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Gainesville brings parklet to downtown square
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Women sit on a mobile "parklet" Friday on the square in Gainesville. The newly unveiled mobile parklet is the first in the state and will be moved around the square. - photo by David Barnes
The married couple liked what they saw as they sized up the platform extending from the sidewalk outside their craft beer establishment on the Gainesville square. Gainesville city officials introduced the structure — called a parklet — with a ribbon-cutting Friday outside Downtown Drafts, which is owned and operated by Aimee and Nick Hoecker. Built in sections from mostly salvaged and repurposed wood, the platform features wooden benches on the corners, chairs and counter where food and drinks can be placed.