Gainesville now has a 2500-foot residency restriction. There are problems here, as there are everywhere, but the Gainesville Police Department and the Alachua Co Sheriff’s Office tend to not harass registrants — a much better place to live than places such as Polk Co.

Within the 1500 ft city ordinance, back in 2013 there was a daycare center located near the Honor Center for Veterans. I thought for sure I was going to have another door for help slammed in my face due to the location of this daycare center being in the proximity of this place for homeless veterans to get help. However, after the Sheriff’s office checked with the staff at the Honor Center they allowed me to stay there. The Gainesville police department came by like every other month to do their checks to make sure I was still living there. Which also didn’t seem to raise the eyebrows of other Veterans there because there was quite a few Veterans on probation at the time during my stay. So the checks didn’t really seem out of the norm.

Anyways, I just wanted to mention this so that if anyone knows a Veteran in a similar situation that the Honor Center is very positive atmosphere. I’m not sure if the Law Enforcement will still bend the rules today like they did back in 2013 but it’s definitely worth checking into.