06/11/2026
Community spirit, music and fun marked the official reopening of Tom Petty Park last Saturday. The renovated municipal park features improved lighting and new seating areas, shade canopies, pickleball courts, a multiuse trail, landscaping, a Bee City Gainesville pollinator garden and more. These improvements were funded by the voter-approved Wild Spaces and Public Spaces surtax.
Learn more: https://www.gainesvillefl.gov/News-articles/Tom-Petty-Park-reopening