CHW Professional Consultants, a 30+ year planning, design, surveying, engineering, landscape architecture, and construction services firm, welcomes James “Jim” K. Harriott Jr. PE, Director of Engineering leading our Transportation department. Jim has over 25 years of professional engineering experience, bringing a wealth of knowledge in the public transportation field with specialties in Public Works, Environmental...

Heather Bentley Long, M.S.N., has been named chief operating officer for University of Florida Health Central Florida, effective June 1. “I am thrilled that Long has made the choice to join the UF Health family in this key position,” said David R. Nelson, M.D., senior vice president for health affairs at UF and president of...

Meridian, The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), and fellow mental health providers recognize May as “Mental Health Awareness Month.” Each May, mental health providers, professionals, and advocates around the nation come together to raise awareness for mental health. This year, we are sharing mental health “Fast Facts” provided by Mental Health America (MHA). The...

The coronavirus pandemic has had an adverse impact on everyone. Perhaps nobody has been impacted more than the movie theater industry. Gainesville movies have been shut down for a long time, leaving many people wondering what they are going to do to freshen up their date night. Now, Celebration Pointe movies are ready to open...

North Central Florida’s legacy mission-driven provider of hospice and palliative care. With a career that includes working in hospice and palliative care, continuing care retirement communities, assisted living, skilled nursing, pharmacy benefit management, durable medical equipment, outpatient and diagnostic centers, and specialty hospitals, Franklin brings a breadth and depth of vital and relevant experience to...

It’s the kind of maddening conundrum that often faces people with peripheral artery disease, or PAD, a condition involving a narrowing of arteries that restricts blood flow to the limbs. Rigorous walking is usually recommended as the only useful therapy to maintain and improve mobility for those with PAD. But a stroll often causes severe...

The Board of the Children’s Trust of Alachua County approved the funding of over 2,000 additional free or reduced-price seats for Alachua kids for this summer. “This summer program is a dramatic increase of opportunities for kids to move from the virtual Zoom environment to the real world where they can learn and play with...

The Orlando-based Foxtail Coffee is coming to Gainesville. Foxtail Coffee has numerous locations in the Orlando area and is now expanding to Butler Town Center. Lifelong friends Alex Tchekmeian and Iain Yeakle founded Foxtail Coffee in 2016.  Their vision for a neighborhood cafe includes roasting the coffee beans on-site, kegging cold brew, and supplying wholesale...

John Fleming and Phil Wagner of Trimark Properties, a leading student housing and commercial real estate developer, have been serving the Gainesville community for 27 years.  Fleming moved to Gainesville to attend the University of Florida in 1985. He used his background in construction to work as a maintenance supervisor to pay for college. With...

With funding from the Wild Spaces & Public Places program, the Alachua County Parks and Open Space Department announces that the renovation project at Squirrel Ridge Park (1603 S.W. Williston Road, Gainesville) is complete, and the park is now open. Improvements to the park’s outdoor features include a new modern playground, ADA walking paths, dog...