Southbank developer announces new hotel project, requests extension on property purchase
S outhbank high-rise residents may soon get a birds-eye view of the first phase of construction at the site of The District Jacksonville—Life Well Lived (The District), the 30-acre master-planned development on the St. Johns River. The purchase of the site property, however, is still under negotiation with the Jacksonville Energy Authority (JEA) and the […]
5 Points Wendy’s to get a new look
Almost a year to the day residents and businesses in Riverside viewed plans and gave feedback for a brand-new Wendy’s restaurant on Park Street, the 42-year-old former structure was demolished. The demolition permit was issued Oct. 26 to Realco Recycling Company, which had bid $15,000 for complete structure demolition. Eleven days later the 20-foot-high, 2,144-square-foot […]
Brooklyn area to get new self-storage facility next year
More than a year after approval by the Downtown Development Review Board, a new self-storage facility is under construction at the site of what was once Knauer’s Hardware in the Brooklyn area. The Nuvo Company, with headquarters in Winter Park, Florida, plans to build a 5-story, 91,700-square-foot self-storage unit at 340 Myrtle Avenue between Elm […]
St. Johns Quarter residents to benefit from improved storm water drainage
For the next four months, residents on Osceola Street in Riverside will continue to be inconvenienced by road closures, noise, and torn-up sidewalks as the City of Jacksonville completes a six-month project to replace a collapsing storm drain leading from Riverside Avenue to the St. Johns River. The street is also collapsing due to failure […]
Circles Social Datebook & Charity Register Volume 3 Hits Newsstands
Guests at the 2017 National Philanthropy Day luncheon eagerly opened their copies of the third annual Circles Social Datebook & Charity Register, published by The Resident Community News Group. First premiered at the luncheon in 2015, the magazine has become a go-to guide for nonprofits and philanthropists in Northeast Florida. The focus for the 2017-2018 […]
Military’s ‘lost’ honored with new chapel, plans for memorial museum
The Cecil Field POW/MIA Memorial will begin taking shape in the coming months with the restoration and dedication of the chapel, a static display of aircraft and a museum. That’s just Phase 1 of the project that Executive Director Mike Cassata hopes will become the national memorial and museum that will tell the story of […]
San Marco residents still grappling with hurricane aftermath
In the first 22 days of the recovery effort after Hurricane Irma, the City of Jacksonville collected 900 cubic yards of tree debris. That is more than all of what was collected after Hurricane Matthew came through in October 2016, said District 5 Councilwoman Lori Boyer. And the collection efforts continue. The city is still […]
Library Foundation to celebrate state award
Contrary to “digital” belief, libraries are not dead. Nor are their supporters. Long before the Jacksonville Public Library Foundation was founded in 1986, the nonprofit Friends of the Jacksonville Library was established in June 1955. And even before that, in 1902 Andrew Carnegie granted the City of Jacksonville $55,000 to build a library at 101 […]
