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Win Phillips: Why Gainesville is the Innovation City

The University of Florida’s new Innovation Hub will spur new startups, high-paying jobs and outside investment in our community.

Filed under Op-Eds on Monday, June 21, 2010.

‘Fly local’ during the vacation season

As the summer travel season begins in earnest, more and more travelers are choosing the Gainesville Regional Airport – a welcome trend not only for the airport but also for North Central Florida.

Filed under Op-Eds on Monday, June 7, 2010.

Hometown Democracy is not the answer for development planning

This op-ed appeared June 1 in the St. Petersburg Times.
By: Dawn Jourdan
Dawn Jourdan is an assistant professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Florida.
A recurrent theme of the rhetoric in support of the Hometown Democracy amendment is that it empowers citizens by encouraging citizen participation. As an assistant professor of urban and [...]

Filed under Op-Eds on Wednesday, June 2, 2010.