Greater Gainesville Community Wins National Award
The Flats at Tioga Town Center was recently awarded the ‘2022 Excellence Award’ for ‘Large Community of the Year’ by the National Apartment Association (NAA). NAA’s annual Excellence Awards program recognizes outstanding performance and leadership across the rental housing industry – celebrating builders, industry professionals and affiliated apartment associations that make unique contributions to the...
CEO of UF Startup is Appointed to Eyepoint Pharmaceuticals BOD
EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: EYPT), a pharmaceutical company committed to developing and commercializing therapeutics to improve the lives of patients with serious eye disorders, today announced the appointment of Karen Zaderej to its Board of Directors. Ms. Zaderej is currently the President, Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board at AxoGen, Inc. and brings...
Archer Road SUN Trail Construction to Begin
Alachua County Public Works is constructing 2.4 miles of Shared-Use Non Motorized (SUN) trail along Archer Road from SW 75th Terrace to SW 41st Boulevard. The trail will be a 10-foot-wide asphalt surface for walking, biking, and other non-motorized use. This project provides connectivity to the Archer Braid Trail which begins at the trailhead in...
Landscape Fertilizer Ban in Effect through February within Alachua County
Alachua County’s landscape fertilizer regulations prohibit using landscape fertilizers with nitrogen from July through February and require that fertilizers containing nitrogen contain no less than 50 percent slow-release nitrogen. New regulations also prohibit phosphorus unless a deficiency is verified. The three numbers on a fertilizer bag are nitrogen, then phosphorus, and finally potassium. This means...
Leaders In Agriculture And Aerospace Partner To Create Rapid Crop Evaluation
SATLANTIS LLC and Agriculture Intelligence, Inc (AgIntel) announced a collaborative initiative with leading industry experts to combine agriculture intelligence and high resolution satellite monitoring with hopes to enhance current crop evaluation techniques for growers significantly. In late May, SATLANTIS successfully launched a satellite from the Cape Canaveral Force Station on board a SpaceX Falcon 9...
Neurotech Startup Canaery Secures Over $4 Million in Seed Funding to Digitize the Sense of Smell
Canaery, the neurotech startup digitizing the sense of smell to enhance the way we perceive and monitor the world around us, announced today it has closed more than $4 million in seed funding to accelerate the development of its scent-sensing platform. The round was led by Breakout Ventures and included participation from major investors Dolby...
Animal Shelter Emergency Intake Shutdown
Due to crisis-level overcrowding and low staffing levels, the Alachua County Animal Resources and Care (AR&C) Shelter will immediately cease taking both owner surrenders and healthy, free-roaming animals. This temporary closure will be in place until the animal population aligns with the shelter’s capacity for care. The shutdown will allow staff time to work with...
Meet The Keynote Speaker for the ALL IN GNV Conference: David Jones
David Jones is the founder and CEO of Diversity of Thought, Inc. (D.O.T.I.) “We are a social enterprise whose mission is to elevate humanity though business.” David is also the Executive Director of Diversity of Thought Nonprofit Organization. DOTNPO’s mission is to empower people to change the world around them. He believes in unleashing the...
Infotech and HDR Work Together to Expand BIM Solutions for Civil Infrastructure Projects
Infotech, a leader in infrastructure construction software solutions, has announced a consulting collaboration with HDR to conduct an industry assessment of its current products and services in order to expand the company’s Building Information Modeling (BIM) offerings and its impact on digital delivery and advancing open data standards. As experts in the use of BIM...
Economist: UF MBA Full-Time among the best for career services and opportunities
The University of Florida’s Full-Time MBA has topped the list of programs offering the best career services and career opportunities according to the 2022 WhichMBA? Full-Time Rankings from The Economist. The ranking is calculated based on the experiences of alumni, who have consistently ranked UF MBA among the best programs when it comes to helping...