5 Points Wendy’s to get a new look
Almost a year to the day residents and businesses in Riverside viewed plans and gave feedback for a brand-new Wendy’s restaurant on Park Street, the 42-year-old former structure was demolished. The demolition permit was issued Oct. 26 to Realco Recycling Company, which had bid $15,000 for complete structure demolition. Eleven days later the 20-foot-high, 2,144-square-foot […]
Brooklyn area to get new self-storage facility next year
More than a year after approval by the Downtown Development Review Board, a new self-storage facility is under construction at the site of what was once Knauer’s Hardware in the Brooklyn area. The Nuvo Company, with headquarters in Winter Park, Florida, plans to build a 5-story, 91,700-square-foot self-storage unit at 340 Myrtle Avenue between Elm […]
St. Johns Quarter residents to benefit from improved storm water drainage
For the next four months, residents on Osceola Street in Riverside will continue to be inconvenienced by road closures, noise, and torn-up sidewalks as the City of Jacksonville completes a six-month project to replace a collapsing storm drain leading from Riverside Avenue to the St. Johns River. The street is also collapsing due to failure […]
Circles Social Datebook & Charity Register Volume 3 Hits Newsstands
Guests at the 2017 National Philanthropy Day luncheon eagerly opened their copies of the third annual Circles Social Datebook & Charity Register, published by The Resident Community News Group. First premiered at the luncheon in 2015, the magazine has become a go-to guide for nonprofits and philanthropists in Northeast Florida. The focus for the 2017-2018 […]
Ventures Development approvals appealed by adjacent property owner
The proposed 13-story apartment project by Ventures Development Group has hit a bump in the road in its plan to develop a riverfront parcel on Prudential Drive. GV-IP Jacksonville Owner LLC, which owns the Aetna building, is appealing zoning deviations granted in August by the Downtown Investment Authority and in July by the Downtown Development […]
Women’s Center celebrates gift at opening of new center
The Women’s Center of Jacksonville received a special gift Oct. 10 during a pre-construction tour of the new Sexual Assault Forensic Exam (S.A.F.E.) Center at 5300 Emerson St. J. Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver, of Riverside, donated $500,000 to help renovate the building and offered an additional $500,000 matching grant for the project. “The Women’s […]
Attempted abduction, robbery at gunpoint
Dania Fadeley is, to borrow a phrase from super spy 007, shaken not stirred. A bartender for the past four years at The Brick Restaurant in the Shoppes of Avondale, Fadeley was robbed at gunpoint Oct. 17 after getting off work at 11 p.m. Surveillance cameras captured the crime scene, showing two men racing toward […]
Councilwoman Boyer shares plans for river activation
City Councilwoman Lori Boyer’s plan to activate use of the St. Johns River picked up momentum in the new city budget, though Hurricane damage will slow things down. Her goal is to have “rich, embellished landscaping with iconic features” along the downtown riverfront to help tell Jacksonville’s story and engage people in the river and […]
