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What Gainesville is doing about abandoned properties
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Windows are boarded up Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, at a house along Thompson Bridge Road. Gainesville officials are working to address vacant and abandoned properties. - photo by Scott Rogers
Gainesville officials are working on two initiatives, a land bank and adjustments to the city’s property maintenance regulations, part of efforts to improve housing conditions and neighborhood blight.