Melrose music festival approved by Alachua commissioners

Arlene Barbara Hansen, who has lived off County Road 219-A since 1989, grew tearful describing how the festival had already disrupted her family's retirement plans.

  BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] After a marathon hearing that began on Tuesday, February 10 and stretched past midnight, the Alachua County Commission voted unanimously to approve a temporary use permit for the Wildflowers Music Festival, a multi-day folk and roots music event planned for a 270-acre agricultural property south of Melrose in mid-March. The…

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