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Things To Do is run by Kelly McAtee with one mission: pull events from everywhere so you never miss a single thing happening around town. Every week we gather live music, festivals, farmers markets, family events, fundraisers, outdoor adventures, and more across Ocala, Gainesville, Belleview, Citrus County, and The Villages, then put them all in one easy-to-browse place.
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- Ocala: Resilient Ocala, home of the Ocala Clothing Swap free clothing boutique at 2324 NE 8th Rd, is growing into a peer-support clubhouse and community resource center.
- Ocala: Ocala Fire Rescue opens Station #8 in northwest Ocala — ribbon cutting and apparatus push-in ceremony Monday, Nov. 9 at 10 AM, 2251 NW 45th Terrace.
- Ocala: VOCAL — Voices of Change Animal League — has filed plans to add nearly 8,700 square feet at its 6393 SW 52nd St campus, including a new 6,187-square-foot veterinary clinic, and has launched a $2 million capital campaign.
- Ocala: Light Up Ocala returns to downtown on Saturday, Nov. 21, with free family activities, live music and a parade featuring Santa, followed by the lighting ceremony at 6 PM.
- Ocala: The City of Ocala is designing the Downtown Ocala Trail, a roughly 6.2-mile paved route for walkers and cyclists connecting downtown to Silver Springs State Park. The city took public feedback on the design Oct. 28.
- Ocala: BJ's Wholesale Club's first Ocala store, at 6110 SW State Road 200, is expected to open this fall. Groundbreaking was held in late May.
- Gainesville: HCA Florida North Florida Hospital in Gainesville announced $1.5 million in state-of-the-art upgrades to its electrophysiology lab, enhancing the technology used to diagnose and treat patients with heart rhythm disorders.
- Gainesville: Crunch Fitness announced October 5 that Crunch Gainesville North, a $5 million, 35,000-square-foot facility with the new Crunch 3.0 design, will open late 2026 at 2323 NW 13th St in Gainesville Plaza.
- Gainesville: Winn-Dixie opened its new Alachua store at 15560 NW US Highway 441 (the former Hitchcock's Markets), open 7 days a week, 7am to 10pm.
- Gainesville: The Alachua County Tax Collector will start offering self-serve vehicle registration renewal kiosks at two local Publix stores.
Updated November 8, 2026.