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Alachua Conservation Trust (ACT) and Alachua County have announced the opening of Serenola Forest Preserve on Saturday, April 13, 2019. The 111-acre property is home to many threatened plant and wildlife species and is a critical woodland hammock north of Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park. Lying just south of Williston road between Idylwild Elementary school...

O2B Kids, a leading provider of early education services for children in the Southeast U.S., completed the acquisition of The Village Academy, an early education services business with three facilities in St. Augustine, Florida. Founded in 1981 by Babette and Curt Weaver, The Village Academy provides early education services such as preschool, afterschool enrichment programs...

With less than a few days until its annual fundraiser, The Arc of Alachua County, with the help of 40 local sponsors and 100 golfers, has SOLD OUT its annual Bob Rose Golf Scramble on Friday, April 12th at Haile Plantation Golf & Country Club. Registration begins at 10:45 a.m. for the 12:30 p.m. golf...

A new state-by-state analysis released on the eve of Equal Pay Day by the National Partnership for Women & Families finds that women employed full time, year-round in Florida are typically paid just 87 cents for every dollar paid to a man in Florida – a yearly pay difference of $5,515. This annual wage gap...

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....