Emerald Trail News Today

By 2031, the goal is for the trail to stretch 30 miles from Lackawanna to the East side and San Marco to Brentwood.

The LaVilla and Brooklyn areas in Jacksonville are now connected. The first link of the Emerald Trail is complete, stretching 1.3 miles from Brooklyn to New Town.

The city of Jacksonville will celebrate the completion of the first link of the Emerald Trail on Monday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony that has been years in the making.

The CEO and founding partner of Jacksonville's Phoenix Arts and Innovation District discusses the community insight gathered to help the area thrive.

Jacksonville’s downtown revitalization project is one step closer to completion.

It will take months before the city reviews the deal for the new stadium, but on Tuesday, the council will discuss an ordinance to extend the city’s consultant contract for one more year.

The first homeowners at Johnson Commons at LaVilla moved into the downtown neighborhood in mid-March. Johnson Commons is a development of 91 townhomes.

An effort to revitalize one of the city’s oldest African American neighborhoods in Jacksonville was delayed again. At tonight’s city council meeting, council members tabled a move to give Durkeeville thousands of dollars in federal funding.

Affordable housing is a consistent issue as inflation continues to make homeownership more difficult for certain communities.

CSX on Tuesday announced it is donating $10 million to the Jacksonville Museum of Science & History (MOSH) which is working to build a new museum near the Jacksonville Jaguars stadium at Lot X.