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ECS Florida, LLC has announced the opening of a new office in Gainesville, Florida led by Corey Dunlap, PE, who recently joined ECS as Operations Manager. ECS Florida, LLC is a premier provider of geotechnical engineering, construction materials testing, environmental consulting and facilities engineering services. The new office is located at 6342 NW 18th Drive,...

The City of Gainesville just rolled out a new mode of transportation fit for a future-forward community. Gainesville is among the first in the nation to launch an autonomous transit shuttle. With innovation and cutting-edge transportation in mind, the electricity-run autonomous bus establishes the city as a leader in smarter options to get around the...

Gainesville-Alachua County Association of Realtors® (GACAR) honored Susan McQuillan as its 2019 Realtor® of the Year. McQuillan is a Broker for Watson Realty Corp. Property Management. The Realtor® of the Year award was presented on January 28th at the LAUNCH ‘20 Leadership Summit at Trinity United Methodist Church with over 500 people in attendance. GACAR...

First Federal Bank will be presenting United Way of North Central Florida (UWNCFL) with a $10,000 check for their Home Sweet Home Initiative.  The Home Sweet Home Initiative was formed to help find solutions to end childhood homelessness. Through partnerships with the school system, homeless service providers and other nonprofit organizations, this comprehensive approach helps...

A University of Florida veterinary student has won a national competition focused on the pursuit of business excellence in the veterinary medical profession. Erin Sole, a fourth-year student at the UF College of Veterinary Medicine, was named the winner of the National Simmons Educational Fund Business Aptitude Award in January during the national Veterinary Business...

By Edgar Campa-Palafox, CEcD Economic Development Coordinator at Alachua County BOCC, Florida In late January 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) released December 2019 employment estimates. For the state of Florida employment & unemployment report, click HERE. For the Gainesville FL MSA...

Tobacco use remains the nation’s leading cause of preventable death and disease, taking an estimated 480,000 lives every year. This year’s “State of Tobacco Control” report from the American Lung Association calls for proven tobacco control policies in light of the fact that the country’s youth vaping epidemic worsened in 2019. This dire situation is...

Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV) announced they’ve set another all-time record for passenger traffic in 2019. A total of 558,246 travelers flew in and out of the North Central Florida airport last year: a 17.18 percent increase over 2018’s record-breaking 476,396 passengers (and almost tripling 2018’s 6 percent growth over 2017 traffic). GNV’s passenger boarding numbers...

James Moore & Company has been recognized by Forbes Magazine the Florida-based CPA and full-service consulting firm as one of America’s Top Recommended Tax and Accounting Firms. The list included 227 companies, accounting for only 0.5% of the firms in the country, and James Moore & Company was among a more exclusive subgroup of firms...

Alachua County, the City of Newberry, and the City of Hawthorne are among 33 communities to be recognized by the Florida Department of Health as 2019 Healthy Community Champions for taking a Health in All Policies approach to comprehensive planning. Health in All Policies, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is...