Abandoned Tung Nut Depot in San Felasco Hammock Preserve
I found this abandoned building while exploring in San Felasco Hammock Preserve. This is an old Tung Nut Depot and this is some history behind it - This building, known as the Tung Nut Depot, was associated with the tung oil industry which was well-established in Alachua County by the 1930s. Tung oil is extracted from the 'nut' (actually from a seed of the fruit of the tung tree) and is used in the production of paint, varnish, printing ink, linoleum and other products. Tung trees were originally imported from China and cultivated on plantations in the southern United States.
Entrepreneurial Upbringing and Future of Tech City with Mitch Glaeser | WHOA GNV Podcast
This episode we talk to Mitch Glaeser, CEO of the Emory Group of Companies and serial entrepreneur! He tells us how the entrepreneurial side runs in the family and how he was raised around his entreprenurial brothers and sisters.
We discuss Mitch's companies and some of his current projects, including Tech City in Alachua. What will this new development will mean for Gainesville? And how can companies take advantage of this opportunity? Learn more on the WHOA GNV Podcast!
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57:02 What would you say to the people who are concerned about Tech City being in Alachua?
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Early in 2004, an opportunity presented itself that would forever change the direction of my life and the culture of an entire community. I would sit at a bus stop day after day trying to catch an RTS bus to campus and this bus would pass me by with the words FULL BUS displayed across the top. This opportunity merged with a drop shipping and importing opportunity with one of my best college friends and ultimately led to the creation of New Scooters 4 Less in March of 2004. 14 years later, New Scooters 4 Less (NS4L) is one of the largest scooter dealerships in the United States and continues to break its own records and the sales records for some of the top scooter distributors in the country. NS4L has provided jobs to tons of amazing people, reached millions of dollars in revenue, sold thousands of scooters, and has serviced thousands more.
NS4L has become well known within the business community for it’s unique, eccentric, and innovative culture developed around a single core value: Create and recreate the Ultimate Customer Experience, or UCE.
Since the birth of NS4L, the University of Florida and the Gainesville Community have forever been changed.
Our vision is to be the most trusted, go-to scooter dealership in existence and to revolutionize the entire scooter industry through our core values, innovation, and by creating that ultimate customer experience. We want to make Gainesville, FL the scooter capital of the world!
Over the years, New Scooters 4 Less has been recognized with several community awards including Purpose 20 Award (2015), Impact Award (Collin, 2015), Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year (2015), and many national awards including Gator 100 (2015), Top 3 Dealer for Bintelli Scooters (2014, 2015), Number 1 Southern Dealership for Bintelli Scooters (2016), Top 5 Dealer for Wolf Brand Scooters (2017), Top Ten Dealer for Genuine Scooter Company (2015, 2016), and Number One Dealer in the Country for Genuine Scooter Company (2017).
Today, the dealership is being run by my amazing team as they free me up to build our next company, a customer experience digital media agency. With our number one core value being to create and recreate the ultimate customer experience, we wanted to help other businesses that share our values do this exact same thing. We will help businesses do these things in a multitude of ways that are completely custom to help them achieve their goals.
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A few months ago, I got a behind the scenes look at the new San Felasco Tech City. There has been a lot of buzz about this innovative space coming to the area and so we wanted to show you some of the progress that has come in a very short period of time!
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Early in 2004, an opportunity presented itself that would forever change the direction of my life and the culture of an entire community. I would sit at a bus stop day after day trying to catch an RTS bus to campus and this bus would pass me by with the words FULL BUS displayed across the top. This opportunity merged with a drop shipping and importing opportunity with one of my best college friends and ultimately led to the creation of New Scooters 4 Less in March of 2004. 14 years later, New Scooters 4 Less (NS4L) is one of the largest scooter dealerships in the United States and continues to break its own records and the sales records for some of the top scooter distributors in the country. NS4L has provided jobs to tons of amazing people, reached millions of dollars in revenue, sold thousands of scooters, and has serviced thousands more.
NS4L has become well known within the business community for it’s unique, eccentric, and innovative culture developed around a single core value: Create and recreate the Ultimate Customer Experience, or UCE.
Since the birth of NS4L, the University of Florida and the Gainesville Community have forever been changed.
Our vision is to be the most trusted, go-to scooter dealership in existence and to revolutionize the entire scooter industry through our core values, innovation, and by creating that ultimate customer experience. We want to make Gainesville, FL the scooter capital of the world!
Over the years, New Scooters 4 Less has been recognized with several community awards including Purpose 20 Award (2015), Impact Award (Collin, 2015), Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year (2015), and many national awards including Gator 100 (2015), Top 3 Dealer for Bintelli Scooters (2014, 2015), Number 1 Southern Dealership for Bintelli Scooters (2016), Top 5 Dealer for Wolf Brand Scooters (2017), Top Ten Dealer for Genuine Scooter Company (2015, 2016), and Number One Dealer in the Country for Genuine Scooter Company (2017).
Today, the dealership is being run by my amazing team as they free me up to build our next company, a customer experience digital media agency. With our number one core value being to create and recreate the ultimate customer experience, we wanted to help other businesses that share our values do this exact same thing. We will help businesses do these things in a multitude of ways that are completely custom to help them achieving their goals.
My team and I also launched the WHOA GNV Podcast that is becoming increasingly popular. The podcast focuses on highlighting people and businesses that make you go “WHOA!” To subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, visit:
It’s been 15 years, but hold on… this entrepreneurial journey is only getting started!
Split Rock Tour
Get a rare look at one of Gainesville's best kept natural secrets; Split Rock. Geoff Parks of the City of Gainesville's Nature Operations Division leads this tour from the split limestone formation that gives the preserve its name to the lower reaches of the Hogtown Creek.
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Gainesville is the county seat and largest city in Alachua County, Florida, and the principal city of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The population of Gainesville in the 2010 United States Census was 124,354. Gainesville is the largest city in the region of North Central Florida.
Gainesville is home to the University of Florida, the nation's eighth largest university campus by enrollment, as well as to Santa Fe College. The Gainesville MSA was ranked as the #1 place to live in North America in the 2007 edition of Cities Ranked and Rated. Also in 2007, Gainesville was ranked as one of the best places to live and play in the United States by National Geographic Adventure. Gainesville was ranked as the 5th meanest city in the United States by the National Coalition for the Homeless twice, first in 2004 for its criminalization of homelessness and then in 2009 for its ordinance restricting soup kitchens to 130 meals a day.
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150 Backcountry Florida Hikes: Hiking Newnans Lake Conservation Area North Tract
Hiking two wooden bridges in the flatwoods bordering Newnans Lake just east of Gainesville, Florida. Startled by deer, explain clearcut and longleaf pine seedling survival plots. 5/9/2013