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Additional Local Restaurants Being Considered Writer: Doug Crotty Dennis Sherer, Blaze Managing Partner in North Central Florida, was more than happy with the company’s super successful introduction to the Gainesville market. “We were ecstatic to see so many people come out and celebrate our grand opening at our Free Pizza Day on January 9,” said...

2014: End Remarks By WJ Rossi, CFP®, ChFC Since the beginning of the calendar year, many economic trends have taken place. Long-term interest rates came down, but the US dollar strengthened as investors saw the United States as the best place to put their money. Slowdown in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in China and...

Oak Hammock at the University of Florida® recently broke ground on an expansion and renovation of the community’s Health Pavilion. The $10.2 million, multi-phase project includes expanding assisted living, skilled nursing and rehabilitation services, as well as renovating the existing skilled nursing facility. The skilled nursing expansion will add 31 private units – for a...

Incoming President Gainesville Builders Association Eric Gonzalez has worked alongside his father, Emilio, each day for the past 16 years.  When Emilio, who goes by EG, started his company, EG Gonzalez Custom Homes, over two decades ago he joined the Builders Association of North Central Florida, an association that would connect him with other builders...

Author: Rod Hemphill Business incubator is a buzzword that is currently in vogue here in north-central Florida. The official Alachua County government website lists ten incubators, places where budding entrepreneurs can find affordable rent, support staff and equipment as they collaborate on business start-ups. These incubators range from a not-for-profit kitchen incubator for food entrepreneurs,...

The following is a list of recent fictitious name filings for Alachua County, Florida, through the week of Jan 8, 2015. AKEMI BORJAS LLC 5127 NW 39TH AVE GAINESVILLE FL 12/16/2014 CARTER CARES 244 SW 121ST WAY GAINESVILLE FL 12/19/2014 D & D CLEANING 328 SW 5TH AVE GAINESVILLE FL 12/30/2014 DINO GAMES 501 NW...

Fast-Casual, Build-Your-Own Pizza Concept Opens on Archer Road Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza will host the grand opening of it’s first Gainesville location on Friday, January 9th. The new location is snuggled between Chick-fil-A and Wendy’s at 3617 Archer Road. As part of the kickoff anyone that follows Blaze Pizza on instagram, Twitter or Facebook will be...

Gainesville and Boca Raton, FL – January 7, 2015 – The Florida Institute for Commercialization of Public Research (the Institute) has announced that it has finalized a funding agreement with Comm-N-Sense (DBA: Verigo),  a company that provides monitoring and tracking solutions to improve operations for businesses that rely on perishable supply chains. The Institute supports...

For the third year in a row, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance has ranked the University of Florida No. 3 nationally and No. 1 among Florida public universities on its list of the 100 best values in public colleges for 2015. UF has been among Kiplinger’s top 10 best values in public colleges since 2005, ranking No....

Effective January 1, 2015 the minimum wage will be $8.05 per hour, up from the current rate of $7.93. The Federal minimum wage rate is $7.25; however, employees must be paid the minimum wage rate set by the state for which they are employed. Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment establishing the state minimum wage...