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Sports fans flock to the athletic events at the University of Florida’s Stephen C. O’Connell Center and Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field, the University’s football arena, which seats more than 90,000 fans. Gator fans from around the country converge on the city for Florida football every fall.
A majority of the 925 members of the media and former Heisman winners voted for Tebow who has wowed football fans with his abilities as a dual-threat quarterback who can run and pass. The announcement was made at the Nokia Theater in New York. The award has been given annually since 1935.
Florida Gators Quarterback Tim Tebow, a 20 yr old, 6’ 3”, 235 pound sophomore,
made history on Dec 8, 2007, by becoming the first sophomore ever to win the Heisman Trophy, college football’s most coveted award.
Shands HealthCare, affiliated with the University of Florida Health Science Center, is one of the Southeast’s premier health systems. Shands includes eight hospitals: two academic medical centers; four community hospitals; and two specialty hospitals. With multi-specialty group practices based in Gainesville and Jacksonville, approximately 1,000 University of Florida faculty physicians provide are in Shands facilities and more than 80 outpatient practices throughout the region.
In Gainesville, the Health Science Center encompasses the Colleges of Dentistry, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Veterinary Medicine, the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital and the flagship referral hospital, Shands at UF and the VA Hospital.
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ainesville was named Florida Tree City of the Year in 1997, one of the many reasons why outdoor enthusiasts regularly head for any of the 40 nature parks within 50 miles of Gainesville to picnic, boat, swim, hike, camp, bike, hunt or fish. The City of Gainesville Department of Parks and Recreation maintains a year-round schedule of events, recreational activities and competitive sports for residents of all ages.
The Gainesville area boasts many lakes and rivers fed by naturally cool, clear springs. Of the 965 square miles in Alachua County, more than one in 20 is submerged in water.
Pastimes on these waterways include swimming, snorkeling, canoeing and scuba diving into underwater caves. Many are springs have overnight camping facilities as well. Tubing down the beautiful, spring-fed Ichetucknee River and Santa Fe River are also area favorites.
Explore Florida wildlife at O’Leno State Park, where the river runs underground for three miles. Cyclists can pedal almost anywhere in the county with 60 miles of roadways containing on-street bike lanes. Gainesville has been ranked amoung the to 10 bicycling communities in the U.S. by Bicycling magazine. Cyclists can also enjoy the Hawthorne Trail, a 17-mile paved trail that stretches from Gainesville to Hawthorne.
Payne’s Prairie State Preserve, a 20,000-acre wildlife sanctuary, contains ponds, three Lakes, an observation tower and a visitors’ center with a museum. The park offers boating, camping, hiking, bird watching and fishing and is also home to Florida alligators and a wild herd of American bison.
