Residents welcome new restaurant, divided on parking
A 120-seat restaurant is being proposed for the former Cowford Traders location in the Shoppes of Avondale. The applicant is asking for an exception to provide zero parking spaces. Currently, city ordinances require restaurants with more than 100 seats to provide additional parking for clientele. Do you think there are too many restaurants in Avondale […]
Residents want businesses to provide long-term parking solution
A 150-seat restaurant is being proposed for the San Marco Square location where Stellers Gallery currently operates. The applicant, Al Mansur, has asked for an exception to provide eight spaces in the rear of the building, hoping to make use of existing street parking and perhaps the lot behind the building, which is owned by […]
Baptist Convention property to be sold for development
More evidence that the San Marco’s business district and Jacksonville’s Southbank are becoming hot property is the pending sale of the Baptist Convention Center’s property on Hendricks Avenue in San Marco. The Florida State Board of Missions announced its approval of a multi-million dollar contract to sell 3.5 acres of land and buildings on Hendricks […]
Mayor peddles pension solution to San Marco residents
As far as Mayor Lenny Curry is concerned, the city has no other choice. It is imperative that residents pass a referendum giving the city a way to pay down its unfunded pension liabilities when they head to the polls Tuesday, Aug. 30. During a San Marco Preservation Society Town Hall meeting July 28 at […]
Stanton’s ‘bridge class’ helps freshman prepare for high school
School was out for the summer, but for incoming freshman at Stanton College Preparatory School, classes were back in session – for a few days, at least. Stanton’s Bridge Program, which took place during mid-June, was a free three-day event that introduced incoming ninth graders to the campus, future classmates, and the rigorous academic curriculum […]
For the love of music, local woman shares her passion with youth
Music is Jeanne Jones Majors’ life. It’s her vocation, her pass-ion and, not having had children of her own, the Prelude Chamber Music Camp is her baby. The Ortega resident “gave birth” to the local camp in 2002; this year the 15-year-old camp and festival provided a week-long opportunity for 68 children from Jacksonville and […]
Seniors seek mystery woman’s identity
While ghosts don’t haunt the property at 1115 Edgewood Avenue South, a portrait of a mystery woman has visitors at the Florida Christian Center pondering her tale, which may have begun during the Roaring Twenties. Nearly a century ago, what was formerly a military academy in Murray Hill became a home for the aged. Built […]
Local teen’s mission work in Haiti is life-changing
When Grayson Kennon left Jacksonville on a church mission trip, she didn’t expect it to be a life-changing event. But for the Avondale teen, a church trip to Haiti provided the opportunity to help Haitian citizens improve their health. “My trip to Haiti was a medical mission with Deermeadows Baptist Church. I spent a whole […]
