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Revival brewing in midtown may include skatepark, brewpub

Kathy Wedegis prepares a stuffed bread in the back of The Colored Egg, her bakery on Grove Street in midtown Gainesville.

GROWTH Progress 4.jpg — Kathy Wedegis prepares a stuffed bread in the back of The Colored Egg, her bakery on Grove Street in midtown Gainesville.

With downtown Gainesville flowering just a short walk away from midtown — the area is about to kick off a $52 million torrent of commercial and residential construction on the square and nearby — it raises the question of what’s next for the sleepy, former industrial hub of Gainesville.