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RTI Surgical® to Acquire Paradigm Spine
Alachua-based RTI Surgical, Inc. (Nasdaq:RTIX), a global surgical implant company, and Paradigm Spine, LLC, a leader in motion preservation and non-fusion spinal implant technology, have entered into a definitive agreement whereby RTI will acquire all outstanding equity interest of Paradigm Spine in a cash and stock transaction valued at up to $300 million, consisting of...
Celebration Pointe Breaks Ground for Luxury Urban Townhomes
Celebration Pointe has broken ground on 86 highly-appointed, luxury urban townhomes. The VUE is a secluded, gated townhome community and the only for sale housing in the 160-acre, mixed-use Celebration Pointe development. “These uniquely designed luxury homes will have many community amenities and exceptional views of Gainesville’s largest nature preserve, combined with walkable access to...
Getting off the Hiring Treadmill
As a recruiting professional or a small business owner, you may feel that you spend all your time hiring new employees and you might be right. The cycle is endless, just as you get someone up and running, the employee finds another opportunity, or you both realize it is just not the right fit. Here...
Startup Weekend Gainesville Another Success
StartupGNV’s second ‘Startup Weekend Gainesville’ event of the year, the eighth such event in recent history, was held from October 12 through 14. Startup Weekend brought together students, professionals, and inspired individuals looking to build a concept from scratch – In just 54 hours, small teams of participants and mentors pitched concepts, created prototypes, validated...
UF Health to Build Outpatient and Family Lodging
UF Health Shands is building a 174-room hotel to provide convenient, high-quality accommodations for visiting outpatients and relatives of hospitalized patients. Construction of the six-story, 124,000-square-foot UF Health Guest House at the former Rush Lake Motel site, 1410 SW 16th Ave., is under way and is expected to be completed in April 2020. It is...
Palmetto Moon Opens Celebration Pointe Store
Palmetto Moon, a leading Southern lifestyle retail store, has opened its newest store location at Celebration Pointe. The 6,500 square-foot store carries on-trend and affordable clothing, footwear, accessories, décor and gifts from a wide selection of Southern-inspired lifestyle brands, including Columbia, Southern Marsh, YETI, Simply Southern, Vineyard Vines, Southern Tide and more. Palmetto Moon also...
Aha Pure Foods Wins Cox Business’ Pitch Competition
Cox Business has announced Aha Pure Foods as the winner of Get Started Gainesville. More than 40 local businesses applied to pitch at the event. Five businesses were selected as finalists and presented their ideas and business plans to a panel of experts and in front of a live audience. The finalists were Qu Parking,...
Professional Development Grows Leaders
The act of growing oneself or others requires leadership. The ability to lead is an art, a collection of skills, which can be learned and sharpened1 through professional development. Nancy Halbrook, Human Resources Manager for SiVance, LLC, a subsidiary of Milliken & Company, believes that professional development is equally as important as technical education in...
Conjoined Twins Separated by UF Health Surgeons Will Be Together for Christmas
Twin sisters Jesi and Remi came wailing into the world on May 15 as conjoined twins locked at the abdomen, the outline of the girls’ wiggling bodies looking to their parents like the shape of a beautiful heart. Two months later, University of Florida Health surgeons separated the babies. What followed for parents Andre and...
Floridians Are on a Budget for 2018 Holiday Shopping
To get a better idea of how and when consumers plan to shop this holiday season and on Cyber Week, BlackFriday.com surveyed over 1,500 Americans to find out the biggest trends. Floridians have are on a budget with regards to holiday gift shopping 45% are planning to spend less than $400 on holiday gifts this...