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New York biotechnology entrepreneur Joseph Hernandez announced his real estate company has acquired the Gainesville Golf & Country Club. Hernandez is a Florida native and graduate of the University of Florida with three degrees. Financial details were not disclosed. For the past few years, the Gainesville Golf & Country Club has been in search of a...

Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV) announced they’ve set an all-time record for passenger traffic in 2018. A total of 476,396 travelers flew in and out of the North Central Florida airport last year: a 6.5 percent increase over 2017’s record-breaking 445,247 passengers. GNV’s passenger boarding numbers continue to outpace both area population growth rate and Federal...

Super Bowl Sunday is almost here, so Sports Illustrated and PCMag teamed up to survey over 2,800 U.S. football fans on how they’ll be watching Super Bowl VIII, and got a look the top tech and viewing trends for the Big Game. According to the survey, the majority of Floridians will be rooting for the...

Selling homes is quite similar to selling any other product, if your product is good, it speaks for itself. As a realtor, my job is multifunctional.  First, I must help sellers find the BEST version of their home so that I can then create the marketing that will sell that best version. My focus is...

Prices Rise in Alachua County as Affordability Fades Is a Sales Pause Upon Us? As 2018 wanes to a close, sagacious investors, prospective purchasers and homeowners alike find themselves wondering what is in store in the annum ahead for the Alachua County real estate market. Local condo and single family home values were buoyed on...

In the course of serving our nation, veterans learn valuable skills and self-discipline that they can carry through to their post-military careers. One professional path that some veterans take is entrepreneurship. According to the most recent U.S. Census data, in 2012, the number of veteran-owned businesses was 2,521,682 (9 percent of all companies in the...

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects are taught to Florida students as early as elementary school, but more teachers and more rigorous training are needed if we are to support the state’s continuous bid to become a reputable high tech economy that relies on an exemplary high-tech work force. The Florida Department of Education...

Among otherwise healthy people, a daily dose of aspirin does not save lives and causes additional bleeding, an analysis by University of Florida Health researchers has found. Their meta-analysis of 11 aspirin therapy clinical trials involving more than 157,000 healthy individuals since the 1980s found the drug doesn’t reduce deaths, heart attacks and strokes. Low-dose...

The first phase in a series of planned renovations for the Northwest Unit of the Boys and Girls Club of Alachua County located at 2661 NW 51st St. Gainesville, are now complete. Interior upgrades to the recreation facility were completed by Scorpio on October 28, approximately $15,000 under budget. New ceilings, flooring and lighting transformed...

Trust is an essential element in the relationship built between a seller, buyer and his/her real estate agent. In order to establish trust, a real estate agent must add value. “We are not really not motivated by selling houses,” says Craig Wilburn, CRS, GRI, CSP. “We are passionate about adding value to human beings through...