Schultz Center announces new initiative with One Spark
Education component to inspire educators, students At a news conference held last month, the Schultz Center announced the launch of EdSpark, an umbrella under which Creators with education-related projects will participate in 2014 One Spark, The World’s Crowdfunding Festival, scheduled for Apr. 9-13, 2014. The Schultz Center is dedicated to raising student achievement through professional […]
Drainage project shuts down two-block stretch of Riverside Avenue to resident traffic
A two block stretch of Riverside Avenue from Stockton up to Osceola closed shortly before Thanksgiving for a three-week drainage project. Detours are in place until completion date, estimated for Dec. 9. Residents that reside within the construction area along Riverside Avenue from Stockton Street to Copeland Street will still have access to their homes […]
City goes north to find new bike/pedestrian coordinator
Mid-Atlantic planner has niche focus on cyclists, walkers By Kate A. Hallock Resident Community News Why would the City of Jacksonville reach outside for its new bicycle/pedestrian coordinator and, more compelling, what would bring a mid-Atlantic transportation consultant to Jacksonville? The answer to the first half of the question is simple. Credentials. A lot of […]
Chase Properties given first green light, with conditions
$800K deposit for Fishweir Creek one of several conditions At its Nov. 14 public hearing, the Planning Commission voted to approve the proposed St. Johns Village development, upholding the 16 conditions included in the Planning Department’s report. Among those conditions was a requirement that Chase Properties Inc. provide a deposit of $800,000, depositing it into […]
Jacksonville’s Cast and Blast
By Nathan & Ted Miller The Cast Inshore fishing can be fantastic this time of year. Coming off the heels of the Coastal Conservation Association Committee (CCA) and The Creek Wars inshore fishing tournaments last month, many anglers will continue their pursuit of the “inshore slam” – trout, flounder and red fish – as the […]
San Marco in the 1960s
By Laura Jane Pittman Resident Community News Regular Way We Were contributor David Gum has moved us into the 1960s, providing a wonderful comparison of today’s San Marco Square to the Square of fifty years ago. Thanks, David, for the memories! Elegant shops, upscale restaurants, Balis Park, personalized sidewalk bricks, lion statuary – these images […]
Post WWII Dinner Club closes after 66 years
By Linda Silfies The nation faced economic hardship during The Great Depression and World War II. Despite the effects of the war, Jacksonville leaders and visionaries saw the need to organize a formal, members-only dinner club to boost morale. Who could have known that the newly formed dinner club would not only thrive, but have […]
Suzanne Teate
By Julie Kerns Garmendia Resident Community News Q. Your career and volunteer work at the local, state and national levels – beginning in the ‘70s – focused on building liaisons between government, business, education and cultural arts. Bring us up to date? I’ve become the primary fulltime caregiver for my 96-year-old mother Merle Dekle Teate […]
Jacksonville: Known as a city of givers
Philanthropy alive and well on First Coast By Nancy Lee Bethea Resident Community News In the New Testament, the Apostle Paul reminds his readers Jesus said it is more blessed to give than to receive. The phrase is often repeated during the holidays as parents try to restrain toy-consumed kids, and pastors, priests and rabbis […]
