City closer to adding a unique tourist attraction

City closer to adding a unique tourist attraction

Financing the remaining hurdle to bring the USS Charles Adams home Another hurdle has been leaped. Earlier this year The Resident reported that the success of bringing the guided missile destroyer USS Charles F. Adams to Jacksonville was dependent on jumping several hurdles, including financing, an exit strategy and the approval of City Council to […]

Riverside road opening in sight at Willowbranch

Riverside road opening in sight at Willowbranch

Last month marked one year that the bridge repair project was to have started on Riverside Avenue over Willowbranch Creek. What should have been a four-month project has taken, for a variety of reasons, 13 months – and that’s only if the project is completed this year. William Flick, Construction and Engineering Services Consultants, provided […]

City Council passes pilot program for backyard hens

Some neighborhoods opt out of ordinance By Lara Patangan Resident Community News The issue of backyard hens has finally been sent home to roost, as Jacksonville City Council narrowly passed an ordinance last month that will allow a two-year pilot program for 300 homeowners to own up to five hens. Ordinance 2013-415 passed, but not […]

Merchants form association, plan community events

Merchants located on Herschel Street, between San Juan and St. John’s Avenue, joined forces to strengthen their local community by creating the merchants association called Between Ortega & Avondale (BOA). With more than 60 locally owned and operated businesses in what’s also referred to as Fairfax, the shops between Avondale and Ortega offer that community […]

Schultz Center announces new initiative with One Spark

Education component to inspire educators, students At a news conference held last month, the Schultz Center announced the launch of EdSpark, an umbrella under which Creators with education-related projects will participate in 2014 One Spark, The World’s Crowdfunding Festival, scheduled for Apr. 9-13, 2014. The Schultz Center is dedicated to raising student achievement through professional […]

Drainage project shuts down two-block stretch of Riverside Avenue to resident traffic

Drainage project shuts down two-block stretch of Riverside Avenue to resident traffic

A two block stretch of Riverside Avenue from Stockton up to Osceola closed shortly before Thanksgiving for a three-week drainage project. Detours are in place until completion date, estimated for Dec. 9. Residents that reside within the construction area along Riverside Avenue from Stockton Street to Copeland Street will still have access to their homes […]

City goes north to find new bike/pedestrian coordinator

Mid-Atlantic planner has niche focus on cyclists, walkers By Kate A. Hallock Resident Community News Why would the City of Jacksonville reach outside for its new bicycle/pedestrian coordinator and, more compelling, what would bring a mid-Atlantic transportation consultant to Jacksonville? The answer to the first half of the question is simple. Credentials. A lot of […]

Chase Properties given first green light, with conditions

Chase Properties given first green light, with conditions

$800K deposit for Fishweir Creek one of several conditions At its Nov. 14 public hearing, the Planning Commission voted to approve the proposed St. Johns Village development, upholding the 16 conditions included in the Planning Department’s report. Among those conditions was a requirement that Chase Properties Inc. provide a deposit of $800,000, depositing it into […]

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