Never Too Old: Riverside man trades technology for the arts
At a time when his peers were amassing pension funds and looking toward retirement, Ron Episcopo bailed out of Corporate America – without a golden parachute – to pursue a lifelong dream. “I was the first person in my family to graduate from high school or go to college,” said the Riverside resident. “When I […]
Friends dedicate live oak for former Avondale man
Planting a tree as a living memorial does more than ensure the loved one will be honored for years to come; it also contributes to the forest canopy for the future. And there was no better way to celebrate the life of Harold McKeon than to plant a tree in his name in Boone Park […]
Hope Lodge reaches campaign goal, celebrates
Three years from the launch of a fundraising campaign, The American Cancer Society plans to break ground this fall on The Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation Hope Lodge in Jacksonville, the third lodge in Florida. The Mayo Clinic is providing land on its Southside campus, but the 32-room facility will be available for patients seeking […]
Venetia neighborhood school gets new outdoor library
There’s probably nothing more natural for a book club to do than to promote reading outside its own circle. That’s just what the 7-year-old Venetia Book Club did when they decided to install not one, but two Little Free Libraries at Venetia Elementary School. Linda Hunter, a member of the club and 30-year resident of […]
Downtown Investment Authority selects Shad Khan’s master plan for Shipyards
In his cover letter to the City of Jacksonville, Shahid Khan, president of Iguana Investments Florida and owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars, said he wants to move his proposed project from “world-class vision to a world-class reality.” “We believe the City’s vision and Iguana’s vision for the redevelopment of this property are perfectly aligned: mixed-use, […]
ADA sidewalk ramps first taken out, then replaced in San Marco
The Jacksonville Public Works Department discovered not everything the federal government demands makes sense when, in attempting to follow the letter of the law regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), it removed and sodded over more than 30 sidewalk ramps in the San Marco, only to be forced to put them back again. Jacksonville […]
Developers plan “less intense” Jackson Square development
Judd Bobilin of Orlando and Jeff Rosen of San Jose, principals of Chance Partners, have a motto for their development firm: “Changing the World…One Building at a Time.” Having developed successful infill projects in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and in Tallahassee, this year the duo has turned its sights toward two Jacksonville developments – the repurposing […]
Supreme Court ruling sends realtors scrambling for creative marketing
Fair warning: The public right-of-way is off limits for all those “little signs.” You know the ones – garage sale, I Buy Junk Cars, lost dog. Those signs – called snipe signs – have been illegal, unless they’re on private property, since 2005 when a zero-tolerance policy for litter on public property was enacted. If […]
