March is River Celebration and Cleanup Month
March is River Celebration and Cleanup Month Although it has been rolling along just fine for centuries without our help, now in the 21st century, the St. Johns River needs it – some would say, desperately. This year marks the 15th anniversary of a nonprofit organization that has been trying to protect the river and […]
Food trucks: Some moving to permanent spots, others enjoy the mobility
To Anthony Hashem it’s a natural progression – start out with a food truck, build the brand for his tasty edible offerings by driving to wherever he can find hungry diners and then transition to a brick and mortar location where his now loyal customers can come any day of the week. For the Bishop […]
Khan’s Shipyards plan draws local praise
Urging city leaders to bring economic vitality into the city, Jaguars owner Shad Khan is proposing an expansive commercial and residential development of the Shipyards that would connect the Downtown area to EverBank Field. Representatives of Iguana Investments, a development entity created by the Jacksonville Jaguars owner just for the Shipyards project, made a formal […]
Southbank Riverwalk opens; Redman questions bench design
Local residents help spur safeguards prior to ribbon cutting By replacing the semicircular benches with straight ones the width of the path becomes acceptable, he said. “That will take it to a couple inches short of 8 feet wide and I am okay with that,” he said. Christopher Flagg, a Haskell Co. architect responding to […]
City seeks input about new website
The City of Jacksonville wants your comments about its new website design and the site’s overall functionality. Launched in late February, www.beta.coj.net has a fresh design, streamlined navigation and a variety of new features that make it more user friendly for computers, tablets and mobile devices. “I invite visitors to explore the beta site […]
Bakery dispute leaves Rykalskys exhausted
By Greg Walsh Resident Community News A months-long legal battle over ownership of the Edgewood Bakery is taking its toll on the current operators Tom and Carol Rykalsky, their attorney says. “They are exhausted,” attorney Jack Webb said following a Feb. 20 hearing at the Duval County Courthouse. “They are trying to keep the business […]
For the love of Annie
Enormous persistence for enormous task For the love of historical preservation, a small but dedicated group of people from all over Jacksonville meet nearly every Saturday, rain or shine, to haul trash from an abandoned school in Riverside. Using limited tools and gloved hands, the Annie Lytle Preservation Group (ALPG) are painstakingly removing decades of […]
Brand new Southbank Riverwalk to open
Get out the ticker tape and blow up the balloons, the City of Jacksonville is planning to celebrate the reopening of its iconic Southbank Riverwalk. Although a precise date was not available by press time, city officials anticipate an official ribbon-cutting ceremony on the new concrete walkway would likely be held the second or third […]
