Rotary Clubs, community partner to make children healthy
Long neglected park and track to get makeover You’ve often heard the old adage ‘Tis better to give than to receive’ but it’s so much easier to open the wallet when it’s a win-win proposition. The students who attend John Stockton Elementary School in Ortega Forest and families in the surrounding neighborhood will win big […]
City closer to adding a unique tourist attraction
Financing the remaining hurdle to bring the USS Charles Adams home Another hurdle has been leaped. Earlier this year The Resident reported that the success of bringing the guided missile destroyer USS Charles F. Adams to Jacksonville was dependent on jumping several hurdles, including financing, an exit strategy and the approval of City Council to […]
Riverside road opening in sight at Willowbranch
Last month marked one year that the bridge repair project was to have started on Riverside Avenue over Willowbranch Creek. What should have been a four-month project has taken, for a variety of reasons, 13 months – and that’s only if the project is completed this year. William Flick, Construction and Engineering Services Consultants, provided […]
Drainage project shuts down two-block stretch of Riverside Avenue to resident traffic
A two block stretch of Riverside Avenue from Stockton up to Osceola closed shortly before Thanksgiving for a three-week drainage project. Detours are in place until completion date, estimated for Dec. 9. Residents that reside within the construction area along Riverside Avenue from Stockton Street to Copeland Street will still have access to their homes […]
Chase Properties given first green light, with conditions
$800K deposit for Fishweir Creek one of several conditions At its Nov. 14 public hearing, the Planning Commission voted to approve the proposed St. Johns Village development, upholding the 16 conditions included in the Planning Department’s report. Among those conditions was a requirement that Chase Properties Inc. provide a deposit of $800,000, depositing it into […]
New bill to remove barriers to events in public places
Nonprofit event organizers look forward to streamlined application process – There were a lot of questions last month at the second of three Nonprofit Forums when the City’s Risk Management Division met with community stakeholders, nonprofit organizations, businesses, local officials and City Council members. In recent months, Risk Management has heard concerns from numerous event […]
“Crowdfunding” for teachers prevents dipping into own pockets
PowerUP Jax fuels classroom innovation – Many teachers – perhaps the vast majority – have been known to dip into their own wallets a time or two or more to purchase supplies for creative classroom projects. Now a new initiative launched by the Jacksonville Public Education Fund will make it easier for teachers to raise […]
Absence speaks louder than their words
Where were Lakewood residents? – Based on reports of Lakewood residents unhappy about the ad valorem tax increase, District 5 Councilwoman Lori Boyer was armed and ready to discuss the events leading up to City Council’s vote to increase property tax by 14 percent. The meeting could have been lively, at best, and contentious, at […]
