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Businesses and workers can look forward to a new integrated solutions model experience when they visit the Gainesville and Starke career centers. That’s because Dynamic Workforce Solutions (DWFS), a national workforce development organization, is now the workforce services provider for the Gainesville career center at 4800 SW 13th Street and the Starke career center at...

Located on 13 acres in Southwest Gainesville, the main facilities of Meridian Behavioral Healthcare are a busy place. As the main campus for Meridian, the complex is hoping to soon become the site for a proposed Health Home Pilot Clinic. According to information released by Meridian, the program will provide eligible clients zwith the ability...

A new five-year, $7.15 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will support the University of Florida’s continued study of MRI to track Duchenne muscular dystrophy disease progression. Duchenne muscular dystrophy affects about one of every 3,500 to 5,000 boys born each year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and...

Small businesses in the healthcare, travel, biotech, and education industries represented in October 21networking and pitch event Spots still available to attend one-time, free event during Gainesville Entrepreneur Month (GEM) GAINESVILLE — Cox Business has announced the finalists of Get Started Gainesville (#GetStartedGNV) taking placeon Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. The winner of the live pitch competition...

GAINESVILLE) – ICI Homes has announced that its newest master-planned community, Oakmont, will participate in the 2015 Builders Association of North Central Florida Parade of Homes. The event, Oct. 10 – 11 and Oct. 17 – 18, from noon to 6 p.m., invites prospective homebuyers to tour merchandised model homes throughout the Alachua County area.     “Oakmont has received tremendous interest from the...

If all goes as planned, doing business with the city of Gainesville will get a bit easier in the near future, according to reports from the city’s special committee on economic development. There soon may be a fully functioning new department in the city, the Department of Doing. The Blue Ribbon Advisory Committee on Economic...

A merger/acquisition of a 39 year-old local road construction company brings a new-to-the-area, but long-time, civil construction company to Alachua County. John C. Hipp Construction Equipment Company, a three generation family road construction business, sold its paving-operation assets to Lake City-based Anderson Columbia Co., Inc. Anderson Columbia, also is an American Family-owned highway construction and...

GAINESVILLE, Fla., Oct. 5, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq:AGTC), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapies for the treatment of rare eye diseases, today announced the appointment of three new employees. Among these hires, Jonathan M. Sparks, Ph.D. will join AGTC as Vice President of Legal Affairs. The Company also announced the appointments...

By: Brad Schultz Tuxedo, black tie, dinner dress, 007 duds, penguin suit…whatever you call this formal dress code, odds are you will never look better than when you’re dressed in this smart ensemble. Customarily worn only for events after 6pm, Black Tie is less formal than the white tie/tails combo, but more formal than the...

By: Mark Singletary There are people working hard in Gainesville to make things a bit better for area residents that want to start a new business or expand an existing business. It’s a really exciting time. There are challenges, of course, but in the end these efforts are about creating new jobs, potentially lots of...