One Spark drumming up excitement for five-day event
Local band Four Families contributing to new mobile app One Spark – calling itself “The world’s crowdfunding festival” – is promoted as a five-day event for creators, artists, entrepreneurs and innovators (collectively, “creators”). It’s been talked about in the media since last September. It has managed to raise a quarter of a million dollars in […]
New Community Hospice Center at St. Vincent’s to be a blessing
Less than a year to the March 2012 announcement of the plans to build a 10-bed inpatient hospice unit, the ribbon was cut on Feb. 20 for the Community Hospice Center at St. Vincent’s Medical Center Riverside following a dedication and blessing ceremony. The 34-year-old nonprofit hospice provider serves residents in five counties, at home, […]
St. Johns Riverkeeper and EverBank team up to educate
Students learn it’s their river to protect Despite the chilly start to the early February morning, 44 excited students from S.P. Livingston Elementary gathered at Friendship Fountain Park for instructions from the St. Johns Riverkeeper’s Education Director, Jennie Busey. “When I ask ‘Whose river is this?’ what are you going to tell me?” she asked. […]
Local health care providers cooperate on needs assessment
Access to health care single most important issue If you are limited in your access to health care then you may be happy to know that your issue is on the radar of the area’s top health care providers. A year-long heath care needs assessment conducted by a uniquely cooperative partnership of local hospitals and […]
Buying or selling, the real estate market is back on track
Low interest rates for buyers, low inventory for sellers make for a balanced market After years of languishing in the basement, the Historic District’s real estate market has moved back upstairs and flung open the doors and windows to welcome in the sunshine of recovery. The best news is that, at the moment, both buyers […]
Local Rotarians support St. Vincent’s Mobile Health Outreach Services
Left to right: The Rotary Club of Jacksonville’s Steve Bacalis (past president), Bill Mason (president elect), Tommy Grimes (past governor Rotary District 6970), and Percy Rosenbloom (past president) with Jane Lanier, CFRE President & System Chief Development Officer of St. Vincent’s HealthCare Foundation, Dick Mueller (past president) and David Pringle (EVP, Mission Integration, St. Vincent’s […]
YMCA announces $2 million gift for the new Riverside facility
More than 500 were in attendance on Feb. 5 when the YMCA of Florida’s First Coast announced the Healthy Living Center at the new Riverside YMCA will be named the Luther and Blanche Coggin Healthy Living Center, in honor of a $2 million donation from the Coggin family. The Luther and Blanche Coggin Healthy Living […]
2nd Annual Photo Jax – exceeding expectations again
There was something for everyone at the second annual PHOTOJAX festival and exhibition this year. From students to patrons, fans of local photographic art spent an eye-popping four days browsing through photography exhibits, watching Instagram projections and attending parties. Venues at this year’s festival included MOCA Jacksonville, the Florida Mining Gallery, Gallery 725, and the […]
