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Walkers pour through streets, for healths sake
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Gwenell Brown of the Newtown Florist Club hands out fans to participants in the inaugural Gainesville Walks.
Some ran, some walked, some got a bit winded. And some sprinted the last bit of hilly stretch to finish the inaugural Gainesville Walks, an event several sponsors — including the city government — hope will become a healthy routine for area residents. “This is every day, not one time a month or one time a week,” said Brandon Evans, a Centennial Arts Academy teacher who helped lead the event, to the crowd gathered at Fair Street School.