This is Gator Country. All the teams are good. The local Gainesville Growlers are new and scheduled to compete against five Florida minor-league football elevens. Plus, the ever-active Gainesville Sports Organizing Committee brings state and national sporting events and even championships, mostly amateur, to town. Individual sports fans have it made.
Facilities are great, partly because of the university's presence.
Fishing and canoeing on the Santa Fe River provide many pleasant hours for residents who prefer freshwater sports. Even experts enjoy cave diving at Ginnie Springs. There's an active parks and recreation system, a Boys Club, a Girls Club, an organization devoted to promoting and organizing youth soccer and a YMCA with plenty of programs in addition to its popular swimming-lesson series. Hot Times in the City Anyone who's bored in Alachua County has only himself to blame. Whatever your hobby or passion, from weaving to stargazing, from basket making to bread baking, from computer programming to duplicate bridge, you can do it here and find like-minded folks to enjoy it with you.