Buchholz High School students from the Academy of Entrepreneurship recently attended the Florida DECA Emerging Leaders Conference in St. Petersburg.  It has been three years since we have been able to gather with DECA members from around the state. Altogether, 43 students from the Buchholz Academy of Entrepreneurship attended the conference, where they networked with...

After a historic number of applications, the Greater Gainesville Chamber of Commerce has announced the finalists for the 2022 Business Awards. All applications were reviewed by a team of independent judges and the top three applicants in each category were selected as finalists..    The final winners will be announced on November 30 at the...

Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: AGTC), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapies for the treatment of rare and debilitating diseases with an initial focus on inherited retinal diseases (IRDs), has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which a newly established...

The Earl and Christy Powell University House was filled with laughter, dancing and lively jazz music Monday evening, as guests gathered to celebrate the University of Florida’s recent achievements in the sphere of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). The event commemorated UF’s first university-wide diversity and inclusion accolade, the Insight into Diversity magazine 2022 Higher...

The University of Florida’s Training, Research and Environmental Occupations Center (UF TREEO) has been awarded a $75,000 Training & Education Materials Development Grant from the US Department of Labor through the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program.  The grant will be used to develop high-quality, compliant training materials for English and Spanish speaking workers and employers...

Momentum Labs celebrated a construction milestone last week with a topping out ceremony.   A topping out ceremony is a contractors tradition: it coincides with the last structural piece being installed in the new construction of a building. The construction and development teams for Momentum Labs were invited to sign this beam, which will then...

Infotech, a leader in infrastructure construction software solutions, announced it has launched the Appia service and a Construction Data Visualization extension in the Esri ArcGIS Marketplace. With this Esri ArcGIS integration, the Appia service is now a geo-enabled construction administration solution that allows owners to visualize the full story of civil infrastructure projects. In addition,...

The Greater Gainesville Chamber Foundation invites all middle and high school students and their parents/guardians to Career Discoveries Day. This career showcase and exhibition takes place this Saturday, November 5th, from 9 am to noon at Celebration Pointe, 4949 Celebration Pointe Ave, Gainesville, FL 32608. You will get a chance to talk face-to-face with employers...

The City of Gainesville is hosting a Business Matchmaker event with community procurement partners to connect local businesses with area procurement and small business resource representatives. The event will help business owners and managers learn about governmental contracting opportunities and about doing business with participating groups. When: Friday, Oct. 21, 2-5 p.m. Where: Blount Center...

Schoolchildren, medical patients, farmers, seniors, entrepreneurs, parents, consumers and first-generation college students are just some of the people whose lives and livelihoods will be enhanced because of the University of Florida’s eight-year Go Greater campaign, which was celebrated this weekend with two months remaining before its official conclusion. More than 620,000 Gators made contributions totaling...