Longtime activist Johnson joins Gainesville mayor’s race

Gainesville native and longtime community activist Rose Johnson announced Tuesday she is running to become the city’s first elected mayor in November.

Johnson is a small-business owner who runs the Center for Community Support, which provides administrative and secretarial services.

She most recently helped lead the Southern Partners Fund, a regional grantmaking group that aids community-based organizations in the rural South.

Active in community affairs since she was 12, “ I attended my first public hearing when I was in the sixth grade,” Johnson said. “Since that time I’ve spent most of my days dedicating my life to serving humanity.”

Voters approved the elected mayor position in a 2009 referendum.

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