Wayne’s World: A Different Idea
Repurposing JEA Headquarters into UF’s Downtown Campus Ever wonder what it takes to restore and repurpose an architectural gem in Jacksonville’s historic downtown? Wayne Wood thinks about it all the time. A founder of Riverside Avondale Preservation, Wood has been involved in saving Jacksonville’s under-appreciated architectural gems since the 1970s. His latest book, “Jacksonville’s Architectural […]
Downtown Vision announces 2022 #DTJax Awards winners
Downtown Vision, Inc. (DVI), Downtown Jacksonville’s nonprofit business improvement district (BID), has announced the eighth annual #DTJax Award Winners. The #DTJax Awards recognize community leaders, organizations, businesses and entrepreneurs that worked to create a vibrant and dynamic 24-hour, pedestrian friendly downtown in 2022. Award winners are not only excellent advocates for downtown but have also […]
Infrastructure work underway at Southbank’s RiversEdge
Initial phases of the downtown Southbank ‘RiversEdge: Life on the St. Johns’ project are underway as the much-anticipated riverfront development continues to progress, transforming the vacant lot once belonging to JEA. After a groundbreaking ceremony in May 2021, residents can now see tangible evidence of RiversEdge taking shape as infrastructure is being installed. This current […]
River Road Goes Underground
JEA recently completed the River Road Utility Conversion Project, undergrounding the utilities for six residential parcels along the southern end of River Road in San Marco. The project took more than a year to complete. Resident Missie LePrell was involved in organizing the project for the homeowners, and said the six parcels were the last […]
JEA completes ‘poles to holes’ utility lines conversion in Ortega Point North community
JEA, AT&T and Comcast announced on Nov. 30 their completion of work to convert the existing overhead utility lines to underground in the Ortega Point North Overhead to Underground Utility Conversion Project. They requested that any outstanding issues be reported to JEA’s Project Outreach team by Dec. 15, 2021. Upon completion of any outstanding work, […]
JEA closer to revitalizing central business district
This spring saw Downtown’s central business district come a step closer toward a chance for revitalization, with full-steam-ahead progress on JEA’s sleek new, pedestrian-friendly headquarters. Ryan Companies U.S. Inc., a Minneapolis-headquartered developer, is constructing the seven-story building at 225 Pearl Street, with an adjacent parking garage that will be used by both employees and the […]
Septic tank funding to better health of residents, St. Johns River
The City and JEA are teaming up this year to make good on a promise to protect the beauty and health of the St. Johns River, which defines and molds the historic neighborhoods. Contaminants in the river have long been a concern, especially for residents who boat on it, bike and walk to it, or […]
Ortega Point utility project taking shape
Heart Utilities of Jax crews were hard at work April 29, installing historic-style “acorn” street lights as part of a neighborhood-driven project to underground utilities in Ortega Point North. The subcontractor for the JEA is making progress in phases, as work to install new electric conduit, transformers, cables and manholes continues. Construction crews have remained […]
