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    Check out the Gainesville Sun’s coverage of the iG Summit

        The growth of the Gainesville high-tech industry means more companies that start here want to stay here, more venture capital firms want to invest here and other businesses benefit as more high-wage jobs create more customers. Innovation Gainesville is the Gainesville Area Chamber...

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    iG Spotlight: Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency

    Below is the first of our Innovation Spotlight series, in which we’ll be profiling an innovative company or organization in Gainesville/Alachua County. Know an organization that you think Gainesville needs to hear about? Let us know in the comments! iG Spotlight: Anthony Lyons and the...

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    2nd Cade Prize deadline extended, prize increased for finalists

    2011 marks the second  year of the Cade Prize for Innovation, a competition to recognize and encourage Florida innovators. The 2011 Cade Prize for Innovation consists of a $50,000 cash award, funded through a generous grant from the Gainesville Community Foundation, and one year free...

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    Banyan Biomarkers wins $26M contract from Department of Defense

    An estimated 20 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans have suffered some degree of traumatic brain injury from bomb blasts. To better diagnose and treat such injuries, the Department of Defense awarded Banyan Biomarkers of Alachua a $26.3 million contract to develop a diagnostic...

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    Alachua County among 100 best communities for young people

    Alachua County today was selected as of the 100 Best Communities for Young People by America’s Promise Alliance, a national partnership dedicated to youth and children. Among the factors cited by the Alliance in honoring Alachua County was efforts to boost graduation rates, approval of...

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    UF one of top contributors to Teach for America

    University of Florida graduates are a major part of an increasingly select club — members of the Teach For America program. UF ranked eighth among colleges and universities in the number of graduates entering the Teach for America program, with 54 graduates preparing to teach...

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