Anita Spring Collection on Visions 2000
Scope and Content
The Anita Spring Collection on Visions 2000 contains reports, background papers, summaries, newspaper clippings, and meeting notes produced by the Committee for Visions for the Future of Gainesville and Alachua County as part of the Florida Legislature's 1985 Act (House Bill 1408).
Dates
- Creation: 1983 - 1987
Creator
- Spring, Anita. (Person)
Access
The collection is open for research.
Biographical/Historical Note
In 1985 the Florida Legislature passed the Visions for the Future of Gainesville and Alachua County Act of 1985 (House Bill 1408). The act created the Visions 2000 for Alachua County and Gainesville Committee to review and develop strategies and policies for possible future visions for growth and development in Alachua County. The committee invited various representative members of the county to attend two separate conferences held in Howey-In-The-Hills, Central Florida on January 9-12, 1986 and March 27-29, 1987 to review data and reports about Alachua County and develop policies and strategies for future growth management. The focus primarily was on economic development, growth alternatives, quality of life, and governmental relations, transportation, the needs of rural citizens.
Extent
.51 Linear Feet (1 Box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Reports, background papers, summaries, newspaper clippings, and meeting notes produced by the Committee for Visions for the Future of Gainesville and Alachua County as part of the Florida Legislature's 1985 Act (House Bill 1408).
Location
University of Florida Smathers Library Building
Acquisition Information
Donated by Anita Spring, Associate Professor and Dean of the University of Florida's College of Arts and Sciences.
Subject
- Florida. Legislature. House of Representatives. (Organization)
- Title
- Anita Spring Collection on Visions 2000
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Matt Kruse
- Date
- November 2021
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida Repository
George A. Smathers Libraries
PO Box 117005
Gainesville Florida 32611-7005 United States of America
352-273-2755
special@uflib.ufl.edu