Jordache Avery has built one of Atlantaâs most in-demand modern architecture firms
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If youâve recently visited the BeltLineâs Eastside Trail, driven down Interstate 75 near the Chattahoochee River, or ridden MARTA near the airport, youâve passed a part of the city touched by architect Jordache Avery. Not yet 40, the Florida native has built a practice that is now one of the busiest boutique firms in the city, having completed more than $100 million worth of projects.
But success was far from certain when he arrived in Atlanta on the brink of the Great Recessionâa fresh college grad inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright in a city more enamored with Philip Trammell Shutze. Moreover, while storied Black-owned firms like Turner Associates and Stanley, Love-Stanley are nationally recognized commercial practices here, Black residential architects are still rare. So, Avery started small, by tearing down his own house.
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Student of the Week: Veda Garg from Stanton College Preparatory School
While maintaining a 4.79 GPA, she joined the post-pandemic task force with the Zuckerberg Institute to voice concerns about the pandemic with big industry leaders. Author: Brooks Baptiste (First Coast News) Published: 7:32 AM EST January 29, 2021 Updated: 7:33 AM EST January 29, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. From founding the finance and investment club at her school, to playing lacrosse and maintaining a 4. 79 GPA, Veda Garg enjoys staying busy.
She’s a senior at Stanton College Preparatory School, where she is the Multicultural Association s Dance Team leader and the Indian Cultural Society choreographer.
Garg joined the post-pandemic task force with the Zuckerberg Institute last summer, to voice concerns about the pandemic with big industry leaders.
Isaiah Rumlin has come to expect calls from the media ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
As head of the NAACP s Jacksonville branch, he got them again this year because for the third year in a row there will be separate citywide breakfasts to honor the slain civil rights leader where there used to be one. Friday the local NAACP will host the 34th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Empowerment Breakfast, while City Hall will have its 34th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast.
Both will be virtual. A parade follows Monday in downtown Jacksonville.
That s why for the past two years the NAACP decided to have its own breakfast rather than go downtown and shake hands for two hours at the city event, he said. And that s why the group will likely continue to host its own version in the future.
Lenny Curry to their schools and virtual classroom on Jan. 5.
Caden Cohen, a fifth-grader at Central Riverside Elementary,
Charlotte Kessler, an eighth-grader at LaVilla School of the Arts, and
Jagger Leach, a senior at Stanton College Preparatory School, got the news in front of their teachers and classmates.
Tomorrow’s Leaders recognizes youth who exemplify the philosophies of King through leadership, community volunteerism and civic responsibility.
“Our children are our future and these students in particular have written essays that came from their hearts and from the impact that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has made on their lives,” Curry said. “It is an honor for me to congratulate and surprise these deserving Duval County students who work hard every day in their classrooms, their homes and in their communities.”