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By Josh Steppling Mobiquity, a Boston-based company providing enterprise-class software to businesses, has joined the ranks of companies experiencing fast-paced growth in the Innovation Square community. The company expanded to Gainesville in May and will be tripling its office space size and doubling its number of employees by the end of the year. After only...

The Gainesville Area Innovation Network (GAIN) held its 3rd Annual GAIN ShootOut on Monday, when 16 local startups competed for the title of “Top Gun,” a prize which came loaded with $2,500 in cash, $2,000 worth of legal services, $250 worth of accounting services, $500 in exhibit materials, hundreds of dollars in miscellaneous prizes and...

The Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce is proud to support the growth of our aspiring local entrepreneurs by partnering with the Buchholz Academy of Entrepreneurship for the second annual “Mind Your Own Business” (MYOB) event on Nov. 6, 2013 at 7 p.m. at Buchholz High School. Through real-life testimonials from successful area entrepreneurs, developing talent...

The City of Gainesville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department is proud to announce the department is now an accredited agency, recognized by the Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies (CAPRA). The accreditation was officially awarded Monday, Oct. 7 at the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) Congress and Exposition in Houston, Texas,which...

Beginning early next year, FloridaWorks will become CareerSource North Central Florida as part of a new universal brand identity to better align Florida’s nationally recognized workforce system, and improve customer awareness and use of the system’s services and resources. The new brand, CareerSource Florida, is a result of extensive market research and input from local...

The Education Foundation of Alachua County awarded $21,000 in teacher grants on Wednesday to four Alachua County Schools through the Foundation’s new Catalyst for Change program. The Foundation presented the awards to Mebane Middle School, Meadowbrook Elementary School, Idylwild Elementary School and Gainesville High School. This will be the first giveaway of monies through the Catalyst...

Stick around after the data for a clickable infographic so you can see the data in a whole new way.         Information from the “County Health Rankings & Roadmaps” program, a collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, and WellFlorida Council, Inc., a private...

Nanotherapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company out of Alachua that began as a startup in the UF Sid Martin Biotech Incubator, held a groundbreaking to celebrate the start of construction on its new facility on Wednesday. In attendance were dozens of business and local government representatives, as well as Florida Gov. Rick Scott. The new 165,000-square-foot...

Courtesy Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce At the core of our innovative business community exist our startups and small businesses. Their success and growth is paramount to the success of our local business community and is one of the primary focuses of the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce. It is for this reason that the...

Last week, The Business Report was invited out to Micanopy to tour the Besilu Collection horse ranch, the site of the Sixth Annual Noche de Gala fundraiser for the Sebastian Ferrero Foundation. As a media sponsor for the event, we’re proud to give you a sneak peek of the event, which will take place this...