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Cox Communications has announced that its employees will award up to $30,000 to public and private schools in the Southeast Region through the Cox Charities Innovation in Education grants. Applicants will be notified of their funding status before the close of the 2016-2017 school year. Grant recipients will receive payments at the start of the...

On a Wednesday morning, just after 8AM, the rooster crows on I Am Country Radio, prompting genial show host Ward Scott to announce “It’s Ag Wednesday, sponsored by the Alachua County Farm Bureau.” For the next hour, listeners to 101.7 and 104.1 FM might hear about bees, forestry, the success of the Alachua County Youth...

Assistant PRCA Director elected President of Florida Recreation and Park Association Foundation Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department (PRCA) Assistant Director Michelle Park, C.P.R.P. has been elected as President of the Florida Recreation and Park Association (FRPA) Foundation to serve on the Foundation Board through 2018. Michelle Park has been with the City of Gainesville...

Juliette Gordon Low believed in the power and potential of every girl. Through her vision, Girl Scouts was created to build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place. Four of the six honorees of this year’s Women Who Make A Difference award were personally involved in scouting at some...

A University of Florida College of Nursing researcher and her team have received grant funding for a five-year study to evaluate whether dignity therapy led by a nurse or a chaplain for elderly patients facing a cancer diagnosis and receiving palliative care could improve outcomes, including the patients’ spiritual well-being. “Today’s health care system tends...

The Aspiring Leader Academy (ALA) is a six-month program designed to equip Alachua County Public School teachers who are interested in pursuing leadership roles with the tools and training needed to excel in school leadership in Alachua County. The ALA program is currently in its first year and is the first phase of the district’s...

When Vincent Cambrea was named Director of the Florida School of Massage in 2014, he had already been an instructor there for 12 years and had opened his own gym. However, tasked with taking the school to a level of success that it hadn’t experienced before, he quickly realized that this was an entirely new...

UF Health Shands Hospital has surpassed all pediatric heart transplant programs in the nation with zero deaths over a two and a half year period, according to a report released in January by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR), a database that analyzes and evaluates organ transplantation programs across the nation. According to SRTR’s...

“The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire.”  ~ Malcom Gladwell Since the women’s movement of the 1970’s, women continue to create meaningful change regarding women’s rights, bias, and gender pay gaps. Today, women are still breaking barriers and gaining momentum as...

Ashley Banks, Financial Advisor, CFP®, CDFA™ and Donna Carroll, Financial Advisor, CDFA™ of Banks Carroll Group officially opened their own branch office in Gainesville in February. The Group, previously operated under Morgan Stanley for the past 8 years, will now be operated by Banks and Carroll and affiliated with Raymond James Financial Services. Banks Carroll...