Florida Theatre evokes Studio 54 nightclubbing at annual gala

Florida Theatre evokes Studio 54 nightclubbing at annual gala

The Florida Theatre’s annual major fundraiser paid homage to the nightclubbing and disco music era of the Seventies, drawing hundreds to the benefit — called the event of the year by Numa Saisselin, president of the Florida Theatre Performing Arts Center. The May 19 benefit opened with a jazz funk trio playing during the cocktail […]

Coming to the table to build tables

Volunteers assemble furniture for Sulzbacher Village residents The only thing better than watching volunteers assemble new IKEA furniture for Sulzbacher Village, a new community for women and families, will be to watch the faces of the residents when they finally see their new digs, said Sulzbacher President and CEO Cindy Funkhouser. Thanks to a partnership […]

Urban residents take on trash along Riverwalks

The goal is 600 hours, and it won’t be long now. The Downtown Dwellers are tracking the hours that people spend walking on the Southbank and Northbank Riverwalks. They have logged more than 450 hours. The walkers were rewarded recently with a wine tasting cruise on the river, catered by the Flavors of Thai and […]

City Council to consider District financial deal

The redevelopment plan for The District — A Life Well Lived goes to the City Council May 2. It’s the final hurdle for the long-awaited mixed-use development on the Southbank. The Council will consider the financing deal for the redevelopment of 30 acres on the Southbank proposed by Peter Rummell and Michael Munz. The property, […]

Publix coming, finally, to San Marco area

The long-awaited Publix will be built in East San Marco, but with retail instead of residential, according to the developer. The news was announced by Chairman and CEO Martin E. “Hap” Stein April 26 at a shareholders meeting of Regency Centers Corp. “A grocery store is the one thing that San Marco is missing. I […]

City neighborhoods event reintroduced

City neighborhoods event reintroduced

It was billed as the first Neighborhood and Community Summit, but perhaps the April 21 City-sponsored event should have been more accurately publicized as “the first in more than two decades.” The original Neighborhood Summit, held Sept. 20, 1996 during Mayor John Delaney’s administration, was held to advance the efforts of the Community Advisory Planning […]

Coastline Drive construction project schedule, budget growing

Coastline Drive construction project schedule, budget growing

Putting the Northbank Riverwalk back together at Coastline Drive and Liberty Street will cost taxpayers another $1 million and push the completion date to next March – but it’s still less costly than what was originally proposed three years ago. After portions of Liberty Street collapsed into the St. Johns River in 2012 and again […]

‘Gator’ makes it back to the ‘Bowl’ in name change agreement

‘Gator’ makes it back to the ‘Bowl’ in name change agreement

College football’s sixth-oldest bowl game is getting its name back. During a press event April 12 at bestbet Jacksonville, the Gator Bowl Sports Board of Trustees announced it will reinstitute “Gator” into the official title of Jacksonville’s bowl game. Beginning this year, the late December contest will now be known as the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl. […]

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