- The Archer Community Center’s future is uncertain as citizens and county officials urge the city to decide on relocating City Hall there or selling it.
- The city considers moving city hall to the community center or consolidating spaces due to a $400,000 estimated cost to update the current City Hall.
- Former mayor Roberta Lopez and others have long fought to preserve the community center as a historic, inclusive space since its 2011 opening.
- Local leaders express concern that repurposing the center for city hall would undermine its role as a community gathering place and historic monument.
The fate of the Archer Community Center remains in limbo after citizens and the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) pressed the Archer City Commission last week on its plans to either relocate its City Hall to the Community Center or sell it.
The potential relocation surfaced during a joint city and county meeting on Feb. 9.
The idea was proposed last year as the financially struggling city considered ways to save money and address Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance failures in the current City Hall building…