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The revitalization of downtown Gainesville continued on Saturday with the grand opening of The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention.
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Gainesville Officials Lay Out Vision For Improved Future In Annual State Of The City Address
Mayor Lauren Poe and city officials highlighted 2017 and laid out their vision for Gainesville to become a new kind of city.
Read More »‘Arbitrary And Silly’: Proposed Downtown Gainesville Amphitheater Draws Opposition
The amphitheater being considered for Depot Park in downtown Gainesville is already being met with marked opposition. Talk of it has been happening for about 15 years, but with it gaining noticeable traction recently, dozens of complaints have poured into city commissioners’ email inboxes, starting mainly in September.
Read More »Cade Museum Pilot Program Brings Confidence To Students At Porter’s Community Center
The Cade Museum of Creativity and Invention in Gainesville is set to bring its Maker Molecular program to a close in December.
Read More »New Depot Park Aims To Increase Community Redevelopment
Gainesville children will soon have new industrial-themed playground and park where they can play while they learn about the local environment and history. Depot Park, which features a 50-foot customized train playground with a 14-foot-tall smokestack, is expected to attract adventure-seeking kids from more than just the Gainesville area. The park has a soft opening Aug. 1 and a grand opening Aug. 20.
Read More »Cade Museum Construction Begins In Depot Park
A new museum will open in Gainesville in the fall of 2017. The museum will feature a reconstructed Gatorade gallery with original scientific equipment, a fabrication lab, laser cutting machine and a creativity lab.
Read More »Gainesville Agency Receives Award For Creative Report
The Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency was awarded a 2015 Bronze Excellence in Economic Development last week from the International Economic Development Council for their creative 2014 annual report. The agency partnered with local artists to present the annual report as a 16-panel comic.
Read More »Cade Museum Groundbreaking Coincides with 50th Anniversary of Gatorade
The Cade Museum held its ground-breaking ceremony Oct. 2 and is scheduled to open in 2017. The museum will celebrate the legacy of Robert Cade, inventor of Gatorade, in the 50th anniversary of the sports drink.
Read More »Local Artists Open Supply Store, Collaboration Hub
Two local artists opened the SoMa Art Media Hub, an art supply store, on Monday with the intent of making it a central art hub for other local artists. SoMa fills a void that was left when Central Florida Office Plus closed in 2014.
Read More »Gainesville Software Startup Competes for Innovation Prize
Gainesville-based Kinwa Inc.'s Bubble app is one of four final contestants in the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention's $50,000 contest.
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