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Auxo Fitness: Building Strength and Community

When you talk to customers at Auxo Fitness, the one word that overwhelmingly pops up is “community.” Although the services and classes offered focus on your body, Auxo Fitness has offered more than just fitness and strength to its customers, it has provided a positive and friendly environment where strangers become friends and sources of...
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Blue Highway Named One of Top Pizzerias in the Nation

Blue Highway Pizzeria is among the nation’s best-performing pizzerias, according to Pizza Today magazine, the leading publication of the $37 billion pizza industry. The magazine, which annually ranks the largest independent operations in the U.S. based on sales, named Blue Highway number 58 on its prestigious Hot 100 list this month. Based in Micanopy, Blue...
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CompTIA Names ITProTV Official Video Training Partner

CompTIA, the leading trade association for the global technology industry, and ITProTV, a leader in online, on-demand IT training, announced today they will partner on new initiatives to expand education and learning options for the global technology workforce. ITProTV will serve as the official video content provider for CompTIA certifications and related CompTIA Learning offerings....
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Cade Museum Selected for ENR Southeast’s Best Projects Award

The Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention was selected among 90 entries from across the Southeast including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Check out the Oct. 29 print edition of ENR Southeast for a profile on the Cade Museum and the other project winners. ENR Southeast will host an award luncheon...
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Health and Wellness at the Core of a Thriving Community

“United Way of North Central Florida fights for the health, education and financial stability of every person in our community,” is not just a tagline, it is our mantra. At United Way, we believe everything is connected. If a child does not have adequate dental care, tooth pain can affect their ability to focus in...
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Beat Workplace Disengagement with Team Building

Workplace disengagement has become a United States epidemic. According to Gallup, only 30% of Americans are engaged with their job, creating a significant drain on the economy. Now recognized as a bottom line issue, business owners are actively combatting disengagement to improve performance, increase employee loyalty, and ultimately, grow revenues. With the development of these...
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The Good-Better-Best for Lunchtime at the Office: Why Healthy Eating at the Office Is a Job on Its Own

Eating healthy on a busy schedule can be challenging, but nowhere is it more difficult than in the office during lunchtime. You have a midday energy slump, plus you ate out yesterday for a meeting. Then, on top of that, Steve is taking orders for a cheap and fast sandwich delivery, and Carol’s birthday is...
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"Om" in the Office

It’s no secret that work can be stressful and one way that businesses are increasing productivity in their stressed out employees is yet another yoga trend. The opportunities to practice yoga seem to be limitless; we have hot yoga, normal yoga, and a plentiful of fancy name yoga. In a 2016 study conducted by Yoga...
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RTS Awarded $3 Million in Federal Funding

The City of Gainesville’s Regional Transit System (RTS) has been awarded $3 million in federal funding to enhance its service and fleet. The most recent is a $1 million dollar Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Low or No-Emission (called “Low-No”) grant to augment the transit fleet with electric vehicles. Gainesville was one of three cities in...
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UF Executive Health Maximizes Efficiency in Assessing Employee Health

With hospitals providing continuing quality improvements and advancements in patient care, medical technology, new product developments, and burgeoning high technology in general; a healthcare area that is on the front lines of highly specialized advanced care: Executive Health. The University of Florida’s Douglas Williams Executive Health Program (UF Executive Health) delivers comprehensive and personalized diagnostics...