Millers Creek project takes one step forward
Not everyone may be happy, but residents living along Millers Creek in one St. Nicholas neighborhood are one official step closer to seeing the waterways usable once more. Ordinance 2014-700, which was approved by City Council on Feb. 10, 2015, creates the Millers Creek Special District, with the purpose of “continuing maintenance of that portion […]
Mayor’s budget allocates funds for lanes at Hendricks Elementary
The future may bring some relief to congestion along San Jose Boulevard during the early morning and afternoon hours when parents routinely drop off and pick up children at Hendricks Avenue Elementary School. In Mayor Lenny Curry’s proposed capital improvement plan, $100,000 has been slated for the design and engineering of a right-turn “storage” lane […]
TPO plan offers solutions for safer roads
Consultants rode every route for study Members of the city’s Bicycle-Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) had only one day to provide consultants hired by the North Florida Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) with feedback after hearing the results of a study of inexpensive solutions to make Jacksonville a safer city for walkers and cyclists. The meeting was […]
Merchants, JSO discuss safety measures in Park and King corridor
Three weeks after the murder of Daniel Rowe, a busboy at the Blind Rabbit restaurant on King Street, area merchants had the chance to sit down with eight members of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and discuss crime in the Park and King retail corridor, as well as the measures being taken by the JSO to […]
Chicken ordinance may have been passed in haste
Avondale man in three-year battle over loose chickens Three months after the Jacksonville City Council passed an ordinance expanding a backyard hen pilot program, the City now finds itself moving quickly to establish a protocol for dealing with residents’ complaints about nuisance chickens and roosters. In July, The Resident reported on the Jacksonville City Council’s […]
Artwork mysteriously appears on Orsay’s building
When an old painted advertisement was revealed earlier this summer on the side of Restaurant Orsay, it generated a bit of local excitement. Now, some neighborhood residents are not amused at the recent addition. Early in August after the debris was cleared from the demolition site of the former Yesterday’s restaurant and bar, a mysterious […]
Avondale home has national curb appeal
Secret was kept for more than a year Terry and Walter Woodliefs’ “15 minutes of fame” was planned, but still arrived unexpectedly. It all started in April 2014 when the Woodliefs were invited to participate in a hush-hush project. Although Terry Woodlief first thought the invitation was at best a ploy to sign up for […]
For local VIPs, it’s Hemming time!
Nearly 80 local dignitaries, including City Council representatives and downtown business leaders, tasted local and craft brews during the Aug. 27 VIP Launch of the Hemming Park Beer Garden. For those who were fortunate enough […]
