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Together with United Way of North Central Florida, Dr. Bill Martin, Dr. Charlotte Gleeson-Hill and Martin Kids Dental welcome community members and their families to a Grand Opening celebrating the expansion of their newest location in Jonesville, FL. The carnival-themed open house will feature free food and activities for all ages including face painting, bounce...

More than 18,000 family medicine patients visited the University of Florida Health Shands emergency rooms from 2015 to 2017. A new study sheds light on the most frequent users: 943 patients who had six or more visits a year. Knowing who uses ERs the most is an important first step in making emergency care more...

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications  announced that the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information has been awarded $125,000 from the Hearst Foundations for the Center’s “Data Deserts” initiative. The initiative, which will be named the Hearst Data Deserts Project, is intended to improve the quality of civic data by spotlighting the...

The Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention has  announced these Final Four Cade Prize Competition Finalists:  Anchor Biologics (Gainesville, FL), Capacitech Energy (Orlando, FL), ExtremeComms Lab (Fort Lauderdale, FL), and Path Optical Systems, Inc. (Orlando, FL). The Cade Prize, established in 2010, has become Florida’s pre-eminent invention and innovation competition.  It rewards entrepreneurs, inventors, researchers,...

ClaimFound Inc., a Gainesville-based internet company providing free software to help individuals and businesses find, process, and monitor unclaimed property, has officially launched its platform in Florida and is looking to aid in the return of hundreds of millions of dollars to Florida citizens. Unclaimed property encompasses a wide array of assets, from old utility...

The American Lung Association’s 2019 “State of the Air” report found several Florida cities earned mixed rankings for the nation’s most widespread air pollutants. The annual air quality “report card” tracks Americans’ exposure to unhealthful levels of ozone or particle pollution, both of which can be deadly. Destin, Crestview, Fort Walton Beach, Palm Bay, Melbourne,...

There’s a new way to get your favorite breakfast items in Gainesville without ever leaving your home or office. Bite Squad, the rapidly growing on-demand restaurant platform, has expanded its services in Gainesville – adding breakfast delivery every day, starting at 8 a.m. The Florida city is the first Bite Squad market in the country...

Cleveland based developer, Stark Enterprises, alongside partner, Campus Advantage®, held a groundbreaking ceremony in Gainesville this past week, on the site where the company will open Liv+ Gainesville — a new student housing property, located near the University of Florida. Executives from both Stark Enterprises and Campus Advantage joined Gainesville Mayor Lauren Poe to conduct...

Ology Bioservices, Inc., a biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has announced that the Department of Defense (DOD), through its Platforms for Rapid Integrated Solutions for Medical Countermeasures (PRISM) office, has awarded the company with two contracts valued at $135.4 million. The first is for the development of a medical countermeasure, and the second...

Celebration Pointe, has announced that a fresh seafood restaurant and entertainment venue named The Keys will open this summer. The restaurant has three co-owners with significant, high-profile hospitality experience in the region. Tony Espetia, a real estate professional with Coldwell Banker M. M. Parrish Realtors, is the former owner of Rum Runners and Fat Tuesday...