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Gainesville public housing seniors excited about planned center
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Maria Bristow talks Tuesday from her Tower Heights porch. Residents are looking forward to a new community center planned in the building. - photo by NAT GURLEY
Bingo was the top game residents of the Tower Heights public housing apartments wanted to see at the planned community center in the building recently vacated by a nonprofit adult day care facility. Judith Escamilla, executive director of the Gainesville Housing Authority, said architects are drafting modifications for the center, which is expected to serve senior and disabled residents. Housing Authority staff are conducting interviews with residents to pinpoint what they want at the site, she said.