Profiles

In 2007, two young men from Auburn, Alabama started kicking around an idea to provide tailgate services for football fans. Nine years later, the Tailgate Guys have spread across Southeast Conference cities and are now serving customers at the University of Florida and Texas A&M in addition to the original location in Auburn. The company...

Collin Austin, owner of New Scooters 4 Less in Gainesville, is busy preparing for his company’s peak season. As with so many businesses in Gainesville, Austin’s company is targeted largely towards the city’s student population. In fact, more than 90% of his revenue comes directly from the student market, making the month of August by...

Cycle pubs have been popping up across the country and Gainesville is no exception. The Spins cycle pub entered the scene after co-founders Erica Husak and Dave Godec were inspired by seeing a cycle pub while visiting downtown Nashville. “To see the happiness and joy on the riders faces was priceless. We decided that we...

When Carol Doak and her husband purchased Gainesville Mini Maid more than twenty years ago, her understanding was that they were going into business to provide cleaning services. It didn’t take long, however, for Carol to realize that her new business was actually about much more than just cleaning. The Business Report spoke to Carol...

Especially for Women, a health boutique on Newberry Road in Gainesville, is the only local store of its kind — selling everything from prosthetic breasts and bras for women who have undergone mastectomies to compression hose, bras and pumps for women who are nursing. The store even has a special section with a wide selection...

Sherrilene Classen, Ph.D., M.P.H., an internationally recognized scientist in driving rehabilitation, has been named chair of the department of occupational therapy at theUniversity of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions. Classen is currently a professor and director of the School of Occupational Therapy at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. She begins her...

National Real Estate Investor (NREI) & Information Management Network (IMN) announced Front Street Commercial Real Estate Group as finalists for the inaugural 2016 Commercial Real Estate Awards. The awards recognize firms exhibiting superior performance that have consistently led and exemplified the highest degree of business excellence and forward thinking in the commercial real estate industry. The NREI/IMN 2016 Commercial Real Estate Awards celebrate excellence...

University of Florida College of Medicine leaders have appointed Regina Bussing, M.D., chair of the department of psychiatry. Bussing, a leader in developing comprehensive treatment approaches to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, and other mental-health disorders of childhood and adolescence, was also appointed the Donald R. Dizney endowed chair in psychiatry, established in 2006...

The glasses Jamie Kim uses in her research might look dorky, but they’re designed to help you have more fun. Kim, a researcher in the University of Florida’s Department of Tourism, Recreation and Sport Management, uses high-tech eye-tracking glasses to determine what parts of an attraction capture visitors’ attention. She’s one of a handful of researchers worldwide pairing the glasses with a wristband that measures your...

The UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine program is showcasing original works of art by Sandra Murphy-Pak, an artist living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Murphy-Pak paintings and drawings are an exploration of how an artist can continue to work without the use of her hands. In recognition of ALS Awareness Month, Murphy-Pak’s new...