Christine Flammia

John Hollier, a 28-year-old army veteran, opened American Barbell Club in Gainesville early March. The gym offers fitness equipment specific for competitive powerlifters and welcomes the intensity that often accompanies powerlifting.

Gainesville couple Mark and Barbara Armbrecht travel North Central Florida to teach the blues in schools. Their work is a part of a blues society program aiming to spread blues education to school children.

Cara Edwards, founder and owner of My Yoga Connection in Gainesville, teaches yoga to help ease veterans' health ailments. She was inspired by her father, a Vietnam War veteran, because she noted improvements in his anxiety and pain after teaching him chair yoga before he passed away.

A Peruvian artist's scrap metal rooster inspired local community activists to start a downtown art movement. The creators hope it will attract more locals to Gainesville's art scene.

In a cramped, windowless room tucked away in the University of Florida’s architecture building, the printers don’t just put ink to paper. The ultramodern machines in UF’s Fab Lab create jewelry, lamps and home decor.

Local entrepreneur Bill Bryson discusses his latest business venture, Crane Ramen, a craft noodle shop that opened in downtown Gainesville in December. Bryson and Crane Ramen co-owner, Fred Brown, saw a market for a ramen restaurant in Gainesville, and they get most of their food from local vendors.