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By: Caitlyn Finnegan John Spence has been recognized as a Top 100 Thought Leader in Trustworthy Business Behavior for the third year in a row. Presented by Trust Across America, a U.S.-based think tank and communications program, the award is given to business leaders who are helping transform the way organizations do business across the...

By: Caitlyn Finnegan Educator and professional speaker John Spence is scheduled to speak at a United Way benefit event on Jan. 25 at the United Way of North Central Florida. Spence will present two separate programs during the event: “Embrace Risk” at 9:45 a.m., and “The Five Keys to Accountability” at 1 p.m. A social...

By: Caitlyn Finnegan For any residents or companies overwhelmed by old documents, the Arc of Alachua County is here to help. Starting Jan. 23, the Arc will host Free Shredding Day each Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in partnership with Gone4Ever Shredding, a document destruction service. All Alachua County residents are welcome to...

Join us as we usher in a new era for the Gainesville region at the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce’s Toast to Business. With the generous support of Butler Plaza and Butler Enterprises as our featured sponsor, the event will take place on Thursday, Jan. 31 starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Hilton University of...

Liquid Creative Studio is proud to announce the release of its 2013 Liquid Creative Cares Non-Profit Grant Application. This is the third year in which this grant has been awarded (formerly as Marketing Mud Cares). It provides non-profit organizations in our community an opportunity for marketing and design assistance from the agency. The award recipient...

Trish Riley is helping to bring a world stage to Gainesville. She talked to The Business Report about promoting environmental change through social awareness. By: Caitlyn Finnegan Since 2009, Cinema Verde Director Trish Riley has worked to showcase the outside world to Gainesville while showcasing Gainesville to the outside world. Riley’s brainchild—a six-day environmental and...

Former director left in December 2011 to head Boise agency.   Anthony Lyons has been rehired as the director of the Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA). “We have selected the most qualified candidate from a national pool of exceptional applicants,” says Gainesville City Manager Russ Blackburn. “In Anthony, the CRA will have a proven leader...

Cornell & Associates has merged with Bosshardt Realty Services. “This merger unites the best people and assets of the two leading, independent real estate companies in North Florida, and it will further strengthen the region’s pre-eminent real estate firm,” says Aaron Bosshardt, president of Bosshardt Realty Services. “We are confident that this business combination will...

Cornell & Associates has merged with Bosshardt Realty Services. “This merger unites the best people and assets of the two leading, independent real estate companies in North Florida, and it will further strengthen the region’s pre-eminent real estate firm,” says Aaron Bosshardt, president of Bosshardt Realty Services. “We are confident that this business combination will...

By: Caitlyn Finnegan Every day brings a new opportunity for Susan Crowley to help impact the community, but there’s one memory that stands out. In 2010, Keith Robinson, a University of Florida graduate who was working with Teach for America in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood, contacted her about a chance to visit the campus...