Long awaited regulations arrive for waterways
Posted on February 5, 2022 By Editor Neighborhood News, Riverside, Avondale, Ortega, Murray Hill
Limitations on anchoring, maps of abandoned hazards part of ongoing effort to increase safety The City of Jacksonville is on the cusp of limiting long-term anchoring in the city’s waterways, and the highly-trafficked Ortega River in particular, to 45 days. It didn’t take an act of Congress, just the Florida Legislature, and cooperation from the […]
Riverside and Avondale to Remain In Same Council District
Posted on November 1, 2021 By Editor Neighborhood News, Riverside, Avondale, Ortega, Murray Hill, Top Stories
A proposal to separate Riverside and Avondale and place the neighborhoods in different City Council districts has been shot down. It all stems from a meeting in early October between council members Randy DeFoor, Reggie Gaffney, Ju’Coby Pittman, Randy White, and Aaron Bowman. The meeting was originally called for Pittman and White to try and […]
Defoor hosts virtual town hall on crime, drainage woes
Posted on October 2, 2021 By Editor Riverside, Avondale, Ortega, Murray Hill, Top Stories
Community policing and shared intelligence keys to mitigating criminal activity Jacksonville City Councilwoman Randy Defoor hosted a virtual town hall meeting with a few dozen constituents on September 9 to discuss two timely neighborhood concerns, recent crime trends and flooding during storm season. “We have a lot of heavy issues to discuss this time,” said […]
$1M to improve drainage in 2022 near Belvedere
Posted on September 1, 2021 By Editor Riverside, Avondale, Ortega, Murray Hill, Top Stories
Flooding in several areas of Riverside is nothing new, but now the city’s spending $1 million to improve drainage in the northwest section west of Riverside High School. It was not necessarily enough for some residents in the area, who fear the Belvedere Avenue Drainage Improvement project may not help standing water on Challen Avenue […]
Residents file lawsuit against a local factory to combat noxious smell
Posted on March 3, 2021 By Marcia Hodgson Neighborhood News, Riverside, Avondale, Ortega, Murray Hill, Top Stories
For the past three years Murray Hill residents have sporadically complained about noxious odors akin to the scent of turpentine wafting through their community late at night, early in the morning, and on weekends. And in the past three months, the problem has spread beyond Murray Hill’s borders and has become decidedly worse. “We could […]
Oak Street repaving project to include bike lanes, eliminate parking
Posted on June 3, 2020 By Editor Neighborhood News, Riverside, Avondale, Ortega, Murray Hill, Top Stories
The City of Jacksonville will begin repaving Oak Street this summer, and residents and business owners are helping shape what the area will look like after the project is done. Right now, City officials are considering reducing the size of the lanes of traffic and adding bike lanes after the paving is done between Margaret […]
Community group makes progress in restricting 5G equipment
Posted on April 1, 2020 By Editor Brooklyn, Downtown, Springfield, Neighborhood News, Riverside, Avondale, Ortega, Murray Hill, San Jose, San Marco, St. Nicholas, Top Stories
Jacksonville City Council members and members of the Stop 5G Jax group are working together to keep large telecommunication equipment out of residential neighborhoods and other areas where they could become an eyesore. Duval County has an ordinance in place that echoes state and federal legislation that allows telecommunications companies seeking to create a new […]
Roosevelt Square transforms into Ortega Park
Posted on February 2, 2020 By Editor Neighborhood News, Riverside, Avondale, Ortega, Murray Hill
The landscape surrounding the former Roosevelt Square Mall, known until recently as Roosevelt Square, is slowly but surely changing, as the green spaces are transformed and drainage areas are being drained, partially drained and filled in. That’s because the Dewberry Group, developer of the property, plans to more than double the 300,000 square feet of […]