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UF Health researchers have received a grant to use big data analytics to improve health care for children in Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs (CHIP) in Florida and Texas. Through funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the UF Health team will serve as...

Gainesville, Florida-based Celebration Pointe Holdings LLC, the sponsor and owner of Celebration Pointe, a 1 million square foot plus mixed-use project located in Gainesville, Florida, has partnered with New York-based investment firm Arcis Capital Partners LLC (“ArcisCap”) to secure a $70 million revolving facility for the development of the project. When fully complete, Celebration Pointe...

Gainesville is very much a growing city right now, a town that is growing up and doesn’t quite know what it is just yet. Much of that growth is centered around the Archer Road area, with concurrent developments in Celebration Pointe, Butler Plaza North, and the renovated section of the existing Butler Plaza that will...

New Year’s resolutions are always an interesting way to kick off a new year; however, as we all know, many resolutions fall by the wayside, just look at gym memberships. One resolution worth making and keeping is to work on assessing and improving your financial health.  Challenge yourself to make a financial plan this New...

The University of Florida has received a grant of nearly $10 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for a five-year project to explore the occupational safety and health of people working in agriculture, fishing and forestry in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and...

In 2016, Alachua County’s real estate market is on pace to have one of its strongest performances ever. Total closed home sales should reach approximately 3000 units, lagging only the halcyon years of 2004 – 2006. The total volume in closed commercial building and multi-family sales rose roughly 36%. It is probably natural for most...

As 2016 came to a close, many offices and businesses in and around the Gainesville area held parties and gatherings celebrating the holidays for employees and clients. But one such party was a bit different than the usual office festivities. Haven Hospice held a Mammography Party. Yes. A mammography party. It was actually the third...

City Manager Anthony Lyons announced the creation of the position of Executive Chief of Staff for the Office of the City Manager and the immediate appointment of Interim Administrative Services Director Betty Baker to the position. As Executive Chief of Staff, Baker will assume responsibility for the day to day operations of the Office of...

Discussions are currently in the works for the potential addition of an amphitheater to Gainesville’s Depot Park. Sarah Vidal-Finn, the director of the Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), said the infrastructure for an amphitheater is there and has always been a part of the park’s original master plan. “If you go to the park there’s...

When we exercise, a cascade of benefits occurs, but researchers don’t know exactly what happens in the body to cause those benefits. Now, two teams at the University of Florida have received a total of approximately $11.6 million out of a $170 million push from the National Institutes of Health to study the molecular changes...