Posted on April 7, 2024
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Social Events, Top Stories
The 2024 Heart of the First Coast Heart Ball, made possible by Life is Why sponsor Florida Blue, raised a record-breaking $2.2 million to fuel the American Heart Association’s (AHA) mission advancements across Northeast Florida. Pat and Inger Geraghty served as the chairpersons for the March 2, 2024, event, alongside the AHA’s Executive Leadership Cabinet […]
Posted on October 5, 2023
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Brooklyn, Downtown, Springfield, Columns, Neighborhood News, Riverside, Avondale, Ortega, Murray Hill, San Jose, San Marco, St. Nicholas
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office’s (JSO) Homeland Security Division will soon be getting new office space in Brooklyn’s Florida Blue office tower. Currently, 135 of the division’s 205 employees are housed at a JSO facility at the intersection of Liberty and Beaver streets while the remaining officers are at additional off-site locations. At a Sept. 5 […]
Posted on December 3, 2022
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Movers & Shakers, Neighborhood News, Riverside, Avondale, Ortega, Murray Hill, San Jose, San Marco, St. Nicholas
Carla Harris, celebrated author, Wall Street executive, and Obama-appointed chair of the National Women’s Business Council, was the keynote speaker at the Nov. 8 “Lead to Win” event held at the Florida Blue Convention Center. Attended by more than 600 people, including state and city officials and community leaders, the event raised nearly $1 million […]
Posted on December 3, 2021
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About 200 area Jacksonville health and business leaders recently gathered for the kickoff of Project Opioid JAX. While the COVID pandemic has pushed opioids off the front pages, the number of drug overdose deaths in Jacksonville continues to rise. Florida Blue CEO Pat Geraghty said the COVID epidemic has been a setback for the Opioid […]
Posted on March 4, 2021
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Social Events
February been federally designated American Heart Month every year since President Lyndon B. Johnson’s official declaration in 1964. On the first Friday of each February, the nation comes together on National Wear Red Day to raise awareness about cardiovascular disease by igniting a wave of red from coast to coast. From landmarks to news anchors, […]
Posted on February 1, 2020
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Articles, Brooklyn, Downtown, Springfield, Neighborhood News, Top Stories
The new $145 million world headquarters of Fidelity Information Services – FIS – is well on its way to starting construction, with developers working with the City of Jacksonville to iron out some final details, such as sidewalks and the kind of trees City officials would like to see around it. At the same time, […]