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The Cade Museum for Creativity + Innovation is moving forward with plans to build public exhibit space, and the project just got a huge boost. Mary Cade, the widow of the museum’s namesake and Gatorade inventor Dr. Robert Cade, announced she will match every dollar raised for construction during the next year. The “We Believe”...

Every successful sports team has a “go-to” player; someone who can be counted on to perform and deliver whatever is needed in specific situations. As a small-business owner, you want your company to be a “go-to” resource for your customers, the place they’ll turn to whenever they need a certain product or service, regardless of...

Each month, the Business Report spotlights a local traveler who frequents Gainesville Regional Airport. Name of Passenger: Jeremy Silveira Job Freelance TV/commercial producer, tour manager for educational filmmaking workshops.  I travel with high-profile individuals in the TV/film industry as they put on educational workshops in 30+ cities around the US/Canada.  I’ve lived in Gainesville since...

A three-year legal dispute involving Gainesville-based music streaming website Grooveshark resolved Monday when a U.S. District Court in Manhattan issued a summary judgment holding the company liable for copyright infringement. The ruling states that Grooveshark is responsible for copyright infringement because employees uploaded and distributed 5,977 unlicensed music files to get the database off the...

People invested in the local tourism industry are considering the implications of building a stand-alone conference center. But the jury is still out on whether it’s a worthwhile investment and where the funding to build it would come from. A question of demand A report issued in March by the proposed developer, NPI, paints an...

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...