Mike Fisher has spent years helping Gainesville’s homeless. Now he's being honored with a statewide award - Gainesville Times

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Mike Fisher has spent years helping Gainesville’s homeless. Now he's being honored with a statewide award

Ninth District Opportunity's Mike Fisher leads a group of Gainesville Police and 911 dispatchers to a homeless camp in Gainesville Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021, as the group distributes donations collected to the area homeless. - photo by Scott Rogers

12232021 HOMELESS 7.jpg — Ninth District Opportunity's Mike Fisher leads a group of Gainesville Police and 911 dispatchers to a homeless camp in Gainesville Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021, as the group distributes donations collected to the area homeless. - photo by Scott Rogers

Mike Fisher has spent the last six years walking the streets of Gainesville, meeting people where they are — under bridges, in tents, behind gas stations — and helping them find a path forward.