Jaguars announce plans for Downtown development Jun 03, 2021 at 10:45 AM Copied!
June 3, 2021 – Jacksonville, Fla. – The Jacksonville Jaguars, together with their affiliated real estate development entity of Iguana Investments, today announced their development plans for Downtown Jacksonville including The Jacksonville Shipyards, a multi-faceted project that will feature a Four Seasons Hotel and Residences, a Class A office building, an orthopedic sports medicine complex and improvements to the city-owned marina and public spaces.
Also included in today s presentation were details about the vision for a football performance center, which will be the first step in creating the Stadium of the Future for Jaguars fans, and community investment plans to support Downtown and its surrounding neighborhoods.
Guest column: First Coast Relief Fund celebrates fifth anniversary
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As we warily start the 2021 hurricane season, we are also marking the fifth anniversary of the First Coast Relief Fund. It was around this time in 2016 when The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida, the Jessie Ball du Pont Fund, and United Way of Northeast Florida began asking: how would we as a community respond philanthropically to a local disaster?
At the time, the question was hypothetical.
Months later, Hurricane Matthew blew through Northeast Florida, and the question was no longer hypothetical. With only a preliminary outline of a proposed disaster fund, the three original collaborators, plus the Jewish Federation and Foundation of Northeast Florida and United Way of St. Johns County, managed to launch Florida’s First Coast Relief Fund now the First Coast Relief Fund over the course of one long weekend. Mayor Lenny Curry and the City of Jacksonville publicly supported the effort and hi
Jacksonville’s ‘Fourth of July Fireworks Celebration’ returns
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The City of Jacksonville announced Tuesday that the city’s Fourth of July Fireworks Celebration will return this year at multiple locations throughout Duval County to celebrate the nation’s independence.
At each location, the City of Jacksonville is offering a spectacular fireworks display that will begin at 9:45 p.m. on Sunday, July 4, 2021.
“With the success of our celebrations last year, we’d like to maintain that momentum and create an even better experience,” Mayor Lenny Curry said. “Residents and visitors alike will have six locations to choose from to view the fireworks celebration with their family and friends.”
The City of Jacksonville on Monday hosted a virtual Memorial Day observance in recognition of the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice by giving their lives in service to our country.
For 2019 and 2020, the city funded the two sites that kicked off the program with $3.4 million total. They added $1.5 million for 2021. The $470,000 for the start-up of the third site on the westside is the first money to not come out of the city coffers.
In addition, city staff are currently working on the budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which will ask for $2.4 million total for the three sites: $800,000 each.
Cure Violence, a Chicago-based program that has been implemented in cities across the country, is designed to prevent violence . Dozens of trained community members, most of whom have also previously had brushes with the law, are sent out into specific zip codes to intervene when violent crime occurs by talking with family and friends of victims. The goal: stop retaliatory violence and ultimately stop the spread of violence altogether.