Alachua County

Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV) continues its growth trend with record passenger traffic to finish calendar year 2015. According to numbers reported by the airlines, 18,562 passengers flew out of the local airport last month. The annual total came to 217,355, more than two percent above 2014 and 892 passengers more than the previous record set...

Author: Rod Hemphill Business incubator is a buzzword that is currently in vogue here in north-central Florida. The official Alachua County government website lists ten incubators, places where budding entrepreneurs can find affordable rent, support staff and equipment as they collaborate on business start-ups. These incubators range from a not-for-profit kitchen incubator for food entrepreneurs,...

America’s robust agriculture sector provides affordable food and fiber to the nation and still manages to export about a quarter of the food and fiber it produces, but “big, tough, critical issues” loom in the future, according to Nick Place, dean of University of Florida Extension and director of Florida Cooperative Extension. Addressing Alachua County’s...

More Powerful Wireless Charging System Using “Hotspots” This wireless power transmission system provides power to multiple devices within a volume of space, potentially as large as a room. The age of battery-powered electronics has created a huge demand for convenient recharging technologies. For many applications, traditional recharging via wire connections or physical contact can be...

The following is a list of recent fictitious name filings for Alachua County, Florida, through the week of Nov. 30, 2014.         Fictitious Name Address City State Date ALL FLORIDA ENGRAVING 17728 SOUTH COUNTY RD 325 CROSS CREEK FL 11/11/2014 BLACKBIRD STUDIOS 615 NW 31ST PLACE GAINESVILLE FL 11/29/2014 BURFORD BROS. 1722...

Cars jammed the Chester Shell Elementary School parking lot and spilled along side streets and into an empty field. Inside the cafeteria, it was standing room only, and latecomers leaned against the walls. Many attendees sported t-shirts: purple ones that said “I support Plum Creek” or green ones that said “Stand by Our Plan.” When...

Another candidate has withdrawn from the running for the position of Alachua County Manager. Stockton Whitten, the current deputy manager for Brevard County, sent an email to Commissioner Mike Byerly Monday saying that accepting the position was not the best choice for he and his family right now. Whitten will remain in his current position...

  By Caitlyn Finnegan The Alachua County Board of Commissioners has approved a motion to offer a qualified target industry incentive for Encell Technology, an Alachua-based company that designs battery storage and management systems. Encell plans to expand its scope of business to include light manufacturing, and will add 167 jobs to the area through...

By Caitlyn Finnegan The county is adding more solar power to its collection of green energy initiatives. The Alachua County Commission approved a request for a new 4.92-acre solar array on the edge of Paynes Prairie during its Tuesday afternoon meeting. Sybac Solar, a solar panel design and installation firm based in Orlando, will build...

By Caitlyn Finnegan The Alachua County Commission has decided to move forward with negotiations for the county manager position after the first candidate has withdrawn from consideration. Stockton Whitten, the county’s No. 2 choice and the current deputy manager for Brevard County, will be contacted and offered the original contract offered to the first choice...