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Some things are just meant to be. In early 2013 I laid out a plan for a unique office environment that would not only house our three companies, Liquid Creative Studio, Marketing Mud and the Business Report of North Central Florida, but also a collection of creative groups from the community. I wanted to build...

By: Ron Wayne The Hippodrome State Theatre in downtown Gainesville has an estimated economic impact of almost $4 million annually, but the joy it brings to audiences this month alone cannot be measured in dollars. Thousands of patrons are filling seats for performances of two holiday plays – a boon for restaurants, bars and even...

The fall is my favorite time of the year. The weather is not quite as hot, the rainy season has passed, football season is taking shape and the holidays are fast approaching.  November and December are wonderful months in Gainesville. This is also my favorite time of the year at the office.  I enjoy planning...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A research team at University of Florida Health has been approved for a $15.48 million research funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, or PCORI, to study the effectiveness of three medications used to treat hepatitis C. The five-year, randomized clinical trial will be led at UF by David R. Nelson,...

CareSpot announces a third urgent care center now open in southwest Gainesville, located in the new Archer Centro West complex in the 3500 and 3600 blocks of Archer Road, across from Butler Plaza. The general public is invited to a grand opening celebration from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 10 to meet the staff, tour the...

UF MBA at the Hough Graduate School of Business’s Full-Time and MBA for Professionals Programs soared considerably in Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2015 MBA Rankings released Tuesday. UF MBA’s Full-Time Program improved seven spots to No. 41 in the nation, and 16th among U.S. public MBA programs. The MBA for Professionals Program, which includes Executive, Online and...

By: Ron Wayne David Day wants to add Florida to venture capitalists’ GPS. Even better, he would like them to know a lot more about the University of Florida and Gainesville. Day heads UF’s Office of Technology Licensing, which guides the patent process for inventions by UF researchers. But his work doesn’t stop there; OTL...

Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation, commonly referred to as AGTC, is an Alachua County based company that rose to national prominence when a collaboration deal with pharmaceutical giant Biogen was announced last summer. Shares of AGTC are publicly traded on the NASDAQ market and the company is worth $226 million, according to October 23 market closing...

Hutchison PLLC, a leading provider of strategic business counsel to the life science and technology communities, announced today that it has opened an office in Gainesville, FL, to support the entrepreneurial activities so prevalent in Gainesville and Central Florida. “We have observed the growth of entrepreneurial activities in Gainesville and Central Florida for many years,”...

Dr. Herbert Wertheim and the Dr. Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Family Foundation have committed $50 million to launch a $300 million public and private investment in the University of Florida’s College of Engineering. The Wertheim gift, the largest cash gift in UF’s history, is the cornerstone of a fund-raising initiative that will pool funds from...