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A Gainesville start-up has been named as one of five finalists in the three-year Mobility Unlimited Challenge, launched by the Toyota Mobility Foundation.  Begun in 2017, the $4 million global challenge was in partnership with Nesta’s Challenge Prize Centre, with the aim of improving the lives of millions of people with lower-limb paralysis. The Challenge invited...

Hankin Group has announced new changes at Tioga Town Center, located at 105 SW 128th Street, Newberry, FL 32669. “We are thrilled to begin the expansion of Tioga Town Center,” said Michael Hankin, COO of Hankin Group. 144 new luxury apartments will be added to Tioga Town Center with state-of-the-art amenities. New features include a...

United Way of North Central Florida has announced that 50 percent of households in Alachua County struggle to pay for basic needs such as housing, child care, food, transportation, health care and technology. Statewide 46 percent of households face the same financial challenges. In Alachua County, the number of low-income workers struggling to cover essentials...

The University of Florida and UF Health have received a $20 million gift from the Lauren and Lee Fixel Family Foundation that will be used to establish the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF Health, an institute focused on advancing research, technological innovation and clinical care for Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases,...

New York biotechnology entrepreneur Joseph Hernandez announced his real estate company has acquired the Gainesville Golf & Country Club. Hernandez is a Florida native and graduate of the University of Florida with three degrees. Financial details were not disclosed. For the past few years, the Gainesville Golf & Country Club has been in search of a...

Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV) announced they’ve set an all-time record for passenger traffic in 2018. A total of 476,396 travelers flew in and out of the North Central Florida airport last year: a 6.5 percent increase over 2017’s record-breaking 445,247 passengers. GNV’s passenger boarding numbers continue to outpace both area population growth rate and Federal...

Super Bowl Sunday is almost here, so Sports Illustrated and PCMag teamed up to survey over 2,800 U.S. football fans on how they’ll be watching Super Bowl VIII, and got a look the top tech and viewing trends for the Big Game. According to the survey, the majority of Floridians will be rooting for the...

Selling homes is quite similar to selling any other product, if your product is good, it speaks for itself. As a realtor, my job is multifunctional.  First, I must help sellers find the BEST version of their home so that I can then create the marketing that will sell that best version. My focus is...

Prices Rise in Alachua County as Affordability Fades Is a Sales Pause Upon Us? As 2018 wanes to a close, sagacious investors, prospective purchasers and homeowners alike find themselves wondering what is in store in the annum ahead for the Alachua County real estate market. Local condo and single family home values were buoyed on...

In the course of serving our nation, veterans learn valuable skills and self-discipline that they can carry through to their post-military careers. One professional path that some veterans take is entrepreneurship. According to the most recent U.S. Census data, in 2012, the number of veteran-owned businesses was 2,521,682 (9 percent of all companies in the...