The Gainesville (FL) Thriving Project (GTP) is an initiative of the Thriving Cities Lab at the Institute and Foundation for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia. The Thriving Cities Lab works from the six classical and contemporary civic ‘endowments,’ an interpretive and analytical approach to well-being and contemporary urban life developed through a decade of research and study in partnership with pilot cities and research sites across the country.
Phase One introduced the Framework and asked stakeholders to evaluate their city and their role in helping it thrive. Between December 2021 and June 2022, a team of researchers conducted interviews, surveyed, and held focus group and process meetings with more than 150 leaders from the full array of Gainesville’s civic, public, private, and non-profit institutions, and reviewed and compiled publicly accessible data and reports related to every aspect of the city’s life. The key findings of this research are summarized in the Phase One report.
You can read the Gainesville Phase One Report here (pdf).
Sarah’s Sweetwater Greenway Loop Festival, Gainesville (FL)
A celebration of Gainesville’s unique artistic, environmental, and civic heritage. This joint effort provides residents who live and work along the proposed route of a greenway, already approved by the City of Gainesville’s Strategic Plan, the opportunity to come together as neighbors and strengthen their bonds of community, as well as contribute their voices and their ideas to the visioning process.