Oldest bicycle shop in Jacksonville celebrates building’s anniversary
While some companies celebrate milestone anniversaries of their founding, the Fetzer brothers, Charlie and Mark, will throw a 50th birthday bash March 22 for the building that has been home to a much older company, LakeShore Bicycles. According to Charlie Fetzer, the company has been around since the 1930s, although under different names, and under […]
Tenants moving in to Avondale apartment complex
A multi-family apartment complex in Avondale will welcome its first tenants beginning in April. RiverVue, located on the site of the former St. Johns Village across from the Fishweir Elementary School, is now in the final inspection phase, according to Crystal Carswell, RiverVue community manager, who said seven units have been rented. The finishing touches […]
Brooklyn turnaround continues with another Hallmark development
Ground is being moved around for Vista Brooklyn, a 308-unit mixed-use development at 200 Riverside Ave., immediately north of 220 Riverside/Unity Plaza and across the street from the Winston Family YMCA, as site work begins. The $55 million joint venture between Jacksonville-based Hallmark Partners and Nashville-based Bristol Development Group includes private equity firm MountainStar Capital, […]
The Way We Were: William H. Rose
William Rose has a lifetime of memories and a postcard art collection that allows him to see Jacksonville through the eyes of his father, Max Rose, as well as recall his younger years growing up in Jacksonville. Rose, 92, has collected postcards produced in the early 1900s of Springfield and downtown Jacksonville that he has […]
The Way We Were: William J. Harp, Jr. & Barbara Parks Harp
According to William J. Harp of Avondale, he was handed “a life that is unbelievable.” Growing up in South Georgia in the 1930s, Harp’s family had a limited income. He worked as a soda jerk at the Rexall Drug Store in Brunswick owned by James Andrews, town mayor and the wealthiest man around. When his […]
Annual tree planting in Boone Park provides shade for future generations
Planting a tree should be on everyone’s bucket list, according to Joe Anderson, forester for the Jacksonville Energy Authority, and 21 families apparently agreed when they signed up to plant 23 trees in Boone Park South (the 10-acre portion of the 28-acre park between St. Johns Avenue and Herschel Street) on Feb. 9. Although this […]
Boy Scout builds outdoor classroom to earn Eagle rank
Hendricks Avenue Elementary School has a beautiful and useful outdoor classroom thanks to Boy Scout Christian Floyd, who designed, planned, and led the project to create the space as part of earning the rank of Eagle Scout. Floyd, a resident of St. Nicholas Park, is a member of Troop 35 at Southside United Methodist Church, […]
New female Boy Scout troop inaugurated in Ortega
Scouts BSA Troop 465, a new girls-only Boy Scout troop, enjoyed a welcome aboard ceremony Feb. 11 when Boy Scout Troop 522 presented the girls with their own troop flag and a U.S. flag. The troop’s charter organization will be Ortega United Methodist Church, 4807 Roosevelt Blvd. Scoutmaster is Sean Deese and assistant scoutmaster is […]
