Library Foundation to celebrate state award
Contrary to “digital” belief, libraries are not dead. Nor are their supporters. Long before the Jacksonville Public Library Foundation was founded in 1986, the nonprofit Friends of the Jacksonville Library was established in June 1955. And even before that, in 1902 Andrew Carnegie granted the City of Jacksonville $55,000 to build a library at 101 […]
Memorial park statue honored by WWI Centennial Commission
The bronze sculpture, “Spiritualized Life,” located in Memorial Park has been officially designated as a “World War I Centennial Memorial” by The United States World War One Centennial Commission and the Pritzker Military Museum & Library through 100 Cites/100 Memorials program, according to the Memorial Park Association. “Spiritualized Life is arguably the most iconic structure […]
Groundbreaking celebrated at Hope Lodge, Mayo Clinic Campus
With the ceremonial lift of the shovel, the American Cancer Society broke ground Oct. 23 for the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation Hope Lodge, a $19.6 million facility which will offer free lodging for patients seeking cancer treatment in the Jacksonville medical community. The groundbreaking ceremony took place at the construction site, located at Mayo […]
Brooklyn Road Diet recommendations include roundabout
Consultants working on a plan to make Riverside Avenue through the Brooklyn area more pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly gave their final recommendations to the Downtown Investment Authority Board of Directors Sept. 21. With the goal of reducing accidents, increasing walking and bicycling, and enhancing economic development in that neighborhood, the consultants tweaked their initial recommendations after […]
Jacksonville-Kenan-Flagler Competitive Assessment
Click here to read the Jacksonville-Kenan-Flagler Competitive Assessment.
Attempted child abduction in Ortega
Please be on the lookout for this vehicle! THIS IS FORWARDED FROM THE ORTEGA FOREST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSN. “Please share this with Ortega Forest and Stockton school. It is from a. neighbor and the names have been changed. Yesterday afternoon, while riding his bike, our son, Bill, was followed by a car for 3 blocks on […]
Irma’s impact not over for unforeseeable future
Boyer calls immediate response good. The numbers are still being tallied but one thing is certain: Hurricane Irma has given San Marco a lot to think about. The historic storm that sent the St. Johns River over its banks Sept. 11, 2017 hit the historic district hard. District 5 Councilwoman Lori Boyer said the cost […]
New multi-family housing gets DIA ‘thumbs up’
City Council approval needed for REV Grant What began as a five-story, 50-unit urban-style apartment building has tripled in size in 18 months. When the plans were submitted to the Downtown Development Review Board (DDRB) in April 2017, the proposed project had grown. In January 2016, The Resident reported a vacant lot behind Clara’s Tidbits […]
