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Filastruder combines money-saving logic with easy usability for a product that could help boost the 3D printing industry. By Caitlyn Finnegan It’s a classic story in the world of startups: A guy has an idea for a better way of doing things. Guy gets to work raising funds for the idea. Guy raises nearly $200,000...

More than 100 supporters filled The Warehouse Restaurant and Lounge to greet mayor elect Ed Braddy as final results were posted from the mayoral runoff election Tuesday night. The energized members of the Braddy campaign team celebrated with music, food and slideshows of photos showing volunteers on the campaign trail drumming up community support. Braddy,...

Fire up the grills; Pollo Tropical, a Miami-based restaurant known for its signature flame-grilled chicken, is opening a location on Archer Road this May and plans to hire more than 120 employees. The popular restaurant chain has partnered with FloridaWorks to recruit employees for its open positions from the Employ Florida Marketplace and other areas...

Local technology startup Feathr has accepted a $150,000 investment from four members of the Tampa Bay chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), a networking and investment organization based in Silicon Valley. The investment will give the members a 20 percent ownership stake in the company. It is the first business partnership to emerge from TiE...

By Caitlyn Finnegan Two minutes: that’s all the time early-stage entrepreneurs had to pitch their business idea to almost 50 seasoned entrepreneurs, lawyers and other business professionals Thursday during the fourth annual “Fast Pitch” competition. Sponsored by the Gainesville Area Innovation Network (GAIN), the baseball-themed event took place at the Hampton Inn downtown and set...

After completing a nationwide search, the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce focused in on  Austin, Texas, when it hired Susan Davenport as its new vice president of economic development. Davenport, a 12-year veteran of the Austin Chamber of Commerce, is currently serving as the senior vice president of global technology strategies for the Austin Chamber...

By Caitlyn Finnegan The University of Florida’s Sid Martin Biotechnology Incubator has been recognized as the top business incubator in the world for 2013 by the National Business Incubation Association. The incubator took home two awards at the 27th International Conference on Business Incubation in Boston on Tuesday; one of two Dinah Adkins Incubator of...

The Hare Krishna group is looking to add more than 80 acres of mixed-use planned developments to its spiritual community in Alachua. The planned development request appeared on the county agenda Tuesday, with Brown and Cullen Inc., an agent for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) of Alachua Inc., asking for a mixed-use permit...

Fans of interior design and home improvement will soon have the opportunity to swoon over the latest home building techniques and neighborhood designs at the 2013 Parade of Homes. The event will take place for two weekends, April 13-14 and April 20-21, and will feature longer hours than in previous years. Coordinated by the Builders...

By Caitlyn Finnegan With the run-off election for the next mayor of Gainesville taking place in less than a week, examining the issues that set incumbent mayor Craig Lowe and former city commissioner Ed Braddy apart has become a rising priority for many area voters. The two mayoral candidates have different takes on upcoming plans...