New life for local park
Community garden the right opportunity for young architects The mountainous, stony city of Gjirokastër, in southern Albania, has an indirect influence on the winning design for the Riverside Avondale Community Garden. But you won’t see a proliferation of stone; instead, the warmth of wood is the focus for the design. Architect Dorina Bakiri, recently a […]
Stockton School improvement project stirs unease
Neighbors concerned about property values Jim Love thought he was being humorous in his opening remarks at a community meeting to review the plans for the proposed John N.C. Stockton Elementary School track and field when he stated “No good deed goes unpunished.” While the comment got more than a few laughs, the District 14 […]
Land Swap between JEA, DCPS may benefit residents
Better traffic patterns in the works Whether swapping clothes, baseball cards or war stories, humans are inclined to exchange goods and information with each other. On Jacksonville’s Southbank, two well-known local entities are swapping land. The land involved is a 40-acre area east of the offices of Duval County Public Schools (DCPS) and south of […]
Much change in store for JTA, riders
Change is rough any time, but even more so when one is used to 30 years of the same routine. Or, in this case, the same route. That’s what riders of the Jacksonville Transit Authority (JTA) are facing as the agency moves closer and closer to its Dec. 1 launch of Route Optimization. Several public […]
Dog Days of Summer Event Benefits Dog Park at Riverside Park
Riverside Avondale Preservation along with area merchants is pleased to announce the Dog Days of Summer event September 14th – 21st to benefit the proposed John Gorrie Dog Park at Riverside Park. During this entire week of events, people can support the dog park by simply visiting participating local businesses. The calendar of events include: […]
Nemours Evening of Promise
The beautiful moonlit riverfront gardens of The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens was host to more than 350 physicians Nemours Foundation board members, business and community leaders and philanthropists for an Evening of Promise on Aug. 15. Proceeds from the spectacular fundraiser will help the Foundation reach its $1 million goal for The Endowment […]
Women’s Center of Jacksonville: A celebration and surprise announcement
The celebrations came in threes on the evening of Aug. 22 as guests at Deerwood Country Club helped the Women’s Center of Jacksonville honor its 19th annual Celebration of Women, as well as the 94th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment (women’s suffrage). Then, a special announcement regarding a memorandum of agreement with […]
Frieda and Leonard Saraga
Frieda Saraga of San Marco was born in Gary, Indiana and came to Jacksonville at age seven. Her parents, Rose and Max Hochman, and grandparents, Sophie and Nathan Hochman, opened a grocery store on the west side in the Woodstock area. While attending Annie Morris Elementary, John Gorrie Junior High and Robert E. Lee High […]
