Traffic calming measures on River Road finally addressed
New speed limit signs installed after push from residents After nearly three years of town meetings, discussions between residents and city officials as well as a grassroots effort by neighborhood volunteers, frustrated residents are finally getting satisfaction: The speed limit on River Road is now 20 mph. After petitioning homeowners door-to-door, something tangible has […]
Community reacts to shooting, rallies to support family
Councilman Love requests more street lights Over 100 people from the Riverside Avondale community turned out for a candlelight vigil July 23 on the Kickbacks Gastropub patio. They gathered despite the downpour to pay their respects to Daniel Rowe, 20, a former Kickbacks employee who worked as a bus boy across the street at […]
Yesterday’s goes down quickly; work begins on South Kitchen & Spirits
Residents were surprised at how quickly the former Yesterday’s Sports Bar was reduced to a pile of concrete. On June 30, the building was razed in less than a day. “Yesterday’s was standing last night. At around 2 p.m., it was gone! A huge pile of rubble and debris remains,” said Elaine Starling, a […]
Residents question progress on over-budget, incomplete project
Residents living near Willow Branch Creek would like to wrap up a nearly three-year-long bridge project before further damage is done. The rainy spring and summer which plagued most of the Riverside Avenue/Willow Branch Creek bridge project during 2013 promises to be a matter of déjà vu this year and fears of flooding are […]
Lexington Hotel & Conference Center finds new home on Riverwalk
Since it was built in 1981, the Southbank hotel at 1515 Prudential Dr. has sported many brands – Sheraton, Radisson, and Wyndham. As of June 1, a new brand was added to that list: Lexington Hotel & Conference Center, Jacksonville Riverwalk. In early June, LexDevCoJax, Inc., an affiliate of Vantage Hospitality Group of Coral Gables, […]
Drainage fix at Landon track means public usage in future
Landon Middle School in San Marco will receive city money to pay for improvements on its playing field and surrounding track. In early June, after a joint-use agreement was signed between the Duval County School Board and the city parks department, District 5 Councilwoman Lori Boyer executed a transfer form to allocate $75,000 from her […]
Locals learn of option for traffic calming
San Marco residents who live along River Road and its adjacent streets are a step closer to having something done to calm speeding traffic in front of their homes. During a June 15 town meeting called by District 5 Councilwoman Lori Boyer, most residents agreed the proposed ordinance to lower the speed limit from 30 […]
The sky has quite the limit
As it rested on the ground, its 4k video camera whirred back and forth in a self-check sequence while red, amber, and green lights alternately flashed under the vehicle’s four arms, thus completing its pre-flight electronics check. Four electric motor-driven carbon fiber blades sprang to life, lifting the buzzing little device into a hover inches […]
