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Florida-Born Health Plan Builds on Recent Cross-Industry Honors in J.D. Power National Studies J.D. Power has ranked AvMed the highest in member satisfaction among Florida health plan providers for the third consecutive year. In the 2014 Customer Satisfaction Study, AvMed grabbed the top regional score in a tie, securing the honor for its renowned member-focused...

– Rotary Club of Gainesville Two local business people have won the 2013 Ethics in Business Awards, presented annually by the Rotary Club of Gainesville. Rory Causseaux, CEO of Causseaux, Hewett and Walpole, Inc. and and Ivan Solbach of Ivan Solbach Co., Inc were recognized at a special luncheon ceremony earlier today. The Ethics in...

March’s UF EyeOpener Discovery Breakfast featured Dr. Linda Bartoshuk, Ph.D., the director of human research and overall assistant director of the Center for Smell and Taste on how UF researchers are unlocking the secrets of taste and smell and how that research can translate to new and enhanced products. Bartoshuk began the talk by pointing...

Due to declining grant funding over the past several years, the 41-year-old nonprofit Hippodrome has begun a six-month capital campaign to raise $750,000. Two couples, Nathan and Ani Collier and Ken and Linda McGurn have already pledged $50,000 to start up the campaign. “The Hippodrome is a cultural gem in the heart of downtown and...

  Peaceful Paths held a groundbreaking last week for an expansion of its facilities off of Northwest 53rd Avenue, now officially named the Dutton-Schilling Shelter. The new facility will be comprised of five buildings, including three duplex apartments, a donation center and a laundry, totaling 19,500 square feet. It will also feature a pet room,...

Feathr, a Gainesville networking app startup company, won a “Relocate Your Company to Austin” competition at the South by Southwest expo in Texas over the weekend, beating out 300 other hopefuls for a spot at the table and four other Top 5 competitors for the prize. Feathr is an app that started out as a...

  The Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that it has created an Innovation Policy Group (IPG) to help develop an innovation policy agenda for various levels of government that helps advance the Chamber’s vision to make the Gainesville region a global hub for talent, innovation and opportunity. The innovation policy agenda...

February’s Gainesville Area Innovation Network luncheon featured SpinChill cofounders Trevor Abbott and Ty Parker, who spoke to the GAIN members about crowdfunding, figuring out the business of manufacturing and a corporate culture of having fun. SpinChill is a small Gainesville startup and technology that aims to cool cans of beer in a fraction of the...

In its 91st year, the Gainesville Fine Arts Association is putting on a new face and rolling out new programs in an effort to bring the local art community together like never before. Founded in 1923 by Nelly Trezerant, C. Addison Pound and F.W. Buchholz, the nonprofit’s mission is to value, foster and celebrate the...

– Bradley Osburn Google announced their next technology initiative, Project Tango, in late February, and among the companies collaborating with the tech. giant is Paracosm, Gainesville’s own 3D-modelling company. Project Tango looks to take software like Paracosm’s and place it into smartphones equipped with 3D cameras. “We both see that 3D modelling is a means...