Children learn kindness for animals at Camp Compassion
EPIC Outreach, a nonprofit dedicated to education outreach to teach compassion for people, animals and the environment, held a week-long Camp Compassion for up to 27 children in July at Southside Baptist Church. Guest speakers brought animals, including Wrigley, a therapy dog, and Pumpkin, a Guinea pig rescue, to help the campers learn about kindness. […]
Global financial company expands on Southbank
JAXUSA Partnership and JAX Chamber held a ribbon cutting Aug. 14 to celebrate Macquarie Group’s continued growth in the Jacksonville market. Already occupying the fifth floor of Riverplace Towers, the event noted expansion to the fourth floor for Macquarie’s human resources and business services staff. The company is expanding its shared services operations and adding […]
Saving manatees one paddle stroke at a time
The first annual Timucuan Paddleboard Race, held Aug. 5, raised $1,260 to support the new critical care manatee facility at the Jacksonville Zoo. From a crowd of 40 to 50, 21 paddleboarders launched from St. Peter’s Episcopal Church on to the Ortega River to paddle approximately two miles, turning at Ortega Island. Winners included David […]
Friday Musicale director has big visions for venue
Inside the elegant, white-columned, 1930s Colonial Revival-style building of Friday Musicale’s Riverside auditorium, a second-story, climate-controlled storage room is filled with rows and rows of tables lined end to end. Covered with white tablecloths, the items beneath are donations and artifacts of the nonprofit – some dating back to its establishment in 1890. They wait […]
High school dedicated for students with special needs
Nine days after students returned to Morning Star School Aug. 9 to a brand new building, the Archbishop Joseph P. Hurley Building was blessed and dedicated in a morning ceremony Aug. 18. Thanks to the parents, organizations, corporations and Morning Star’s “Circle of Friends” who supported the “Building a Brighter Future” capital campaign, the Class […]
Halloween block party, parade casting wide net
Perhaps riding on the coattails of its very successful centennial celebration a year ago, the Murray Hill Preservation Association is rolling out another event MHPA President Jason Tetlak calls “Jacksonville’s largest Halloween party.” Murray Hill-O-Ween was announced Aug. 5 but interest was sparked much earlier. “Some groups have already signed up to participate in the […]
Jacksonville media institution sold
The Florida Times-Union, a daily newspaper serving Northeast Florida for 134 years, was sold by Morris Com-munications Co. Aug. 9 to GateHouse Media, a division of New York-based New Media Investment Group. The Times-Union, with a daily circulation of nearly 45,000 and a Sunday circulation of more than 68,000, was one of 11 dailies Morris […]
Waterfront project provides retail and restaurant growth along the Marina Mile
San Marco’s Hightide Burrito Co. has announced plans to open a second location and serve up its infamous “Beach Mex” cuisine to the riverfront along Lakeside Drive, just south of the Roosevelt Mall. Hightide Burrito owner Alejandro (Alex) Juarez is planning to open next spring 2018 at the Sadler Point Retail Building on Lakeside Drive. […]
