GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) -Gainesville city and Alachua County commissioners are holding a joint meeting Wednesday afternoon to discuss the possibility of a Gainesville cultural arts center on the eastside of the city.

In March, a $100,000 feasibility study found that no facility currently exists that could properly house the cultural arts center in East Gainesville.

In 2024, Commissioner Desmon Duncan Walker expressed a desire to create a pilot program with the school district, which city staff included in the agenda for Wednesday’s meeting as a possible option. City staff say they’re specifically looking at the Duval Early Learning Center, but TV20 reached out to the members of the Alachua County School Board, who say they aren’t aware of such plans.

In Wednesday’s meeting, county comm

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