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– Florida Organic Growers In partnership with Auburn University, Minister Wilson Laleau of the Haitian Ministry of Commerce and Industry and the Haitian Bureau of Standards, Quality Certification Services (QCS) Food Safety Program Manager Dr. Mario Velasco hosted a week-long food safety training program Dec. 2 through 6, 2013 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The goal of...

By Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce The Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce will host the region’s top leaders in business, government, education, healthcare and other sectors at its 2014 Annual Meeting on Jan. 30, at the Hilton University of Florida Conference Center. Sponsored by Butler Enterprises, doors to the Annual Meeting open at 6 p.m....

New safety equipment is being installed on Interstate 75 and U.S. 441 through Paynes Prairie in response to the tragic series of accidents that happened in the early morning of January 2012 due to near-zero visibility conditions in the area from fog and smoke. The goal of this project is to provide early warning to...

The Gainesville Area Innovation Network and TiE Tampa held a business-pitch event on Monday at Santa Fe College. Kunal Jain, the president of TiE Tampa, worked with GAIN to bring Kanwal Rekhi, an angel investor from Silicon Valley with 53 direct startup investments through TiE to Gainesville so that a handful of Gainesville’s startups could...

By Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce In response to local business’ needs, the City of Gainesville has announced that they will extend their Building Department hours to provide half-day services on Friday, from 7am – 1pm, located on the first floor of the Thomas Center, which began on November 22, 2013. Previously, all City of...

From the City of Gainesville The City of Gainesville Plan Board is holding a public workshop to discuss a variety of key issues related to the update of the Land Development Code. The workshop will take place Thursday, Jan. 30 at 6:30 p.m. in the City Hall Auditorium, which is located at 200 E. University Ave. in...

By University of Florida Two online programs at the University of Florida are among the top 10 nationally in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings scheduled for release Wednesday. Of particular note, UF ranked fifth in the Best Online Bachelor’s Programs category, a meteoric rise from No. 34 in 2013. For 2014, UF ranked first...

By Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce The Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce announces the extension of current Board of Directors Chairman Mitch Glaeser leadership by another year. Glaeser currently serves as the 2013 Board Chairman, which would have ended at the Chamber’s Annual Meeting on Jan. 30th. The one-year extension will keep Glaeser as Chairman...

By Chris Moran The University of Florida doubled down today on its strategy to climb to a top 10 national ranking among public research universities, announcing its intention to recruit top minds in personalized medicine, unmanned vehicles, online learning and seven other fields. UF had already committed to bringing on as many as 100 researchers...

By Bradley Osburn Way back in the days of Betamax tapes and rocker hair, if you wanted statistical population or economic data you would have had to turn to a publication like the Florida Statistical Abstract, produced for many years by UF’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR). Today, a simple search for www.bebr.ufl.edu...