Excellence in healthcare unsustainable without philanthropic giving
Jacksonville is home to the area’s only locally owned and governed healthcare system. That system receives more than 242,000 visits to its emergency centers annually and it includes five MagnetTM- designated hospitals, with 1,101 beds. (A Magnet designation is the gold standard for excellence in patient care and fewer than seven percent of hospitals in […]
Miss Margie’s house demolished for Hallmark Partners project
RAP concerned about demolition of 90-year-old building – Miss Margie’s house stood at the end of Bishopgate Lane for nearly 90 years, now it is gone. Gone without conversation, debate or compromise. Gone without consideration for its historic significance. Demolished into unsalvageable rubble to make way for a Hallmark Partners residential project, the process leading […]
Artist’s gift of time and talent will be a lasting treasure
There’s nothing better than the surprise and delight of unexpected encounters with art. Through the efforts of organizations such as the Cultural Council’s Art in Public Places, residents are exposed – in a positive way – to a variety of artists’ works. But even the Cultural Council received a nice surprise early last month when […]
Billboard companies seeking ordinance to go digital
Opponents invoking 1987 referendum to keep City free of ‘blight’ – Sign, sign everywhere a sign … and if efforts by some local advocates are any indication, it’s a sure sign that they don’t want them. Proposed legislation could reverse components of a 1987 charter amendment passed by a voter referendum which stopped the construction […]
Third time’s no charm for Commander development; density still biggest concern
Developer moves forward with final plans – Despite vowing in July that he would “continue to work these plans until we come up with a win-win for everybody,” Chase Properties president and CEO Michael Balanky has filed final plans after a public meeting with residents for the third and final time early last month. “We’re […]
Health official remind residents to avoid “green slime” in rivers
High levels of algal toxins found in St. Johns River On October 7, 2013, St. Johns Riverkeeper took two algae samples from the St. Johns River to GreenWater Laboratories in Palatka for analysis. The test results detected total microcystin toxin levels at 1085 and 2080 micrograms per liter, or more than 50 and 100 times […]
Library to stay open, but future unwritten
Tax district would help By Lara Patangan Resident Community News Now that the chapter on library closings has been written for fiscal year 2014, advocates of the straw ballot initiative hope that the story for Jacksonville Public Libraries takes a new twist by moving forward to become an independent tax district. Originally six City libraries […]
Church art ministry presents juried exhibit
Jacksonville Artist Guild at Hendricks Avenue Baptist By Kate A. Hallock Resident Community News Continuing the Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church tradition of building community partnerships, its Art Ministry team has joined forces with the Jacksonville Artist Guild to present a juried exhibition in the Transitional Gallery. The public is cordially invited to the opening of […]
