If you have ever driven on Highway 301, you more than likely passed a brightly-colored shop adorned in handwritten signs and stocked with fruits and vegetables of all shapes and sizes. Today, I got to do more than just purchase locally grown, pesticide-free produce. Instead, I ended up talking to Janet Ford Ricks for several hours, learning all about the family business and hearing about the struggles these local businesses face. However, despite the decrease in sales during

Drawing more than 30,000 people, the City of Alachua has dubbed its Fourth of July celebration "The Largest Small Town Fireworks Display in America." There were dozens of activities for the kids, including bounce houses, rock wall climbing, bungee jumps and water slides as well as food booths and quite an impressive firework display. #thelargestsmalltownfireworkdisplayinamerica #forthofjuly #alachuacounty #fourthofjuly #andreacornejophotojournalism #andreacornejophotography