Gainesville city commissioners voted unanimously for the Gainesville Housing Authority and the city to pursue a Choice Neighborhoods Implementation grant of up to $26 million to redevelop Lake Terrace Apartments and revitalize the surrounding East University Choice Neighborhood area.
Calling it a new day in east Gainesville’s growth, Commissioner Cynthia Chestnut made the motion for approval Feb. 19, with two commissioners absent from the 5-0 vote.
District 1 Commissioner Desmon Duncan-Walker, who represents most of east Gainesville, was absent, while At-Large Commissioner James Ingle, who just returned to the dais after surgery, showed up minutes after the vote…