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Downtown Gainesville has a new café. Patticakes opened its second location in the newly built café space on the northeast side of Bo Diddley Plaza. Bo Diddley Plaza reopened in March after a year-long renovation. The café addition was part of an initiative to activate underutilized space in the plaza, increase the programming, safety and...

Key International, a real estate investment and development company specializing in hospitality, announced that it has acquired the Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Downtown Gainesville. The hotel was purchased from Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc., for a total of $27 million. Since opening in 2009, the hotel has become a popular destination for business and...

Ameris Bank announces its 7th Annual Helping Fight Hunger food drive initiative. Helping Fight Hunger is a bank-wide project with one goal: to collect as many non-perishable food items as possible during the month of October. A food bank in every town with an Ameris Bank location will receive the donation of goods collected at...

Pokémon GO has taken Gainesville, and the nation, by storm. You may have heard the popular Pokémon slogan, “Gotta catch ‘em all!” Well, local businesses are also trying to catch ‘em all – customers, that is. This free mobile application (app) features an interactive game for smartphone users. In its first week alone, the app...

Research dollars are a key component of the University of Florida’s drive toward preeminence. UF secured a record of $724 million in fiscal year 2015, a 2.4 percent increase over the previous record of $706.8 million set in fiscal year 2014. The 2014 total ranked UF 26th among all U.S. Universities in total R&D expenditures....

With this agreement, the two companies will provide the tools and solutions necessary to support critical advancements in neurology research Banyan Biomarkers, Inc. is focused on developing a blood test that could be used by physicians and healthcare providers to rapidly and objectively detect the presence of mild and moderate TBI and improve the medical...

The rehabilitation of Gainesville Regional Airport’s (GNV) secondary runway is garnering accolades, including State Project of the Year from the Florida Department of Transportation. GNV executives accepted the award in late July at the Florida Airports Council annual conference. To be considered for Airport Project of the Year, a project must meet all of the...

Local entrepreneurs and small business owners can win $10,000 prize package Cox Business is seeking local entrepreneurs, startups and small business owners interested in pitching their business plan or idea for a chance to walk away with more than $10,000 in cash and technology prizes at Get Started Gainesville. As part of the ongoing Get...

The Department of Labor announced Angela Pate from Gainesville, Florida, has been appointed to its Workforce Information Advisory Council (WIAC). She will serve as a Training Services Provider representative. Pate currently serves as the Chief Information Officer for CareerSource North Central Florida (NCFL), President & CEO of Focused Management Solutions and Startup Quest®, and Chair...

The Funding Allows For Further Development of Its Event Marketing Technology Feathr, the Gainesville-based Event Marketing Cloud, has received $2 million in venture capital funding to continue its growth and development as it continues the push to be the go-to digital marketing platform for event professionals. This investment was led by Florida Gulfshore Capital, with...