Venetia neighborhood school gets new outdoor library
There’s probably nothing more natural for a book club to do than to promote reading outside its own circle. That’s just what the 7-year-old Venetia Book Club did when they decided to install not one, but two Little Free Libraries at Venetia Elementary School. Linda Hunter, a member of the club and 30-year resident of […]
Miramar student takes home gold at State Science Fair
Andrew (A.J.) Horkan of Miramar, a student at San Jose Catholic School, was the only Northeast Florida student to win his division at the Florida State Science Fair in Lakeland, March 28-30. Approximately 800 students from around the state presented their science projects at the three-day event, which included a junior and senior division and […]
Jacksonville waterways good proving ground for youth competitors
Growing up within sight of the water, it seems natural that youngsters would be drawn to St. Johns River-based recreational activities. That is indeed the case for a number of local girls and boys who participate in competitive sailing and rowing. Aiding these youngsters in their desire to explore sports on the water is the […]
Community celebration planned for Fishweir
From humble beginnings as a four-room school built on a cow pasture in 1917, Fishweir Elementary School today attracts students from all over Duval County as a visual performing arts magnet school and feeder for LaVilla School of the Arts. This month the school celebrates 100 years of education with festivities planned for Friday, May […]
The Way We Were: Catherine and Kara Williams
For 20 years, they were roommates. Now they are neighbors. The best of friends. Not every mother and daughter can say that, but Catherine and Kara Williams can. Until recently they lived together in the house on Thornwood Lane in San Marco that Catherine’s father bought in the 1940s. Now Kara, 54, lives across the […]
The Way We Were: Walter Ford Rogers, Jr.
At age 95, Walter Ford Rogers, Jr.’s memory has not faded. The Avondale native can still vividly recall the day in 1927 when President Calvin Coolidge traveled down Post Street in an open car, as well as the headlines announcing Charles Lindbergh’s flight across the Atlantic, and fighting with his unit behind enemy lines in […]
Downtown Investment Authority selects Shad Khan’s master plan for Shipyards
In his cover letter to the City of Jacksonville, Shahid Khan, president of Iguana Investments Florida and owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars, said he wants to move his proposed project from “world-class vision to a world-class reality.” “We believe the City’s vision and Iguana’s vision for the redevelopment of this property are perfectly aligned: mixed-use, […]
ADA sidewalk ramps first taken out, then replaced in San Marco
The Jacksonville Public Works Department discovered not everything the federal government demands makes sense when, in attempting to follow the letter of the law regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), it removed and sodded over more than 30 sidewalk ramps in the San Marco, only to be forced to put them back again. Jacksonville […]
Developers plan “less intense” Jackson Square development
Judd Bobilin of Orlando and Jeff Rosen of San Jose, principals of Chance Partners, have a motto for their development firm: “Changing the World…One Building at a Time.” Having developed successful infill projects in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and in Tallahassee, this year the duo has turned its sights toward two Jacksonville developments – the repurposing […]
