Women’s Center announces community initiative to expand
Each year The Women’s Center of Jacksonville hosts an appreciation event to thank its major donors and sponsors for their ongoing support. Although the Choc-olate and Champagne Reception this year followed Valentine’s Day by a week, it was no less sweet to unveil a new community initiative and expansion plan. In October 2014, the Women’s […]
Tree canopy survey will help create a tree culture
Residents could get a better understanding of how many trees grow in Jacksonville if the City Council approves the funding for a comprehensive survey of the tree canopy. Last month the city Environmental Protection Board approved a $103,000 proposal from Greenscape and Public Trust Environmental Legal Institute of Florida for a citywide tree survey. The […]
FDOT begins I-10/Fuller Warren Bridge expansion project
It will be business as usual for the Riverside Arts Market during Phase I of the Florida Department of Transportation’s I-10/Fuller Warren Bridge expansion project, scheduled to begin around April 1. The $125 million project is in the design-build phase, according to Odette Struys, FDOT public information officer. She said it will begin this spring, […]
Renovations finished at Towers of Jacksonville
The renovations at The Towers of Jacksonville, a riverfront senior living facility located at 1400 E. LeBaron Ave. in San Marco, are finished and several dozen apartments are available to bless older residents on a fixed income. Built in 1972, the former Baptist Towers building, a riverfront high-rise adjacent to Nemours Children’s Specialty Care, was […]
Real estate market moving, heating up
Although there may be some debate among real estate brokers as to whether the temperature of the housing market in the historic districts is “hot,” “super hot,” or merely “warming,” one thing is for certain: inventory is low and well-located properties, in good condition and which are priced right, do not sit on the market […]
Aging in Place
If Kris Barnes of Granada has her way, the well-used statement ‘It takes a village’ will apply to seniors and not just to the concept of raising children. Barnes and nine friends who hail from San Marco, San Jose, Lakewood, and the Southbank are in the process of researching whether it makes sense to establish […]
Boyer outlines future public access improvements on Southbank
As she eyes the future development of Jacksonville’s Southbank, it is Jacksonville City Council President Lori Boyer’s intention to make sure the public has plenty of access to the St. Johns River. In February, Boyer shared with The Resident a “working graphic,” which she said she uses when discussing future Southbank Riverwalk improvements, water taxi […]
Settlement reached on riverfront development
Three weeks after nearly 60 residents of Park Plaza and members of the Garden Club of Jacksonville met with a representative of TriBridge Residential to voice concerns about the proposed apartment complex between Lomax Street and Bishopgate Lane, the parties’ attorneys pulled together an eleventh-hour compromise to prevent yet another two-week deferral on the Land […]
