DDRB Approves Site Plan For One Riverside
The Jacksonville Downtown Development Review Board has approved the site plan for the One Riverside Development. The 18.84-acre mixed-use development will be on the old site of the Times-Union Building. The plans by Fuqua Development include a grocer, retail shops, a restaurant accessible from the Riverwalk, an initial 271 residential housing units, and a parking […]
Jacksonville Community Rallies Behind Fitz Opie
At first, local suit maker Fitz Opie thought the sore on his foot was just an annoying callus. But when it refused to heal and the pain became unbearable, he decided to have it checked out at Baptist Health emergency room. Little did Opie know the “annoying callus,” would turn out to be a life […]
SouthEast Development Group Proposes New Plan For Riverfront
SouthEast Development Group has plans for a $2 billion project to revitalize Jacksonville’s downtown riverfront. The proposal called “Riverfront Jacksonville” was recently delivered to the Downtown Investment Authority, the City Council, and the mayor’s office. The plans include fifteen acres of riverfront public park space, over 1,000 multi-family apartments and condominiums, a 208-room hotel, a […]
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 […]
Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church: 75 years young and still growing
From its very beginning Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church (HAB) members have focused on how their church is being called to serve its members and the local community. The original members split from two other congregations – Faith Temple and Southside Baptist Church – and agreed to form a single church in 1945 in space they […]
Confederate Monument Staying For Now
The Jacksonville City Council voted to withdraw Mayor Lenny Curry’s bill asking for $1.3 million to remove the Women of the Southern Confederacy Monument from Springfield Park. The monument will, for now, remain in the park covered with a tarp. The 12-6 vote came after a long debate that included Council President Sam Newby clearing […]
Bolles freshman wins America’s Top Young Scientist Award
Bolles freshman Sarah Park has won the $25,000 grand prize in 3M’s Discovery Education Young Scientist Challenge for her Spark Care+ music therapy treatment project. Spark Care+ is a personalized music therapy treatment for mental health disorders that uses artificial intelligence, galvanic skin response and photoplethysmography. Park is an accomplished violinist who has performed in […]
19th Annual Gingerbread Extravaganza showcases edible structures from local talent
Jacksonville’s most beloved holiday tradition, the 19th Annual Gingerbread Extravaganza, will open on Saturday, Dec. 4 and close on Wednesday, Dec. 22 with dozens of stunning displays from local gingerbread builders. The 21-day event will again feature a scavenger hunt, holiday gift and bake shop, a virtual silent auction, and an online $1-a-vote competition for […]
