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Former Gainesville mayor and lifelong business entrepreneur James F. Painter will lead the Corporate Advisory Board for “The Village,” Gainesville’s SantaFe Senior Living Community. As Gainesville’s mayor and city commissioner, Mr. Painter’s public service drew from his immense experience collected over 40 years of private enterprise. In addition to owning Painter Masonry, Mr. Painter’s résumé...

According to a newly formed group of local residents, community leaders, and business owners, Gainesville currently has the most expensive rates for broadband internet access in the state of Florida. And the group, Connected Gainesville, has plans to do something about it. The initiative, launched on the steps of City Hall the afternoon of February...

The public is invited to sign up for Alachua County Citizens Academy classes, beginning on April 6, 2017. The Citizens Academy offers residents an opportunity to participate in behind-the-scenes tours, hear presentations, and interact with elected officials and staff from the Board of County Commissioners, Constitutional Officers, the Judiciary, the Library District and the School...

The University of Florida Small Business and Vendor Diversity Relations office is pleased to announce the launch of its 2017 Mentor-Protégé Program. This program connects emerging businesses with established business leaders and provides them with the opportunity to learn and hear from UF departments, project managers and business industry experts and interface with fellow UF administrative leaders...

Meridian Behavioral Healthcare, the largest provider of mental health and substance use disorder services in North Central Florida, has been selected by the Florida Department of Children and Families to distribute 117 doses of Narcan to patients and their families who are at risk of an opioid overdose. In the United States overdoses now surpasses...

Forty-one organizations across North Florida were recently awarded a total of $210,000 in grants by the Weyerhaeuser Foundation’s Giving Fund, which has invested millions in communities across the country. Gainesville and its surrounding communities received the largest investment with thirty-one organizations securing grant awards to support a variety of programs and initiatives. Recipients include the...

McCall Service has opened a new technical training facility in Newberry. “The Gainesville Training Center is geared to be the hub for all instructional classroom training for our company. We are directly geared to offer residential and commercial pest control instruction as well as termite training. The classroom will hold up to 16 employees and...

Florida Credit Union (FCU), a full-service financial institution with more than 80,000 members in north and central Florida, has opened its newest branch at 2803 SW 42nd Street, Suite 10 in the Butler North Plaza in Gainesville. The new branch, which is the institution’s fourth location in the Gainesville area, is the 11th branch for...

The Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) has officially started the “More in Midtown”, NW First Avenue streetscape project. Construction is scheduled to be complete by September 2017. This eight-month-long renovation promises many improvements to one of Gainesville’s most iconic neighborhoods. The four-block corridor between NW 16th and 20th Streets will undergo a comprehensive redesign to include...

If you have not had the opportunity to eat at one of Keke’s twenty-four locations, Keke’s is a full-service restaurant dedicated to providing an outstanding breakfast and lunch experience; a meal where everything is handmade, using the best ingredients available, with fresh fruit and vegetables that are delivered daily, and using fresh bread and dairy...