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Loyal to Local: 100 Days of School Re-supply Bash at RAM

Loyal to Local: 100 Days of School Re-supply Bash at RAM

The Riverside Arts Market (RAM), now in its 15th year, is a weekly makers and farmers market hosted by Riverside Avondale Preservation (RAP) on Saturdays, from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., rain or shine. Each week more than 100 small business owners gather under the canopy of the Fuller Warren Bridge to sell their products […]

Dual Donations Drive Innovation

Dual Donations Drive Innovation

Dana and Hope Fender signed a commitment on the morning of Oct. 30 to match a $5 million gift from Frank Sanchez to build the Center for Innovation on the Bolles Upper School San Jose Campus. The 47,000-square-foot, three-story building marks the most expansive construction undertaking on the San Jose Campus property since the building […]

WeCareJax Celebrates 30 Years

WeCareJax Celebrates 30 Years

Organization connects patients to compassionate care, regardless of ability to pay WeCareJax celebrated the 30th anniversary of The Caring Awards on Nov. 9 at the River City Railway. Annually, this event honors the volunteer physicians and partners who go above and beyond to make care possible for uninsured and under-resourced community members who are experiencing […]

Armada FC Scores a New Home, Complex

Armada FC Scores a New Home, Complex

Jacksonville now has its first glimpse of what its new soccer stadium will look like through renderings shared by the Jacksonville Armada Football Club. The designs were posted on the club’s Instagram page on Nov. 15, the day after the Jacksonville City Council unanimously approved the rezoning for a mixed-use Planned Unit Development (PUD) for […]

Livin’ La Pura Vida

Livin’ La Pura Vida

The 31st River Garden Foundation Gala was held on Saturday, Nov. 18 at the Sawgrass Mariott Golf Resort and Spa. Themed “Pura Vida,” the elegant, tropical-themed event embraced the phrase’s positive, grateful and worry-free outlook on life, raising funds to benefit the residents of River Garden Senior Services. Baptist Health was recognized as the night’s […]

Sports Fans Flood the Forum

Sports Fans Flood the Forum

Legendary Duke University men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, familiarly known as Coach K, drew a large crowd to The Women’s Board of Wolfson Children’s Hospital’s Florida Forum Speaker Series at the Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday, Nov. 8. Krzyzewski is the NCAA Division 1 men’s all-time leader with 1,200 wins. Funds raised by […]

Anticipation Grows at RiversEdge

Anticipation Grows at RiversEdge

A November unveiling event heralded the next phase of construction for the Southbank’s highly anticipated mixed-use development RiversEdge: Life on the St. Johns. Since the development broke ground in 2021, site work has been primarily unseen by Jacksonville residents as it has consisted of underground infrastructural work and bulkhead construction. Moving forward, however, the city […]

Young Collectors Raise $10K

Young Collectors Raise $10K

The Women’s Board of Wolfson Children’s Hospital held a kick-off event for its First Coast Design Show, the Young Collector’s Party, on Oct. 5. This happy-hour styled event for young professionals and younger mothers celebrated “The Art Of Gathering” with mingling at Michael’s Rug Studio, delicious food, live music by Barrett Thomas, a silent auction […]