BY JENNIFER CABRERA
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – At the June 11 Alachua County Commission meeting, the board heard an update on the 2025 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships and voted to advertise an ordinance to divest from corporate notes and bonds as permitted investments in the County’s investment portfolio.
World Masters update
Stephen Rodriguez from RADD Sports, representing the Alachua County Local Organizing Committee, said the committee is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that was created to organize the 2025 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships event, which has been awarded to Alachua County. He said representatives of the committee went to the European Masters Indoor Championships in Poland to sign the agreement to host the event, and while they were there, they spoke to a large number of athletes and team managers. He said, “I would say that the feedback was overwhelming in terms of the amount of people that want to come to Florida and to come to Alachua County.” He said the committee has launched its website and its social media campaigns.