Custom home builder to try hand at first multi-home development
Adam Merrill has high hopes for his first property development project. Although Merrill, the president of John Merrill Homes, builds on average six custom homes per year in residential infill, Green Hills in Riverside will be his first multi-home development. The property, which is comprised of about 3.5 vacant acres west of James Street, will […]
DDRB approves Vista Brooklyn on Riverside
A mixed-use development proposed for 200 Riverside Ave. has received final approval from the Downtown Development Review Board (DDRB) with three deviations. Vista Brooklyn, as it is called, will be developed by HP-BDG 200 Riverside LLC, an affiliate of NAI Hallmark Partners, which developed 220 Riverside. The 10-story retail and apartment building is located north […]
Park Street ‘pool’ prevented with new drains
Residents on a one-block stretch of Park Street are relieved that a longtime, serious drainage problem has been finally corrected. For years, downpours have created puddles large enough to slow traffic to a crawl. The problem began about six to eight years ago after the City of Jacksonville resurfaced Park Street, according to Susan Fraser, […]
San Marco elementary students come back to HAE 50 years later
The yellow school bus pulled into the circular drive at Hendricks Avenue Elementary School, just like it did 50 years ago, and about 20 graduates of the sixth-grade Class of ’67 walked up the steps and into a building full of memories. The reunion on June 17 was the first time some of them had […]
Matt Carlucci files for City Council seat
Long-time businessman and former City Council member Matt Carlucci filed June 22 to run for Jacksonville City Council At-Large, Group 4. Carlucci, a 36-year State Farm insurance agent, previously served three terms on the Jacksonville City Council. During his time on the council, he served as Council President and twice as finance chair. Carlucci also […]
Preservation society celebrates beautification awards, accolades
The San Marco Preservation Society said farewell to one president, hello to a new one, got a sneak peek of its redesigned website and honored three homeowners and five businesses for their renovation projects in the historic district this past year. The highlight of the May 31 meeting at Preservation Hall, the last before its […]
Community garden celebrates first year
One year almost to the day after local gardeners celebrated the April 2016 grand opening of the Riverside Avondale Community Garden, they were busy working to open it for the Riverside Avondale Preservation Home Tour – and to celebrate the garden’s first anniversary. The chores on April 15 were many and varied, including building and […]
In Memoriam: William D. Brinton – September 19, 1952 to June 19, 2017
The country lost a real champion when William “Billboard Buster” Brinton of Avondale passed away at age 64 after a brief but fierce battle with lung cancer. Just a month prior, 300 friends, family, colleagues and clients had gathered to pay tribute to Brinton for his decades-long efforts in helping many cities across the United […]
