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  The City of Gainesville is partnering with Citizinvestor, a Florida-based crowdfunding and civic engagement platform for local government projects, to empower citizens to invest in their community. On Monday morning, the City of Gainesville launched its first crowdfunding campaign to raise $20,800 to expand the popular Summer Heatwave program, which provides a place for...

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is holding a webinar on Friday, Feb. 28, at 2 P.M., on Federal Communications Commission Support for community-based health IT. The FCC is the United States’ primary authority for communications law, regulation, and technological innovation. They provide leadership for the nation’s communications infrastructure, and relevant to the safety...

  Responding to the University of Florida’s aspiration to be one of the nation’s top 10 public universities and its business college’s goal to be regarded among the best of its kind, entrepreneur and UF alumnus Al Warrington IV and his wife, Judy, committed $75 million that represents the largest gift in UF history. The...

  During the Visit Gainesville Tourism Development Council meeting on Wednesday, the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce pitched a newly proposed conference center to the board members. The proposed 53,000-square-foot conference center would be located on the north side of Hull Road behind the UF Hilton, an area that is already under construction to connect...

– Alachua County Public Schools A veteran teacher from Glen Springs Elementary School has been named Alachua County’s 2014 Teacher of the Year. At the 22nd Annual Robert W. Hughes Teacher Recognition event, Donna Schroeder was announced as the teacher who will represent the district in the Florida Teacher of the Year program. The event...

  Progress Corporate Park announced Wednesday the re-branding of the 204-acre park to Progress Park. This change reflects Progress Park’s desire to continue to advance and adapt to further foster growth and development within the Park. The new Progress Park logo represents a rebirth of its image, offering a modern, fresh look for one of...

Lucinda Lavelli, dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of Florida, was recently honored with the 2013 Professional Achievement Award from the Alumni Association of Case Western Reserve University. The nominating committee noted Lavelli’s career of service to the arts and dance as well as her commitment to the integration of technology...

Tuesday, in the first of six workshops held by the City of Gainesville, the city Planning Department discussed proposed changes to the T-6 Urban Core zoning district, which holds all of downtown and as far north as Sixth Avenue. The city is in the process of updating the Land Development Code and the purpose of...

Staying up late to work on your smartphone has negative effects on your productivity the next day, a recent University of Florida study shows. Klodiana Lanaj, an assistant professor of management at the Warrington College of Business Administration, and co-researchers Christopher M. Barnes (University of Washington) and Russell E. Johnson (Michigan State University) found that...

The City of Newberry held a ribbon cutting on Thursday for the expansion of its Water Reclamation Facility. The $2.8-million expansion was designed by Jones Edmunds & Associates, Inc., and paid for by a $400,000 Community Budget Issue Request and a State Revolving Fund grant of $2.4 million. After an initial estimate in 2006 based...