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LOCATION: 545 NW 8th Ave. WEBSITE: gainesvillepd.org HOW LONG IN CURRENT LOCATION: Gainesville Police Department moved into its newly built headquarters in May. For the previous four years, it was scattered across Gainesville sharing space at various city government buildings. “We’re very pleased to be home here,” said Officer Nicole Lardner. NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: The...

According to Twitter’s “About” page, the social media company has 271 million monthly users, and 500 million tweets are sent per day. Facebook more than quadruples that number with 1.32 billion monthly users, and let’s not forget about the users that are on Instagram, YouTube, Vine, Tumblr and LinkedIn. Those are relevant numbers to you,...

More than 350 employers converged on the UF campus for the annual Career Showcase, held Sept. 30 – Oct. 1. An estimated 8,000 suited-up students and alumni visited the O’Connell Center during the two-day event, billed as the “largest career fair in the Southeast.” New vendors to this year’s Career Showcase included Lilly Pulitzer, Jacksonville...

UF is going to build a new hospital. Today, the UF Health Shands board approved funding for the construction of a new specialty hospital, which will include towers for neuromedicine and cardiovascular services. The new hospital “will accommodate anticipated growth in these areas and provide additional space for patients from the main hospital,” according to...

UF’s Office of Technology Licensing has dozens of newly developed technologies waiting for entrepreneurs to turn them into viable commercial products. Here are a few that were recently released: Vitamin C additive could improve skin-care products An additive derived from vitamin C and developed by a team of UF researchers could make skin-care products more...

By Kathy Richardson, APR When you see “MD” after someone’s name, you know right away that person is a doctor. When you see the letters “MBA” after a person’s name, this announces to the world that he or she holds a master’s degree in business administration. But have you seen the letters “APR” after the...

In light of the upcoming November election, we asked the County Commission Seat 2 and Seat 4 candidates about their business-related policies and plans. This is what they had to say. Ken Cornell (D), District 4 What is your approach to encouraging economic development locally? We need to encourage development in parts of the county...

Gainesville-based drone developer Prioria Robotics announced it will hire seven more employees in response to acquiring a handful of big-name research and development contracts. Prioria cofounder Bryan da Frota said the company recently took on projects for NASA, DARPA, the U.S. Navy and the Air Force. This pushes the company’s projected year-over-year revenue growth to...

The University of Florida’s Sid Martin Biotechnology Incubator was recognized as a national leader in technology-based economic development by the State Science and Technology Institute (SSTI). The incubator won SSTI’s 2014 Excellence in Technology-Based Economic Development award for its exceptional achievement in the technology commercialization category. Sid Martin Biotech companies and graduates have attracted more...

At a special workshop on Sept. 16, Alachua County staff presented more information to further reinforce its recommendation to deny Plum Creek’s sector plan, this time on the topic of environmental impacts. Chris Bird, director of the Alachua County Environmental Department, said the development proposal by forestry company Plum Creek has generated dialogue across the...