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April 10th, 6:00pm-9:00pm The Cade Museum, has invited all to explore the ideas and cutting-edge inventions of Florida-based visionaries and inventors competing for the 10th Annual Cade Prize. The Cade Prize rewards inventors and entrepreneurs who demonstrate a creative approach to addressing problems ​in their field of expertise ​resulting in an innovative invention. These “Sweet...

Representative Ted S. Yoho (R-FL) announced that $17,000,000 in funds have been secured and approved for the locally based Central Florida Electric Cooperative. This Rural Development investment will be used to build or improve 248 miles of distribution line and improve system operations benefitting 1,328 rural customers. This funding also includes more than $1 million...

In business, as in life, optimism rules. You don’t see a local or more widely known entrepreneur to be a pessimist; or why would they believe strongly in the possible, where it is easy to see the impossible? With real estate prices high, people are calling it a bubble ready to burst. Some question new...

Dan Drotos to head new Colliers International Northeast Florida new Gainesville Office Hampton Inn & Suites Gainesville-Downtown Appoints New Director of Sales UF Health Shands CEO Ed Jimenez Elected Chair of Safety Net Hospital Alliance Board Dan Drotos to Head New Colliers International Northeast Florida New Gainesville Office Colliers International Northeast Florida has announced the...

Online master’s program now accepting applications. Beginning in May 2019, the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications will launch an online master’s degree with a specialization in public interest communications, the country’s only master’s program in this emerging field. Public interest communications focuses on the development and implementation of science-based, planned strategic communication...

The Historic Thomas Center has been selected as a 2019 winner of WeddingWire.com’s Couples’ Choice Award. This is the sixth consecutive year that the venue has been recognized. The WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards® recognize the top five percent of wedding venues nationwide from the WeddingWire network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism....

Alachua Conservation Trust hosted the 20th Annual Conservation Stewards Awards this month at Prairie Creek Lodge. Since 2000, Alachua Conservation Trust (ACT) honors “Conservation Stewards,” the individuals in our community who have made the cultural and environmental protection of North Central Florida a priority in their lives. This year’s Honorees were John McPherson and Lu...

WUFT-TV/FM and the Florida Public Radio Emergency Network (FPREN) were recently honored with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Community Lifeline Award for providing extensive coverage and non-stop emergency information during Hurricanes Michael, Irma and Matthew. The Community Lifeline Award recognizes public media stations that provide outstanding service to their communities during local emergencies, natural...

A new study by University of Florida researchers questions the accuracy of the criteria used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to identify patients at risk of opioid abuse and overdose. The CMS launched its Overutilization Monitoring System, or OMS, in 2013 to identify such high-risk patients among the millions of beneficiaries who...

Gainesville has been named one of the 2019 Top 100 Best Places to Live by Livability.com, outpacing more than 1,000 cities (with populations between 20,000 and 1,000,000) in this data-driven ranking.   The 2019 rankings were guided by an exclusive study conducted by Livability.com in partnership with Ipsos. More than 1,000 millennials across the country...