Construction to begin soon on Southbank apartments
For months Southbank residents have been hearing about more than one sizeable construction project that will significantly change their skyline. At the end of June, the first of those projects will break ground. Alliance Residential Company, a development firm based in Phoenix, Arizona, plans to close on the old three-acre Crawdaddy site adjacent to the […]
FDOT finds compromise between bike lanes and on-street parking
When it comes to resurfacing State Road 13, known as Hendricks Avenue in San Marco, it’s been hard to please everyone, but the Florida Department of Transportation certainly has tried. After receiving pushback from the business community in a January public meeting when the FDOT proposed replacing on-street parking with a seven-foot dedicated bike lane […]
City Council approves controversial restaurant, 13-5
With just one more hurdle to overcome, The Roost, a restaurant proposed for development in a Riverside neighborhood, may become the next go-to place for dinner. On March 17 the Planned Unit Development (PUD) 2016-55 received unanimous approval by the Planning Commission, which removed certain conditions made by the Planning and Development Department in its […]
Funding in jeopardy for weekend trolley
Residents and visitors to the Riverside/Avondale Historic District need to step up usage of the weekend night trolley if the sponsored service is to continue past August. The Riverside/Avondale Night Trolley currently runs every Friday and Saturday from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m., thanks to sponsorships by 14 local businesses and restaurants. Those sponsorships will […]
Proposed 5 Points Concept Plan still in flux
If there’s one thing nearly everyone in 5 Points agrees about, it’s keeping the iconic beacon in place as the neighborhood landmark. What splits the community is the kind of traffic infrastructure that might be built around it. When concerns arose recently about the possibility of the 5 Points beacon being sacrificed for the intersection […]
Jacksonville pen women celebrate 90th anniversary
The Marabanong estate on Empire Point was a fitting location for the Jacksonville Branch of the National League of American Pen Women to celebrate its 90th anniversary April 9. Charter member Eliza M. Souvielle, who served as the first vice president of the newly formed Jacksonville chapter, lived in the historic mansion in 1926, when […]
Oriental Rugs make way for new gas station
April 6, 2016 signaled the end of an era for Oriental Rug House, a fixture on the east side stretch of Hendricks Avenue between Dunkin’ Donuts and Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church. A large track hoe and several industrial dumpsters were engaged to clear the property of trees and buildings on the three parcels, which had […]
Millers Creek board passes budget, sets assessment
Just under the wire with barely a quorum, the Millers Creek Special Tax District’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously March 28 in favor of a mandatory budget, which needed to be sent to the city by April 1. The city requires a tax district budget covering the period between July 1, 2016 and June 30, […]
Willowbranch Creek remediation settlement withdrawn
After more than a year in negotiation with the City of Jacksonville’s Regulatory Compliance Department (RCD), the Public Works Department – another City entity – chose to pay a $36,160 penalty and withdraw from a signed settlement. This agreement would have entered Public Works into a compliance plan with the Jacksonville Energy Authority (JEA) to […]
