Singleton Named Small Business Leader of the Year
Jon Singleton, founder and leader of the Singleton Team at Watson Realty Corp, has been named the 2024 Small Business Leader of the Year by the Jax Chamber Downtown Council. This prestigious award recognizes Singleton’s leadership, commitment to the community and outstanding contributions to the small-business sector. In addition to being a seasoned real estate […]
A prime cut above: Southern Steer Butcher opens in Ortega
Southern Steer Butcher has opened a new franchise in the Ortega community of Jacksonville. Franchise owners Chris and Simone Croft held a ribbon cutting ceremony with JAX Chamber members on Friday, Feb. 3 to celebrate the shop’s grand opening, which happened two days prior. “First off, a huge, huge congratulations on getting opened and we […]
JAX Chamber announces 2024 Chamber Chair
The JAX Chamber Board of Directors announced last month that Bank of America Jacksonville President Mark K. Bennett will be the 2024 Chamber Chair. Currently, Bennett serves as the Treasurer on the Board of Directors and on the Executive Committee. “Jacksonville is seeing tremendous growth right now and we as a business community need to […]
Celebrate All Things Local on 904 Day
A grassroots campaign to celebrate all things Northeast Florida is encouraging residents to go local this Labor Day weekend. Across the region, businesses and other organizations will offer a variety of “904” specials in honor of “904 Day,” officially celebrated on Sunday, September 4, 2022. Residents and visitors alike can join the 904 Day celebration […]
JAX Chamber’s ImpactJAX launches NextUp JAX for young leaders
JAX Chamber’s young professional group, ImpactJAX has announced its rebranding as NextUp Jax. NextUp JAX is composed of three initiatives designed to activate different areas of professional development and encourage engagement among young leaders. AccessJAX is a 10-week experiential leadership curriculum that is taught from March through May. It will include behind-the-scenes tours, programming with […]
Emerging Leaders gather for holidays, year-end party
It was an evening of gratitude, compliments, networking, and a positive spirit of the season that embraced leaders of the JAX Chamber as they gathered with mentors and mentees of several graduating classes of JAX Chamber’s Hightower Emerging Leaders Fellowship, Dec. 4. The annual, black-tie, holiday party is a highly anticipated event that celebrates the […]
New downtown advocacy group formed
Some of Jacksonville’s major developers are teaming up to advocate for bringing more development to downtown. Build Up Jacksonville has been organizing for a couple of months as it prepares for an official launch later this month. Its initial funding is coming from JAX Chamber and developers Iguana Investments, Corner Lot Development, and JWB Real […]
Local leaders launch project Opioid JAX
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 […]
