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Online marketplace and hospitality service, Airbnb, recently released data indicating the meaningful economic impact of home sharing during major college commencement ceremonies throughout Florida. For graduation weekends throughout the state, local Airbnb host communities expanded lodging capacity and offered affordable rates for visiting families and loved ones. With hotels often selling out due to the...

The Business Report recently met up with Anita Anantharam, MBA, PhD to find out more about LeaderLync, a business she launched in order to better allow college students to develop, track, and demonstrate the skills needed to ensure their professional success.   TBR: In layman’s terms for those who do not yet know about LeaderLync,...

The Business Report recently met up with Anita Anantharam, MBA, PhD to find out more about LeaderLync, a business she launched in order to better allow college students to develop, track, and demonstrate the skills needed to ensure their professional success. TBR: In layman’s terms for those who do not yet know about LeaderLync, will...

After almost 10 years supporting and leading GAIN (Gainesville Area Innovation Network), Lee May will be leaving GAIN at the end of June to begin an international “Eat, Pray, Love” expedition. Lee was instrumental in GAIN’s operations and growth, and will be missed as GAIN’s Executive Director and as a member of GAIN’s Board of...

Individuals typically do business with people that they know, like, and trust. This axiom was proven to me during my time working as a business development professional in the construction industry. This principal is played out each and every day on social media platforms. Employees want to work for an organization that is ethical, has...

Have you ever thought about what makes Gainesville such a great place to live? In his book The American College Town, social geographer Blake Gumprecht explains that college towns like Gainesville are places with highly educated populations, higher average incomes, and low unemployment rates. More residents in college towns are likely to work in education...

Innovative; progressive; beautiful; full of talent; home. To April Schroeder, founder and president of marketing and advertising agency Liquid Creative, these words describe Gainesville to a tee. “The vibrancy of the people, the innovation of the businesses and educational institutions, as well as the respect and commitment to our natural resources, just keep pushing the...

Ken Eats Gainesville As the transformation of Gainesville continues to take shape, various neighborhoods are beginning to find new life. The “Midtown” area, in particular, recently underwent an overdue and much needed facelift, with crumbling buildings being torn down to make way for new businesses. Publix recently opened a small concept on the site of...

Lionel J. Dubay, assistant vice president for the Business Services Division at the University of Florida, will retire on July 6. Dubay came to UF in 1985 as the director of the Stephen C. O’Connell Center, a position he held until 2007 when he became the director of UF’s Business Services Division. “It has been...

Our city is full of creative individuals with minds of all kinds. I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with six female artists and authors whose creative minds provided insightful takes on what artistic success means to them, and how it can be achieved right here in Gainesville. Meet writer Cynthia Barnett Cynthia Barnett,...