Study recommended for Metro Park event alternatives
Concert promoters not interested in other venues By Lara Patangan Resident Community News Ongoing discussions involving the future of mega concert events at Metropolitan Park appear to be on their own version of a summer road trip, with ideas traveling west from Cecil Commerce Center, to a potential new facility on the Northside, south to […]
Councilwoman Boyer keeping finger on pulse of San Marco
Looking forward to checking off completed projects By Kate A. Hallock Resident Community News District 5 Councilwoman Lori Boyer is a very busy woman. As chair of the Land Use & Zoning Committee (LUZ), she’s keeping her eye on the development, building and remodeling that’s heating up again after five long years of stasis. In […]
Local companies help create prosthetic lab in Haiti
By Kate A. Hallock Resident Community News Haiti continues to be a challenge, with hurricanes, mudslides and cholera, according to Dr. John Lovejoy, a retired orthopedic surgeon who lives in St. Nicholas. But due to the support (to the tune of more than $250,000) from local companies such as Atlantic Marine, Suddath Van Lines, Jack […]
Sweet reality show set in historic Springfield
Jacksonville, more specifically, historic Springfield, has a new celebrity in town. From Peter and Allison Behringer, the folks who brought you sea salt caramels and other delectable organic candies, comes a new reality show, Sweet Pete’s The Show. According to Behringer’s publicist Chris Sams, Sweet Pete’s The Show is visually stunning programming with a full […]
Agencies and businesses work together to save homeless pets
By Kate A. Hallock Resident Community News Nancy Williams of The Haskell Group, who is also a volunteer with Friends of Jacksonville Animals, recently invited Riverside area businesses to a luncheon for the purpose of getting information out about Animal Care and Protective Services (ACPS) and what the area businesses can do to help in […]
Jessie Ball duPont Fund to repurpose the Haydon Burns Library
Downtown building to provide green home for nonprofit, philanthropic organizations By Nancy Lee Bethea Resident Community News The Haydon Burns Library, located at the corner of Downtown’s Ocean and Adams streets, housed books, periodicals, music and more for four decades. Now it holds collective memories of generations who grew up watching puppet shows or fingering […]
Bicycling in Jacksonville not for faint of heart
Avid cyclists want safe, dedicated bike lanes By Kate A. Hallock Resident Community News For a city that has one of the nation’s most eclectic neighborhoods with environmentally-friendly residents and those who can be considered minimalists when it comes to bicycling over driving, Jacksonville has a terrible reputation. In fact, it has been rated the […]
Intolerant neighbors put an end to fundraising events at local brewery
Intuition Aleworks fined for noise violations According to a press release from the Intuition Aleworks, a residential neighbor filed complaints about the noise coming from fundraising events in the craft brewery’s open-air space at 720 King Street. Cari Sanchez-Potter stated in the release, “It is with heavy heart that we announce that we are no […]
