Profiles

Brittany Martabano, a fourth-year student at the University of  Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, has been named the 2016 national winner of the Bayer Excellence in Communication Award. She was selected from entries representing 27 veterinary schools, which were awarded a total of $70,000 in scholarship funds through this year’s competition. Created and funded by...

Ken Peng, a local food blogger and critic with the title “Ken Eats Gainesville”, will begin writing a food column for the Business Report of North Central Florida next month. Peng has lived in Gainesville for the last 12 years, originally hailing from Pembroke Pines. He is a proud Gator alum, who enjoys exploring new...

A newly commissioned study by Boys & Girls Clubs of America found these clubs are a sound investment, providing nearly $10 in benefits to the community for every $1 invested. The study, conducted by the Institute for Social Research and the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan, found that every dollar invested...

Dr. Brian Ray has announced that he will step down as Associate Dean and Director of the Heavener School of Business at the conclusion of the 2016 Spring semester. Dr. Ray will continue his role as a Lecturer in Leadership and Ethics, and will become Co-Director of the College’s Elizabeth B. & William F. Poe, Sr., Center for Business...

Livability.com recently ranked Gainesville the Sixth Most Affordable City in Florida. According to Livability’s website, affordability includes “more than just cheap housing options; it indicates a high quality of life as well as affordable costs of living. Our list is not simply made up of cheap options, but looks at places where you can find community and a sense of purpose:...

The University of Florida Hough Graduate School of Business’s impressive results in career placement and admissions selectivity rates were some of the nation’s best, according to U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools 2017” edition. Among the top 75 full-time programs to appear in U.S. News’s overall rankings, UF MBA was the nation’s only program to rank in the top 10 in admissions...

Gainesville Health & Fitness was featured in the February 8th release of Forbes magazine. The issue will highlight the twenty-five best small businesses in America from the last year. Joe Cirulli and his staff of fitness professionals were excited to learn that they’d been selected to be a part of this elite group of private...

By Frank Avery             Oh no. It’s happened. You’re the CEO of your company, and someone messed up. It’s about to go to press. It’s bad. You work at Volkswagen, and it turns out your cars are programmed to deceive U.S. federal emissions tests. Your PR strategist tweets a less-than-responsible...

Business community galvanizes behind six key areas, recognizes leaders and innovators In alignment with its mission to facilitate economic prosperity, business growth and community progress, the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce highlighted 2015 accomplishments and outlined the year ahead at its Jan. 28 Annual Meeting. Incoming Chamber Board Chairman Todd Powell underscored the need to...

By Ron Wayne Greg Allen visited Lucky’s Market on Northwest13th Street on its opening weekend a little more than a year ago and never stopped going back. “I decided to check it out, as I do with any new grocery stores,” said Allen, 57, a former professional cook for 15 years. He got some amazing...