Richard and Sandi Thalleen
Whether a mutual love of music or having grown up as near neighbors, to hear them talk, it is clear something special brought Richard Thalleen and Sandi Huber of Lakewood together 60 years ago. After six decades, four children, 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren, the couple is as close as they ever were and enjoy […]
Delcia Francke
Delcia Francke of Ortega matter-of-factly declares that “being nearly 91 means I get to talk back” – something she does frequently and with endless humor. A 15-year breast cancer survivor, Francke celebrates her 91st birthday on Jan. 5 in good health. Her goal is to reach her 100th birthday as did her mother, Beulah “Bobo” […]
Luxury apartments to comprise first phase of The District
The first phase of The District – Life Well Lived – Jacksonville is one step closer to becoming reality. On Dec. 15 Equity Resources LLC of Birmingham, Alabama, announced plans to develop a high-end luxury apartment community in connection with The District – Life Well Lived – Jacksonville, a Southbank riverfront urban resort planned by […]
Nautical eyesore removed from Southbank
Thanks to the generosity of a NASCAR racecar driver, the sunken Lady St. Johns, a derelict party boat, is no longer an eyesore on the river landscape in the view of many Southbank residents. Ray Black, Jr., owner of Blacksmith Marine Corporation – Offshore, supplied a crane pro bono and spent four days raising […]
Superintendent willing to consider school board building move
Envisioning the stretch of riverfront from the Main Street Bridge to the new The District – Life Well Lived – Jacksonville site is similar to playing the childhood game, “One of These Things is Not Like the Other.” Dotting the landscape are high-rise apartment and condominium buildings, hotels and restaurants, with more to follow once […]
Southbank to explode with new growth in 2016
Redeveloping the Southbank is all about “placemaking,” Downtown Investment Authority CEO Aundra Wallace likes to say. With several new developments on the cusp of becoming reality, major stakeholders from the residential, medical and central business districts met in late November to have a “conversation” in order to begin “pulling the pieces together” as several key […]
JTA Board votes to keep Skyway
The Jacksonville Skyway, a monorail transit system managed by the Jacksonville Transportation Authority, will live to see another day and possibly be expanded. During its Dec. 10 meeting, the JTA Board of Directors voted unanimously to accept the Skyway subcommittee’s recommendation to continue operating the downtown connector while having staff develop a Skyway Modernization Program, […]
North Florida Land Trust makes biggest purchase in nonprofit’s history
Another agreement awaits raising of funds The North Florida Land Trust ended 2015 on a high note with the purchase of its largest land acquisition in its 16-year history. Located in Riverside, the conservation nonprofit closed on 2,551 acres along the Nassau River in late December. This was the largest piece of unprotected land in […]
