Mobility fee numbers don’t add up for moratorium extension
Deadline one month away By Steve DiMattia Resident Community News The deadline for the year long moratorium on the 2030 Mobility Plan fee is October 10, 2012 and to date the figures would not justify an extension, according to many – but not all – involved on both sides of the issue. “We don’t have […]
Proposed budget cuts cliffhanger for local libraries
By Susanna P. Barton Resident Community News Next month, the Jacksonville City Council will vote on Mayor Alvin Brown’s proposed $4.6 million budget cut — an event that could mean big changes for neighborhood libraries like Willowbranch, Murray Hill and San Marco. Council members will vote on the budget Sep. 29. Kathy Lussier, assistant director […]
Business owners worry about long term effects of Love’s ordinance
Riverside/Avondale Overlay modification may limit development By Steve DiMattia Resident Community News District 14 Councilman Jim Love’s ordinance modifying the Riverside/Avondale Overlay, which the city council unanimously passed June 24, has quietly gone into effect with little fanfare or public opposition and no community meetings. Ordinance 2012-339 requires all new bars and nightclubs, and new […]
Mellow Mushroom agrees to new site plan
We Love Avondale group says plans still ‘too big’ By Susanna P. Barton Resident Community News Continued summer talks between Mellow Mushroom owners and ruffled neighborhood partnership, We Love Avondale LLC, have yielded a compromise for the Shoppes of Avondale restaurant. But not everyone is satisfied. Mellow Mushroom’s new plans include a monumental concession […]