Street design ordinance calls for bicycle traffic accommodations
5 Points concept study could be the blueprint By Stephen Kindland Resident Community News An ordinance championed by District 5 Councilwoman Lori Boyer should help to create safer travel for bicyclists living in a city that ranks among the nation’s worst for bicycle and pedestrian safety. The ordinance – passed by the city council […]
Vera Boyle Benjamin
By Victoria Register-Freeman Resident Community News Vera Boyle Benjamin is a lifelong resident of the historic district. Born in the early 1930s, she grew up on Lydia Street, a short distance away from her school, St. Paul’s Catholic. After high school, she went to Florida Community College-Jacksonville (FCCJ) and Jacksonville University and then became the […]
Getting to know Arnold Tritt, Jr.
By Julie Kerns Garmendia Resident Community News Q. Your volunteer work for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida is a family tradition? My father, Arnold Tritt, Sr., 79, was a longtime volunteer and board member for the Clubs. The organization was an important part of his life growing up in Brentwood subsidized housing, […]
Ordinance calls for bicycle traffic accommodations
5 Points concept study could be the blueprint By Stephen Kindland Resident Community News An ordinance championed by District 5 Councilwoman Lori Boyer should help to create safer travel for bicyclists living in a city that ranks among the nation’s worst for bicycle and pedestrian safety. The ordinance – passed by the city council in […]
Balancing progress with historical preservation at “Miss Margie’s” house
Hallmark Partners’ Bishopgate Lane development under RAP’s scrutiny By Steve DiMattia Resident Community News How do you move forward without demolishing the past? That dilemma often sparks debate in historic districts and may face Hallmark Partners in their development of a notable Riverside street. Bishopgate Lane runs into the St. Johns River off Riverside Avenue […]
Trolley trial considered successful
By Kate A. Hallock Resident Community News Even as several concept studies are underway to address transportation and parking in the popular and crowded Historic District, some groups have taken the ball and run with it. Riverside Avondale Preservation sponsored a Trolley Night on Sept. 14, floating a trial balloon that would help the Jacksonville […]
Parking study data presented; public comment encouraged
The good news is crime is down By Kate A. Hallock Resident Community News With just days to go on the clock, the Parking Study Steering Committee squeezed two town hall meetings in under the wire. The goal to finish the study, as stated in the May 2 committee meeting, was Sept. 30. On Monday, […]
Time for community improvement district in Riverside?
Hallmark Partners’ Alex Coley thinks so By Steve DiMattia Resident Community News When Downtown Vision, Inc. was created in 2000 as Jacksonville’s only business improvement district it stemmed from that old adage, “If you want something done right, do it yourself.” “There was a realization that the city’s finances were limited and that no one […]
