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All Tune and Lube, a national chain providing full-service automotive car-care service, has opened a location at 2930 NE Waldo Road in Gainesville.  The All Tune and Lube Total Car Care Center will also encompass All Tune Transmissions and All Tune Motor Mate in the 8,500 square foot Gainesville facility.    Established in 1985, each...

Alachua County Emergency Management invites business representatives, faith based organizations, and volunteer groups to attend the North Central Florida Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) meeting on Aug. 6, at the Kanapaha Botanical Gardens (4700 SW 58th St., Gainesville), beginning at 10am. The meeting will assist the county in expanding its network of disaster resilience partners. The guest...

Taxpayers will soon be able to fulfill their needs at the new Jackson Hewitt Tax Service office, opening in Butler Plaza the second week of August. The Company will relocate their year-round office to 3227 SW 35th Blvd, behind Bonefish Grill. “After an extensive relocation search of the Gainesville area, we chose Butler Plaza for...

by Bradley Osburn The SparkTruck, a traveling hands-on laboratory envisioned to inspire creativity in children, rolled up to the Cade Museum of Creativity and Invention on Thursday morning, ready for Alachua County and surrounding area kids to get inventive. SparkTruck is the result of an online Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign run by a group of Stanford...

If you haven’t yet heard of United Way’s United Downtown, you’re in for a real Gator treat. United Downtown will run for four Friday nights over the fall, at the corner of SE First Ave. and SE First St. from 6 to 10pm. United Downtown gives Gator football fans an excuse to kick off the...

Go back to school and get a degree in making business connections at Chamber After Hours on Thursday, August 15! Join us and hundreds of other business community leaders at LifeSouth Community Blood Centers as they celebrate their 40th Anniversary and tour their newly renovated 13th Street donor center. Bring school supplies to be donated...

“American Made Movie,” a film about the state of American manufacturing and community business, will make a stop on its 32-city tour at the Hippodrome Cinema on Aug. 4 at 7pm. “American Made Movie” is a film about how manufacturing and business affect people and their communities on a personal level. People have a choice...

By Bradley Osburn U.S. Representative Ted Yoho (Florida District 3) visited North Florida Regional Medical Center on Friday to take a tour of its recently completed $62 million Phase IV Expansion and discuss the coming changes to health care under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more commonly called Obamacare. “Health care is on...

New companies and developments at Innovation Square are increasing the demand for local goods and services, allowing businesses all over Gainesville to expand their workforces and invest in other local organizations. “We used to be surrounded by empty buildings and undeveloped lots,” said Omar Oselimo, who owns Reggae Shack Café, a restaurant in Innovation Square,...

Children’s Home Society of Florida (CHS), a state-wide, not-for-profit provider of child and family services, has kicked-off its annual Back-to-School Drive and is seeking the help of the local community to provide the necessary resources to ensure a good school experience for the children in its programs. “Most children have the privilege of coming to...