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Bell South Gainesville Area Phone Book - Download the entire Bell South Yellow and White Pages for the Gainesville Area. Completely safe and easy to use. You can also view Bell South Phone Books for other South Eastern United States

School Board of Alachua County - New residents should first call the school zoning office at (352) 955-7700 to find out which schools your community is zoned for and requirements for registration. You may also want to visit the Web site of the Alachua County School Board at http://www.sbac.edu, or call the board at (352) 955-7300.

Alachua County School Zoning Maps:

Elementary School

Middle School

High School

Gainesville Regional Utilities: - Gainesville Regional Utilities provides electric, gas, water, wastewater and telecommunications services in the urban area. Cal GRU at (352) 334-3434

Cox Communications: Cox Communications provides cable television service to the Gainesville area. Call Cox at (888) 269-9693

Alachua County Office of Waste Collection: For Alachua County Residents. Contact (352) 338-3233 for more information

City of Gainesville Garbage and Trash Collection - For Gainesville City Residents - (352) 334-5042

Bell South - BellSouth provides the area’s telephone infrastructure and is the leading telephone residential and business service provider. Call BellSouth at 1-888-757-6500 or, if out of region, 1-800-753-0710.

Department of Animal Services - Dogs and Cats need to be registered in Alachua County. In order to be licensed, you must have proof of rabies vaccination. Contact the Department of Animal Services at (352) 955-2333

Florida’s Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles - Florida’s Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles advises new residents to 1. Obtain your Florida driver license; 2. Then obtain automobile insurance from a company licensed to do business in Florida, and 3. Finally, title and register your vehicle (obtain Florida license plate). Call (352) 955-2111 or visit http://www.hsmv.state.fl.us/offices/alachua.html to begin this process.

Where to Shop in Gainesville: -

• The Oaks Mall is just east of I-75 at Newberry Road, you’ll find over 140 stores including Abercrombie & Fitch, Ann Taylor, Bath & Body Works, The Children's Place, Hollister Co., Victoria's Secret, Yankee Candle Co. and and JoS. A. Bank. You can visit the Oaks Mall online at http://www.theoaksmall.com/html/Mallinfo.asp.
• At Butler Plaza, just east of I-75 at Archer Road, you’ll find Target, Wal-Mart, Lowes, OfficeMax, Best Buy and Eckerd Drug Stores. Butler Plaza is also home to many restaurants: T.G.I. Fridays, Texas Roadhouse, Olive Garden, The Outback, Ale House, Rafferty's, Hop's, Checkers, Chili's and Taco Bell. You can visit Butler Plaza online at http://www.butlerplaza.com
• Thornebrook Village, at NW 43rd Street and 23rd Boulevard, offers boutique and specialty stores, including wine and seafood retailers.
• Plaza Royale, just west of Tower Rd )75th St on Newberry Road, offers a stadium-style movieplex, several restaurants and a Talbot’s.
• Downtown Gainesville is home to Union Street Station (http://www.unionstreetstation.com ), a retail-residential complex with boutiques, restaurants, specialty retailers and residential condominiums. Union Street Station is adjacent to the award-winning Hippodrome Theatre, the Sun Center and other downtown restaurants, nightclubs and attractions.

Getting Around the Roads in Gainesville: The city is divided into four quadrants: northwest, northeast, southwest, and southeast. The center of that quadrant is downtown at the intersection of University Avenue and Main Street.
An easy way to remember east-west routes is to remember the word "APRIL," since the letters in that word (except "I") represents a route that runs in an east-west direction. Avenues,"A"; Place, "P"; Roads, "R"; Lanes,"L". Routes running north south are Streets, Ways, Drives, and Terraces (SWDT).

Houses of Worship in Gainesville - The Gainesville Sun offers a comprehensive guide to these places of worship

Recreational Places to Visit in Gainesville - The Gainesville Sun offers a comprehensive guide to places to visit in Gainesville

Telephone Numbers you must have:

• City of Gainesville:
  (352) 334-5000
• Alachua County:
  (352) 374-5210
• Animal Control/Licenses, Alachua County:
  (352) 955-2333
• City of Gainesville Bus Schedules:
  (352) 334-2614
• Cable TV Service and Billing:
  (352) 377-2123
• Alachua County Courthouse:
  (352) 374-3636
• Gainesville Sun:
  (352) 378-1411
• Gainesville Regional Utilities:
  (352) 334-3400
• Electric:
  (352) 334-2871
• Gas:
  (352) 334-2550
• Water:
  (352) 334-2711
• Garbage/trash (in County):
  (352) 338-3233
• Health Department, Alachua County:
  (352) 955-2364
• Humane Society, Alachua County:
  (352) 373-5855
• City of Gainesville Information and Referral:
  (352) 334-5005
• Public Library, Alachua County:
  (352) 334-3900
• Recycling Information, Alachua County:
  (352) 334-2230
• School Board, Alachua County:
  (352) 955-7300
• Tag Office, Alachua County:
  (352) 374-5263
• Tax Collector, Alachua County:
  (352) 374-5236
• U.S. Post office:
  (352) 334-1863
• Crisis Center, Alachua County:
  (352) 376-4444
• Emergency Services, Alachua County:
  (352) 374-5222
• Sheriff's Office, Alachua County:
  (352) 955-2500
• American Red Cross:
  (352) 376-4669
• Community Action Agency:
  (352) 373-7667
• Gainesville Fire Rescue:
  (352) 334-5078
• Gainesville Police Department:
  (352) 955-1818
• Florida Highway Patrol:
  (352) 955-2150
• Hurricanes and Storms:
  (352) 334-5233
• Public Utilities Service Failure:
  (352) 334-2871
• Poison Control:
  (800) 282-3171
• Salvation Army:
  (352) 376-1743
• Victim Services:
  (352) 264-6760

Online Resources:

City Resources: Gainesville’s mayor Pegeen Hanrahan and six city commissioners govern this town of 117,182 residents.

• http://www.cityofgainesville.org
  Official web site for the city of Gainesville. Contains Government Information, Business Guides, Employment Opportunities, Issues and Projects, and online resources. Links to forms, licenses and permits.
• http://www.cityofgainesville.org/pubworks/parking.cfm
  Parking program for city of Gainesville
• http://www.cityofgainesville.org/hosted/sbd.cfm
  City of Gainesville Small Business Development Department
• http://hr.cityofgainesville.org
  Human resources department for the city of Gainesville
• http://www.gfr.org/
  Gainesville Fire Rescue
• http://www.gainesvillepd.org/
  Gainesville Police Department

County Resources: Five elected county commissioners oversee government in Alachua County, home to 231,296 Floridians.

• http://www.co.alachua.fl.us/portal/CommunityServices.asp
  Alachua County Community Support Services, including:
  Crisis Center, Cooperative Extension Service, Partners for a Productive Community, Senior Services, Social Services, Victim Services, Veteran Services
• http://www.animalservices.alachua.fl.us/
  Alachua County Animal Services
• http://www.cityofgainesville.org/gov/commission/clerks.cfm
  Gainesville Clerk of the Commission
• http://elections.alachua.fl.us
  Alachua County Supervisor of Elections, voter registration information
• http://www.firerescue.alachua.fl.us
  Alachua Fire Rescue
• http://www.alachuacountyhealth.com
  Alachua County Health Department
• http://www.alachuasheriff.org
  Alachua County Sheriff’s Office
• http://sawww.co.alachua.fl.us
  Alachua County Office of the State Attorney - Eighth Judicial Circuit

State Resources:

• http://myflorida.com
  MyFlorida.com - The official Web portal of the State of Florida
• http://www.leg.state.fl.us/
  Online Sunshine Florida Legislature’s official Web site
• http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/fgils/
  Florida Department of State Division of Library and Information Services
• http://circuit8.org
  Eighth Judicial Circuit of Florida

Federal Resources:

• http://www.firstgov.gov/
  FirstGov - U.S. Government's Official Web Portal
• http://www.usdoj.gov/ins
  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
• http://www.irs.gov
  Internal Revenue Service
• http://www.nps.gov
  National Park Service
• http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html
  LSU libraries’ directory of federal agencies
• http://www.usps.gov
  U.S. Postal Service
• http://thomas.loc.gov/
  Thomas - Legislative information on the Internet

Hospitals:

• http://www.nfrmc.com/
  North FL Regional
• http://www.health.ufl.edu/shcc/
  UF Student Health Center
• http://www.shands.org/
  Shands Health Care
• http://www.appc1.va.gov/visn8/nfsg/facilities/Gainesville.asp
  VA Medical Center
• http://www.shands.org/hospitals/AGH/default.htm
  Shands at Alachua General Hospital
  

Utility Resources:

• http://www.cox.com/GainesvilleOcala/
  Gainesville Regional Utilities 334-3434
• http://www.bellsouth.com/
  BellSouth telephone and Internet service
• Ordering, Billing, and Other Services 1.888.757.6500
  If outside region, dial 1.800.753.0710
• https://www.cox.com/