Gainesville Commissioners gave Gainesville Regional Airport the ability to add solar panels, gas stations and other additions that will help the airport fund itself.
The airport will let businesses rent airport space for services such as pet boarding, post offices and office space.
Clay Sweger, a consultant for the airport, said since the airport already has low, mowed areas, adding solar panels, too, makes a lot of sense.
Commissioner Lauren Poe said he thinks this will help bring money to the airport.
“I think it’s excellent how this worked out,” he said.
The bike path that the Commission approved will be made in the bed of an old railroad along Northwest Sixth Street by Santa Fe College.
It will stretch twelve blocks from Southwest Second Avenue to Northwest 10th Avenue, filling the gap between two bike paths north and south of the planned path.
It will be funded through a Florida Department of Transportation grant.
Construction should begin over the summer.
