Baptist to reorient campus with new Wolfson critical care tower
Southbank’s concrete jungle of parking lots and high-rise buildings will get a touch of green space this spring when Baptist Health begins construction on a new $187 million Critical Care Tower at Wolfson Children’s Hospital, which will include a spacious park-like entrance to its medical campus. The new seven-story building will include a five-floor critical […]
At-Large candidates vie for San Marco’s Vote
Violent crime is the most pressing issue facing Jacksonville today agreed more than half of the At-Large City Council candidates during a Candidates Forum hosted by the San Marco Preservation Society Feb. 11. Thirteen of the 16 candidates who qualified to run At-Large shared their views before a capacity audience of San Marco voters in […]
Baptist Convention buildings razed, plans in the works
The walls were tumbling down at the old Florida Baptist Convention Center site at 1230 Hendricks Ave. in late February as developers made way to build more residential apartments and retail space in the South Jacksonville area. In June 2017, Florida Baptist Convention Inc. sold the property to Chadbourne II LLC for $6.15 million, according […]
Servicing the ‘last mile’ in San Marco
San Marco’s parking problem may be solved. Thanks to the efforts of Robert Harris, former president of the San Marco Merchants Association, and others, Beachside Buggies, the same free-ride transportation service that successfully serves the Jacksonville Beaches, will be expanding its micro-transit facilities to San Marco. The transportation company is branded at the Beach as […]
Medical aches, pains may soon be eased through marijuana retailer
A medical marijuana dispensary may be coming to a location in the historic 5 Points area. An application was filed in December 2018 with the City of Jacksonville’s Planning and Development Department for modifications to the former Fans & Stove Antiques Mall building at 1059 Park St. Many residents in the Riverside/Avondale area also know […]
Lane expansion project on Fuller Warren Bridge on time
Despite Hurricane Irma’s best efforts in 2017 to disrupt construction on the Fuller Warren Bridge expansion project, Archer Western Construction is a “little over halfway,” according to Daryl Goss, Florida Department of Transportation public information officer. “They expect to be complete late in the fall of 2020,” he said. The expansion, which includes a shared-use […]
Two well-established private schools agree to merge
Episcopal School of Jacksonville (ESJ) and Beaches Episcopal School (BES) announced the two schools will become one on July 1, 2020. After thorough discussion and an in-depth review, the governing boards of ESJ and BES, the Diocese of Florida, and St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church voted unanimously to merge BES into ESJ to continue their […]
Residents ask for lower speed limit on Ardsley Road
Ardsley Road residents who attended the District 5 community meeting on Jan. 17 were in agreement about the need for traffic-calming measures in their Miramar neighborhood. The meeting was led by District 5 City Councilwoman Lori Boyer and Chris LeDew, City of Jacksonville chief of traffic engineering, who described the process of approving traffic-calming requests […]
