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The rehabilitation of Gainesville Regional Airport’s (GNV) secondary runway is garnering accolades, including State Project of the Year from the Florida Department of Transportation. GNV executives accepted the award in late July at the Florida Airports Council annual conference. To be considered for Airport Project of the Year, a project must meet all of the...

Local entrepreneurs and small business owners can win $10,000 prize package Cox Business is seeking local entrepreneurs, startups and small business owners interested in pitching their business plan or idea for a chance to walk away with more than $10,000 in cash and technology prizes at Get Started Gainesville. As part of the ongoing Get...

Joni Jarrell has been passionate about the salon industry for her entire career. The Business Report recently spoke with her about her role as Owner, Director and President of Gainesville’s Summit Salon Academy and about how her school prepares students looking to launch their own careers as salon professionals.   TBR: For those who may...

Stepping into the large kitchen and dining room facility that houses the Eastside High School Institute of Culinary Arts is unlike entering a typical classroom setting. Walk in and you may witness a group of students clad in chef coats practicing their Batonnet knife cuts on a series of onions and potatoes. Or, the students...

The Sequential Arts Workshop (SAW), a school created to help burgeoning graphic novelists in Gainesville, kicked off their fifth year-long program on August 22. Tom Hart, who had been teaching comics at New York City’s School of Visual Arts since 2001, decided the prices for art school were too high and the curriculum should be...

The expansive presence of the University of Florida and its undergraduate and graduate programs is well-known to anyone who resides in Gainesville or the surrounding area. But many residents may not be aware of the plethora of alternative education options also available locally. Three unique schools that call Gainesville home include the Academy for Five...

The Department of Labor announced Angela Pate from Gainesville, Florida, has been appointed to its Workforce Information Advisory Council (WIAC). She will serve as a Training Services Provider representative. Pate currently serves as the Chief Information Officer for CareerSource North Central Florida (NCFL), President & CEO of Focused Management Solutions and Startup Quest®, and Chair...

The Funding Allows For Further Development of Its Event Marketing Technology Feathr, the Gainesville-based Event Marketing Cloud, has received $2 million in venture capital funding to continue its growth and development as it continues the push to be the go-to digital marketing platform for event professionals. This investment was led by Florida Gulfshore Capital, with...

New York Times Ranks UF No. 6 in 2015 College Access Index The University of Florida is one of the best schools in the country — public or private — at helping low-income students get a college education, according to the New York Times, which ranked UF No. 6 in its 2015 College Access Index....

Founded in 2009, The Institute for Workforce Innovation’s (IWI) Project YouthBuild is an educational, occupational and leadership program designed for low-income youths, ages 16 through 24, who have dropped out of school. Each program term lasts for seven months, with 22 students enrolled per term. Students in the program receive the opportunity to earn their...