Longtime plans come together as final beam rises to rest atop new critical care tower
Leaders with Baptist Health, Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville and Wolfson Children’s Hospital celebrated a major construction milestone for the new Baptist Jacksonville Entry Building/Wolfson Children’s Critical Care Tower with a “Topping Out” Ceremony Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. During the Topping Out Ceremony, construction crew members ceremoniously raised the final structural beam to the top of […]
Regency Centers breaks ground at East San Marco site
It’s official. The long vacant East San Marco site at the corner of Hendricks Avenue and Atlantic Boulevard is finally being developed. Regency Centers Corporation called a few select dignitaries together Feb. 16 to hold the official groundbreaking event on the site of what will eventually become the East San Marco shopping center. Members of […]
RAP celebrates neighborhood’s best with annual awards
Two homes, an animal hospital, a new coffee shop, and park flower beds were among the honorees during the Riverside Avondale Preservation awards that were presented virtually during the nonprofit’s annual meeting Feb. 18. More than 70 residents tuned in on Zoom to attend RAP’s first virtual annual meeting Feb. 18. Speaking at the event […]
Baptist joins Blue Zones in planning Jacksonville’s well-being transformation
In its quest to make Jacksonville a healthier and happier place to be, Baptist Health has invited Blue Zones to bring its expertise in well-being innovation to Jacksonville. The first phase is a Blue Zones Activate assessment and feasibility study that will help determine how to make Jacksonville a healthier and happier place to live, […]
Neighborhood volunteers put sparkle in Venetia Gates
Thanks to neighborhood volunteers, the 90-plus-year-old Venetia Gates at the intersection of Yacht Club Road and Ortega Boulevard have been repaired and sparkle once again. The gates had been the victim of a hit-and-run in the summer of 2019, which left huge concrete pieces in the road and on the sidewalk. Without a neighborhood association […]
Riverside’s Cherry Museum elevates yard art to its finest
Move over Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, there is a new “micro” art gallery in Riverside. Visible only to pedestrians, joggers, and perhaps slow-moving cyclists, the new Cherry Museum sits adjacent to Cherry Street, just inside the walls of the Riverside Avenue home of nationally renowned artist Lana Shuttleworth and her husband, Jacksonville Architectural […]
Letter to the Editor
Hello Marcia Many people have contacted me about the articles published. I think everyone in town reads Resident Community News – from cover to cover. I do and apparently so does everyone else! I appreciate you more than you know – your article has helped to remind about missing children. Thank you for your kindness […]
