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Residents speak out on planned Athens Street park
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Hall County Commissioner Jeff Stowe explains the latest proposal for a park on the south side of Gainesville during a meeting Monday, April 9, 2018, at the Fair Street Neighborhood Center. - photo by Joshua Silavent
The residents of the south side of Gainesville are taking the latest plans for a park in their neighborhood with a grain of salt. Across Interstate 985, out along Athens Street, a few miles gone from the commercial centers of the downtown and midtown districts, is a largely residential, minority community of middle-class homes, public housing, trailers and immigrant enclaves.