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The first 365 by Whole Foods Market™ announced for the state of Florida is also the first anchor store to be announced for Butler Town Center. The 365 by Whole Foods Market will open in advance of the 2018 opening of the Town Center. Scheduled to begin construction this spring, Butler Town Center is the...

Alachua County is seeking applicants for the City of Gainesville/Alachua County Empowerment Center Oversight Advisory Board. The two vacancies are on the Citizens Work Group to assist with homelessness related issues impacting the Empowerment Center. The Citizens Work Group gathers information from those served and acts as policy experts on broader homelessness issues. The work...

By Ron Wayne Greg Allen visited Lucky’s Market on Northwest13th Street on its opening weekend a little more than a year ago and never stopped going back. “I decided to check it out, as I do with any new grocery stores,” said Allen, 57, a former professional cook for 15 years. He got some amazing...

The Veterans Entrepreneurship Program, hosted by the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center at the University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business, is currently accepting applications for its 2016 program. The VEP is designed for disabled veterans who are interested in starting a business or who have an existing early stage business. The program, launched at UF in 2013, hosts 40 military...

By Laura Labovitz Mayor Ed Braddy delivered his third annual State of the City Address, a hopeful and forward-facing speech, on Wednesday, January 20th. The Mayor was flanked by interim City Manager Anthony Lyons, and the city’s General Manager for Utilities, Ed Bielarski. The hour long address, held at the Gainesville Police Department’s Hall of...

University of Florida Health leaders broke ground in December on a new full-service, freestanding emergency room in a heavily populated area southwest of Gainesville, providing patients with access to fast, high-quality emergency care close to home. Located on Southwest Archer Road near Tower Road, west of Interstate 75, the new UF Health Shands Emergency Center...

With growing demand for entry-level public relations talent, the Gainesville Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA) is recruiting area businesses to be hosts for its 2016 FPRA Gainesville Chapter Shadow Day on Thursday, March 10, 2016. The deadline for businesses to register to participate is Thursday, February 25. Shadow Day is an opportunity...

North Florida Regional Medical Center announced recently that it has been recognized as a 2014 Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in the United States. NFRMC was recognized as part of The Joint Commission’s 2015 annual report, America’s Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety. The hospital...

It is said that ‘the most beautiful thing a woman can wear is her confidence,’ but which comes first-confidence or what you wear? It has been shown that what you wear has a direct impact on the way you feel, act, and react to situations.  It is also proven that there is a direct correlation...

By Ron Wayne “Comfortable” and “walkable” are two words that quickly come to developer Ralph Conti’s mind when asked to describe what people will experience in Celebration Pointe. Conti is creating a mixed-use development of stores, apartments, offices, a movie theater, a hotel and restaurants, adjacent to Interstate 75 between the Archer and Newberry road...