoor Milhopper Station)
  • Domino's Pizza posted a job opening for Assistant Manager(05150) -2106 SW 13th St in Gainesville. Apply here.
  • Dunkin' posted a job opening for Team Member in Gainesville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Gainesville here.

Ok Gainesville! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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