City’s first Eco-Counter dedicated on Northbank Riverwalk
More than 30 guests gathered at Corkscrew Park on the Northbank Nov. 17, to dedicate Jacksonville’s first Eco-Counter, a permanent bicycle and pedestrian tracker. Included among the crowd were representatives from Downtown Vision, the City of Jacksonville (COJ) Parks Recreation and Community Services, Downtown Investment Authority (DIA), JTC Running, Black Girls Do Bike, Major Taylor […]
Fundraising campaign to make magic for Theatre Jacksonville
As 2020 draws to a close, Theatre Jacksonville is ready to make some magic happen! With the help of a matching grant initiative through the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, donations from Dec.1 – 31 will do just that. Any gift of up to $500 given to Theatre Jacksonville’s Make Magic in 2020 campaign by December […]
City hears residents’ concerns, agrees to widen Willow Branch Creek
In response to concerns from Riverside Avondale Preservation, the city will widen the channel of Willow Branch Creek, which is currently under construction as part of a restoration project. Nearby residents and RAP were alarmed when they learned that the contractor was narrowing the creek from 17 feet to 12 feet near its mouth, which […]
Reader concerned off-road biking will damage beloved park
I write to express my concern and opposition to the off-road bicycling competition held within Willowbranch Park every Thursday during the month of October. This event that happens each fall creates scars across the landscape that may take years to recover. As an off-road cyclist and a Riverside resident, I, too, understand the particular enjoyment […]
Team from Berkshire Hathaway helps make dreams come true
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Network Realty enjoys supporting Dreams Come True of Jacksonville, an organization that helps brighten the lives of children who are battling life-threatening illnesses. Team members from the Northeast Florida real estate firm recently participated in the charity’s Trunk or Treat event and Virtual 5K race, where team members raised $4,370 for […]
Historic incentives breath life into urban development
Preserving historic buildings is a key element to the redevelopment of downtown and now there’s a new tool available in the form of city incentives that will help cover some of the extra expenses that come with refurbishing an old building. The incentives were approved by the City Council in October, and Lori Boyer, CEO […]
The Way We Were: Joe Joseph
“I’ve seen Jacksonville change over the past 70 years,” said Joe Joseph. Joe is the first generation of the Joseph family to be born in America, in Jacksonville’s St. Vincent’s Hospital in 1947. His family established themselves in Florida in stages. His great-grandfather immigrated to Tarpon Springs on Florida’s west coast in the late 1890s […]
The Way We Were: Jimmy Kelly
We reap what we sow, the saying goes. There’s a Jacksonville man who’s living proof. Jimmy Kelly, a native Floridian raised in Ortega, is a civic-minded man. He has helped hundreds of kids in our community, and animals, too. The joy he gives always comes back. Kelly was born in late November of 1951 at […]
‘Tis the Season
With just a week to go before the Thanksgiving holiday, Balis Park in San Marco was beginning to look a lot like Christmas, thanks to the ladies from the San Marco Garden Circle. Led by Ginny Taylor and Elizabeth McGraw, co-chairs of the Circle’s Holiday Decorating Committee, 10 members of the gardening group gathered on […]
