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Growth gravitates toward Innovation Square
By: Ron Wayne If you build it, they will come. That’s the idea behind Innovation Square, created by the University of Florida on the former site of the Alachua General Hospital between UF and downtown Gainesville. University and city leaders hope this field of dreams becomes a thriving community where researchers can work, live and...
GRU staff shakeup
GRU General Manager Ed Bielarski announces appointments to GRU’s executive management team Justin Locke, Chief Financial Officer Justin Locke has worked in public utilities for more than 20 years, including most recently as Vice President of Finance at CPS Energy in San Antonio, Texas. He also served as CFO of both the Guadalupe Valley Electric...
UF and FSU partner on $17.5 million NIH grant
The University of Florida Clinical and Translational Science Institute has been awarded $17.5 million to continue to pave the way for a swifter and more collaborative journey from research to improved health in the nation’s third largest state. Florida State University joins UF as a community research partner on the four-year award, which is funded...
Business and the Law. There is a lot going on. Starting with an introduction.
Welcome to the first in an ongoing series of articles about practical elements of business and the law. As will be discussed, business formations, operations, and transactions intersect with the law many times and in many ways. Before I begin with an outline of the topics to be addressed over time, I am going to...
City Hall, Thomas Center B Open on Fridays
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Effective Friday, Oct. 2, access to city services at City Hall and Thomas Center B will expand with Friday. Core hours for city administrative services will continue to be Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Services available at City Hall include, but are not limited to, filling out employment applications or submitting related...
The dollars and sense of mental health treatment
With roughly 20% of the population suffering from a mental illness, its presence in the workplace (and in our personal lives) is assured. Mental illnesses and substance use disorders can have a lasting effect on workers, the workplace, and on your company’s bottom line. Address them and you can improve the retention and mental wellness...
Dynamic Workforce Solutions to meet workforce services needs at CareerSource North Central Florida career centers
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...
Meridian Behavioral Healthcare delivering services to the area's neediest
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...
UF researcher receives $7 million for imaging studies in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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...
Cox Business Announces Finalists of "Get Started Gainesville" Pitch Contest
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...