Alachua

For tax year 2016, the Internal Revenue Service has announced  their annual inflation adjustments for more than 50 tax provisions, including the tax rate schedules, and other tax changes. The tax items for tax year 2016 of greatest interest Alachua County Business business community include: For tax year 2016, the 39.6 percent tax rate affects...

United Way of North Central Florida names Deborah Bowie as President and CEO GAINESVILLE, Fla. (Dec. 17, 2014) — Deborah Bowie has been named president and CEO of United Way of North Central Florida. The United Way board and staff members are extremely excited for Bowie to join the team. Dana Clayton, vice president of...

  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 RTI Biologics announced Wednesday morning that it has acquired Pioneer Surgical Technology, a leading medical technology company based in Marquette, Mich. RTI will pay $130 million in cash to acquire all of Pioneer’s outstanding stock, and the merger is still subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals before closing in the...

By Caitlyn Finnegan From the steadily expanding core of Progress Corporate Park in Alachua, home to nationally recognized biotechnology companies like RTI Biologics and Nanotherapeutics, there are views of country roads and sprawling fields of green pasture – not always the first thing that comes to mind when discussing breakthrough biomedical discoveries and research. But...

Solar Impact presented a $2.46 million check to the Alachua County School System Tuesday evening, representing the amount of surplus energy the system can sell back to Gainesville Regional Ultilities over the next 20 years. School Board members April Griffin, Eileen Roy, Gunnar Paulson, Leanetta McNealy and Carol Oyenarte accepted the check on behalf of...

Solar Impact presented a $2.46 million check to the Alachua County School System Tuesday evening, representing the amount of surplus energy the system can sell back to Gainesville Regional Ultilities over the next 20 years. School Board members April Griffin, Eileen Roy, Gunnar Paulson, Leanetta McNealy and Carol Oyenarte accepted the check on behalf of...

Business and government leaders—with the help from Gainesville business community and UF—have built the largest business base in the county. The City of Alachua is a place of economic contrasts. Cowboys work cattle on horseback (like their families did in the 1860s) while cutting-edge companies are providing cures that benefit hundreds of thousands. Three distribution...

Business and government leaders—with the help from Gainesville business community and UF—have built the largest business base in the county. The City of Alachua is a place of economic contrasts. Cowboys work cattle on horseback (like their families did in the 1860s) while cutting-edge companies are providing cures that benefit hundreds of thousands. Three distribution...