Gainesville

Hutchison PLLC, a leading provider of strategic business counsel to the life science and technology communities, announced today that it has opened an office in Gainesville, FL, to support the entrepreneurial activities so prevalent in Gainesville and Central Florida. “We have observed the growth of entrepreneurial activities in Gainesville and Central Florida for many years,”...

Businesses and workers can look forward to a new integrated solutions model experience when they visit the Gainesville and Starke career centers. That’s because Dynamic Workforce Solutions (DWFS), a national workforce development organization, is now the workforce services provider for the Gainesville career center at 4800 SW 13th Street and the Starke career center at...

Located on 13 acres in Southwest Gainesville, the main facilities of Meridian Behavioral Healthcare are a busy place. As the main campus for Meridian, the complex is hoping to soon become the site for a proposed Health Home Pilot Clinic. According to information released by Meridian, the program will provide eligible clients zwith the ability...

GAINESVILLE) – ICI Homes has announced that its newest master-planned community, Oakmont, will participate in the 2015 Builders Association of North Central Florida Parade of Homes. The event, Oct. 10 – 11 and Oct. 17 – 18, from noon to 6 p.m., invites prospective homebuyers to tour merchandised model homes throughout the Alachua County area.     “Oakmont has received tremendous interest from the...

If all goes as planned, doing business with the city of Gainesville will get a bit easier in the near future, according to reports from the city’s special committee on economic development. There soon may be a fully functioning new department in the city, the Department of Doing. The Blue Ribbon Advisory Committee on Economic...

By: Ronald Wayne Fans of the monthly art walks in downtown Gainesville will be hoofing it a bit farther in the near future. Main Street south of the bar and restaurant district is becoming a hub for arts-related and creative endeavors such as the new homes for the Gainesville Fine Arts Association (GFAA)  and the...

CVS Pharmacy will be opening on the first floor of Social 28, the new luxury student housing community across from Tigert Hall on 13th Street. Social 28 is located at 311 SW 13th Street in the heart of the University of Florida’s student population. The addition of a CVS Pharmacy compliments an array of features...

Writers: Hannah Walters, Sabrina Wilkerson The Gainesville Fine Arts Association will be hosting the 8th Annual Winter Fine Arts Festival on March 6-8, 2015 at the Tioga Town Center. This year’s theme, “Art in Motion” will showcase about 120 illuminated local and national artists booths, featuring 25 artists actively working during the festival. Art is...

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...