By Caitlyn Finnegan It was a long night of discussions to make headway on what Butler Enterprises calls the “gateway” and “crown jewel” of its proposed 267-acre development that will spread from the I-75 Archer Road exit to Southwest 34th Street. Debates over future block sizes and street ways continued for six hours Wednesday night,...

By Caitlyn Finnegan The Innovation Square is welcoming another new tenant to its lineup of technology-driven businesses. CurtCo Robb Media LLC, an international publishing company catering to the ultra-luxury market, has announced its move to the community. CurtCo has launched or acquired 45 magazines in the past two decades, and its products can be found...

By Caitlyn Finnegan Gainesville City Commissioners are ready to tackle another controversial topic on the agenda this week: ordering the sale of the Gainesville Renewable Energy Center biomass plant to the city. The special session is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. at City Hall, 200 E. University Ave., and will focus solely on public...

By Caitlyn Finnegan When asked about what communities can do today to better prepare their economies for the future, Alan Webber, one of the founders of the innovation-focused business magazine Fast Company, likes to make a few things clear. First off, change is imminent, so be ready for a new type of “business as usual.”...

By Alisha Kinman According to Chris Johnson, the executive director of the Nonprofit Center of North Central Florida, research from the State of the Sector, a report that evaluates the current economic climate and community involvement efforts in the nonprofit sector, reported that more than 43 percent of nonprofit organizations in Alachua County operate at...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. An employee working at a University of Florida medical practice who had ties to an identity theft ring may have compromised patient personal and health information. UF is notifying 5,682 patients and parents of patients at the UF Pediatric Primary Care Clinic at Tower Square, now known as UF Health Pediatrics€• at Tower Square, that...

By Caitlyn Finnegan Nations Park has cancelled a major summer tournament, angering several of the teams that have signed up to attend, along with disappointing local business and lodging owners who were expecting to host incoming players and families. Teams were notified of the cancellation of most of the park’s 2013 Louisville Slugger “Summer Classics”...

By Caitlyn Finnegan The Gainesville Regional Transit Service is still working towards convincing residents that its proposed bus rapid transit project is the answer to creating a more fluid and reliable transportation infrastructure, but locals are mixed on its implementation. More details on the project are coming together as the city is working with the...

By Caitlyn Finnegan It was a day of new beginnings in Gainesville politics. Ed Braddy became the city’s new mayor Thursday afternoon in a swearing-in ceremony that marked what Braddy calls “the end of machine politics in Gainesville.” More than 200 government officials, city staff, community leaders and residents packed into the Thelma Boltin Center...

By Victoria Colson The graduates of the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine will welcome a distinguished speaker during their commencement ceremony Saturday at the Curtis M. Phillips Center from 2 to 4 p.m. Bestselling author Suze Orman will give the commencement address for the 2013 veterinary graduates. Besides being a successful author, Orman...