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Alachua County’s landscape fertilizer regulations prohibit using landscape fertilizers with nitrogen from July through February and require that fertilizers containing nitrogen contain no less than 50 percent slow-release nitrogen. New regulations also prohibit phosphorus unless a deficiency is verified. The three numbers on a fertilizer bag are nitrogen, then phosphorus, and finally potassium. This means...

SATLANTIS LLC and Agriculture Intelligence, Inc (AgIntel) announced a collaborative initiative with leading industry experts to combine agriculture intelligence and high resolution satellite monitoring with hopes to enhance current crop evaluation techniques for growers significantly. In late May, SATLANTIS successfully launched a satellite from the Cape Canaveral Force Station on board a SpaceX Falcon 9...

Canaery, the neurotech startup digitizing the sense of smell to enhance the way we perceive and monitor the world around us, announced today it has closed more than $4 million in seed funding to accelerate the development of its scent-sensing platform. The round was led by Breakout Ventures and included participation from major investors Dolby...

Due to crisis-level overcrowding and low staffing levels, the Alachua County Animal Resources and Care (AR&C) Shelter will immediately cease taking both owner surrenders and healthy, free-roaming animals. This temporary closure will be in place until the animal population aligns with the shelter’s capacity for care. The shutdown will allow staff time to work with...

David Jones is the founder and CEO of Diversity of Thought, Inc. (D.O.T.I.) “We are a social enterprise whose mission is to elevate humanity though business.”  David is also the Executive Director of Diversity of Thought Nonprofit Organization. DOTNPO’s mission is to empower people to change the world around them. He believes in unleashing the...

Infotech, a leader in infrastructure construction software solutions, has announced a consulting collaboration with HDR to conduct an industry assessment of its current products and services in order to expand the company’s Building Information Modeling (BIM) offerings and its impact on digital delivery and advancing open data standards. As experts in the use of BIM...

The University of Florida’s Full-Time MBA has topped the list of programs offering the best career services and career opportunities according to the 2022 WhichMBA? Full-Time Rankings from The Economist. The ranking is calculated based on the experiences of alumni, who have consistently ranked UF MBA among the best programs when it comes to helping...

Gainesville City Commissioner David Arreola (District 3) will host a one-hour telephone town hall meeting Thursday, June 30 at 6:15 p.m. at City Hall about inclusionary and exclusionary zoning. Joining Commissioner Arreola in the community dialogue is interim City Manager Cynthia W. Curry and the Director of the Department of Sustainable Development Andrew Persons. Interim...

The City of Gainesville invites all neighbors to its first City Services Fair to learn more about City programs, events, services, job opportunities, charter officers, governing structure and more. When: Saturday, June 25 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Where: Martin Luther King, Jr. Multipurpose Center, 1028 NE 14th Street Residents will have the opportunity to learn...

University of Florida Health Shands Children’s Hospital continued its remarkable run as one of the Southeast’s premier pediatric medical centers as U.S. News & World Report ranked it as Florida’s No. 1 children’s hospital, with five pediatric specialties earning the elite distinction of being rated among the nation’s best. The U.S. News 2022-23 Best Children’s...