Health of St. Johns River is everyone’s problem
I wish I had a nickel for every time over the years that I have heard someone say how critical the St. Johns River is to our community. The river is often cited as a blessing, Jacksonville’s greatest asset, an economic engine, the crown jewel, and even the reason for our community’s very existence. Despite […]
Analysis on repurposing structures will aid preservation arguments
Early last year, the Jessie Ball duPont Fund announced it had engaged the National Trust for Historic Preservation to conduct a county-wide analysis of Jacksonville’s historic districts and identify strategies to strengthen reuse of existing buildings throughout the community. Following the February 2016 announcement, researchers from the National Trust were in town in November 2016 […]
Therapy Cats Need New Home
A local woman facing Stage IV liver cancer desperately wants to go home to New York to be with family during her final months. She has two cats, Trouble and Rascal, and needs to find a good home for them in Jacksonville or nearby, so that she can go to New York. They are wonderful, […]
Baptist Health to partner with Walgreens
Baptist Health made another contribution to its “mission to change healthcare for good” for the residents in the northeast Florida region when it announced a new special partnership with pharmaceutical giant Walgreens during a press conference at its hospital on the Southbank Nov. 16. As part of the agreement, Baptist’s retail pharmacy operations will open […]
JTA board to hear Skyway recommendations
Expanding the Skyway to San Marco and Riverside could be among the recommendations submitted to the Jacksonville Transportation at its Dec. 8 board meeting. For the past year, a subcommittee has been studying how to modernize the 27-year-old people mover system. Public sentiment is strong for extending the system to Jacksonville’s sports complexes, San Marco […]