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Gainesville Business History
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GBH is a digital history interactive initiative offering historical data about business in Gainesville, FL, and oral history interviews with business owners in the community #bizhis #nearbyhistory
Data https://www.gainesvilleflbusinesshistory.com/
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NEXT WEEK in Gainesville
Join us for the Gainesville Business History Project Roundtable — a conversation on the city’s business history, small business archives, oral histories, and digital history resources.
#bizhis #smallbusiness

RSVP 📧 inquiredcapitalism@history.ufl.edu
November 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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What drives someone to start a cleaning business? 🧹

This interview explores just one story behind one of the world’s most widespread yet often overlooked forms of #entrepreneurship — #housecleaning.

Watch the full interview here: youtu.be/poZOiH_CNmc?...

#Bizhis #SmallBusiness #WomenInBusiness
October 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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The Inquire Capitalism website is live!
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#BusinessHistory #DigitalHumanities #PublicHistory #HistoryOfCapitalism #UF #UniversityOfFlorida
October 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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WE ARE HIRING!

Learn how to conduct archival research, become an oral history narrator, write about the business history of a #Gainesville sector or company you often visit ...

#oralhistory #internships #appliedhistory #bizhis #capitalism #history
October 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Watch full interview with founder and owner of 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥’𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 here youtu.be/722fmBvZnXk?...

#Bizhis #UF #OralHistory #GainesvilleFL #ThirdPlaces #ChristianStudyCenter #BusinessHistory #Pascal’sCoffeehouse #MidtownGainesville
August 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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📽️ Gainesville’s business history—told through the voices of its entrepreneurs—helps explain the storefronts, strip malls, coffee counters, and community spaces we pass every day.

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📣 And we’re looking for more voices!
June 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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🌱 “From a really young age I knew I was going to pursue a path working with young children.”
— Daniella Porter, Founder of Imagine Learning Center

📺 Watch the full interview on YouTube!

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#EarlyChildhoodEducation #EducationLeadership #GBH #BizHis
June 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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🗂️ Preserving Gainesville’s Business History ❓ Why record a memory of a florist, a dry cleaning business, a salon, or a Cuban sandwich restaurant? 🗣️ stories of migration, entrepreneurship, management, commercial history, resilience, crisis handling, and culture.

👉 Want to be part of this archive?
𝑮𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒗𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆’𝒔 𝑩𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚
June 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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From a local café serving croquetas and cafecito to a beloved Gainesville landmark.

We’re proud to honor Mi Apá as part of the Gainesville Business History Project youtu.be/exSTEQdbuqY?...

#BizHis #MiApaStory #CafecitoYComunidad #GNVBusinessHistory #UFTraditions #CubanFoodLove
May 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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53 yrs strong 💪📄
From 8 staff in ’71 to 60 owner-employees today, Renaissance Printing proves #EmployeeOwnership beats the odds. Family roots, ESOP since ’01, tech-obsessed since day 1 #SmallBiz #ESOP #Printing #GNV

👀 See the full interview → youtu.be/HbQfPibJs98?...

#Bizhis #GNV #FutureOfWork
May 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Launching the Gainesville Business History Oral Histories Research Tool

📚 a student, city officer, Florida resident, historian ... anyone can check our tool to learn more about GNV's #BusinessHistory

🔗 gbhoralhistories.com

#GainesvilleHistory #OralHistory
May 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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🥒Pick a Pickle, Get a Quote! 🥒

Every recipe mentioned in this post is offered by Gainesville local Elijah "Fish" Gurman, owner of #ProudPickles.

Learn about the #business and its #bizhis 💯 Available here: youtu.be/I5AW63sLn5Y?...

#oralhistory interview by Hannah Alfieri #localbusiness #pickles
April 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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🌟 We are still exicted from an incredible Roundtable on Oral History at the BHC in Atlanta! Already getting ready for BHC 2026… London, anyone? 🇬🇧👀

But first: full focus on the International Oral History Association conference in Poland! 🇵🇱

#BizHis #OralHistory #BHC2026 #IOHA2025
April 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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🥓 📢 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲: 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐬 💎 of our GBH collection: buff.ly/yTcWsoC

Sandwich Inn, Gainesville’s oldest drive-thru restaurant 🍔📜
March 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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We’re getting ready the @businesshistoryc.bsky.social 2025 annual meeting! 🎉
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As GNV Business History, we’ll be presenting on digital resources for local business history our oral history interviews project. Hope to see you there! 👥🎤📚

#BHC2025 #OralHistory #BusinessHistory #Bizhis
March 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒗𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆’𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝑳𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒔?

So much can change in 20 years, but La Aurora has been a staple in the community since 1999—bringing flavors from across Latin America.
February 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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At the Digital Business History Internship last week we engaged with two essential readings that explore oral history as a methodology and its value for business history: Donald A. Ritchie’s “Doing Oral History” and Carl Ryant’s “Oral History and Business History” https://buff.ly/40WvQ6z.
February 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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🍕 Discover the Story of the Iconic Satchel’s Pizza 🍕

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#BusinessHistory #GBH #BizHis #OralHistory #SatchelsPizza #GainesvilleHistory #CommunityResilience #LocalIcons #GainesvilleBusinessHistory #PizzaCulture #UFDC
February 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Historians at work over here! 👋

This week the Inquire Capitalism team is working with the R. L. Polk & Co.'s Gainesville City Directory. 1917-1918. Volume II, available online at https://buff.ly/3Wt2ha8 at the University of Florida Digital Collections.
January 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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📜 Explore Gainesville’s Business History with Our Searchable Database, a searchable database of businesses in Gainesville, Florida, pre-1952 🏙️

#BizHis #Business #LocalHistory #GainesvilleHistory #HistoricBusinesses #ResearchTools #CommunityConnections #PublicHistory

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January 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Let us introduce the Spring 2025 cohort of the Inquire Capitalism Internship Program!

This great group of undergraduate students https://buff.ly/40ytFpI brings a wealth of skills and perspectives to documenting and preserving Gainesville’s business history. Follow us for more updates!

#BizHis
January 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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This project wouldn’t be possible without the incredible support of the Inquire Capitalism Program at UF, the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, the University of Florida Libraries, and the students and businesses who shared their time and insights. We will have much to show in the coming months.
January 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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🎉 Introducing the Gainesville Business History project 🎉
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January 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM