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Editor's Note | December

As the year winds down, there is so much to look back on and even more to look forward to in the next few months. The University of Florida football team has climbed back into contention for the Southeastern Conference championship; the new men’s and women’s basketball teams have started well, and the city of...
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Oakmont builders celebrate groundbreaking of $6 million Resident Club

Left to right: Douglas W. Wilcox, II, Doug Wilde, Jeffrey M. Wilde, Tommy Waters, Scott DeLanoy, Barry Bullard, Paul Basham, Judith Sisler Johnston, James K. Harriott, Rory P. Causseaux, David Haas, Ginney Patterson, Dale Kinsell, Erik Otte, Layne Christensen, E.J. Bolduc III ICI Homes, the developer and principal builder of Gainesville’s newest master-planned community Oakmont, recently...
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Starter Space chooses Innovation Square as new location for its collaborative office space

Starter Space, an organization that provides collaborative work space for Gainesville’s innovators, artists, and early-stage entrepreneurs, will be the newest constituent of the growing Innovation Square area between University of Florida campus and downtown Gainesville. The company will neighbor Parisleaf and Fracture in a newly renovated commercial building just steps from the new Nimbus office...
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Picking a form of doing business

By: Phillip N. Kabler Esq., Bogin, Munns & Munns, P.A. Welcome back! In the prior article I outlined the future topics to be addressed over time. So let us start where businesses start, when they are first formed. But before I do…A quick reminder that the 2016 Florida Legislative Session has begun. House and Senate...
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Hospital Earns Recognition for 5th Consecutive Year

North Florida Regional Medical Center (NFRMC) announced 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...
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Publisher's Note | December

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...
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Hippodrome remains key to downtown’s growing allure

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...
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Publisher's Note | November

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...
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UF research team gets $15 million in funding

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,...
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Carespot opens new location on Archer Road

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...