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The Jacksonville Jaguars are coming to town to drum up support for the upcoming 2013-2014 football season. Fans can find the Jaguars Caravan, a crew of players, coaches and cheerleaders, at the Oaks Mall for a rally on June 19, or drink and eat with Jaguars representatives during a happy hour on June 13. The...

  By Caitlyn Finnegan Gainesville city commissioners face two important economic development decisions Thursday during two separate meetings at City Hall. The first will be a discussion of the Power District Catalyst Project Lease Amendment, a motion involving engineering firm Prioria Robotics. The company moved into the 22,000-square-foot Catalyst Project warehouse located in the Power...

“What’s Next?” continues to be the theme of economic development in Alachua County as community and business leaders wade through possible solutions for questions focused on talent retention and targeted industries. To help transition the community into the next phase of economic strategies, the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce has invited economist Rebecca Ryan, also...

  By Caitlyn Finnegan It was a deal five years in the making, but two major companies are ready to move into Trenton, Fla., in just a few short weeks. The world’s largest restaurant chain, McDonald’s, and Family Dollar will be opening side-by-side at NE 1st Ave. by the end of the summer, according to...

By Caitlyn Finnegan With shrinking revenue from Alachua County’s gas tax struggling to meet the public’s demands for more transit projects and upgrades to local infrastructures, the Alachua County Commission is searching for a new way to fund transportation projects. After holding a transportation summit in April, the county logged 464 responses from community members...

By Caitlyn Finnegan After spending the last few weeks haggling over contract details, the Alachua County Commission has finally settled on the basic terms of their offer to prospective new county manager James Bourey; but will he accept? Bourey, who has served as the city manager for Greenville, S.C., and currently serves as a consultant...

By Caitlyn Finnegan It was a long night of discussions to make headway on what Butler Enterprises calls the “gateway” and “crown jewel” of its proposed 267-acre development that will spread from the I-75 Archer Road exit to Southwest 34th Street. Debates over future block sizes and street ways continued for six hours Wednesday night,...

By Caitlyn Finnegan The Innovation Square is welcoming another new tenant to its lineup of technology-driven businesses. CurtCo Robb Media LLC, an international publishing company catering to the ultra-luxury market, has announced its move to the community. CurtCo has launched or acquired 45 magazines in the past two decades, and its products can be found...

By Caitlyn Finnegan Gainesville City Commissioners are ready to tackle another controversial topic on the agenda this week: ordering the sale of the Gainesville Renewable Energy Center biomass plant to the city. The special session is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. at City Hall, 200 E. University Ave., and will focus solely on public...

By Caitlyn Finnegan When asked about what communities can do today to better prepare their economies for the future, Alan Webber, one of the founders of the innovation-focused business magazine Fast Company, likes to make a few things clear. First off, change is imminent, so be ready for a new type of “business as usual.”...