Outward Bound teaches lifelong lessons for two young women
What do smart young women do when their female elders challenge them to take on the experience of a lifetime? In Marley Barton’s and Olivia Farah’s cases, they accept the challenge and come out of it with confidence, lasting friendships and a lot of memories. Farah, a sophomore at Bishop Kenny High School, was initially […]
PAYING IT FORWARD
It all started about six months ago on a simple walk to work. Matthew Lindsay, an employee of Taverna, was enjoying great weather as he made his way from his apartment behind Bold Bean Coffee Roasters to his job in San Marco Square when he became dismayed by the copious forms of litter dotting the […]
Jefferson demonstrates how Declaration of Independence was written
More than 1,300 fifth-grade students from 18 public and private elementary schools in Duval County attended the annual historical character performance hosted and sponsored by The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in The State of Florida (NSCDA-FL) and funded by Wells Fargo and The Roger L. and Rochelle S. Main Charitable. The […]
City plans to close two railroad crossings for pedestrian path
City officials came one step closer to realizing their dream of building a multi-use path encircling North San Marco when the Florida Department of Transportation held a two-hour public meeting to discuss construction of a new pedestrian railroad crossing as well as closing two vehicular railroad crossings in San Marco. The meeting was held in […]
Artistic ‘outdoor living room’ coming to San Marco
Down by the train tracks on Hendricks Avenue, near historic South Jacksonville City Hall, Tiffany Ash wants to create a sort of “artistic outdoor living room,” on property that includes two of the neighborhood’s historic landmarks, San Marco Train Station and Union Hall. Ash, who is business manager for AshCo, a family-owned design and development […]
Developers aim to make a place of ‘ambience, fiber and essence’
The District – Life Well Lived developer Peter Rummell has said it many times: “You can’t be a suburb of nowhere, and Jacksonville’s downtown is now nowhere. We’ve got to make it a place with ambience, fiber and essence so it can have a personality.” Perhaps no one agrees more with Rummell than the Downtown […]
Navy changes course on plan for USS Adams in Jacksonville
It has been more than 10 years since the Jacksonville Historic Naval Ship Association (JHNSA) conceived the idea of bringing a retired Navy warship to Jacksonville to be used as a floating museum, but after a decade of spending money and exerting effort, the JHNSA announced in December that the vessel will not be berthed […]
Proposed Downtown Overlay to bring clarity and consistency to developers
If District 5 City Councilwoman Lori Boyer has her way, it won’t just be new development on the North and Southbank that will change the face and feel of Downtown Jacksonville in the years ahead. For more than a year, Boyer has been coordinating with the Downtown Investment Authority, architects, developers and NAIOP, a commercial […]
