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Jacksonville Jaguars President Mark Lamping, MOSH representatives and DIA CEO Lori Boyer gave presentations on their plans for public and private waterfront projects. ....
09:40 PM EST Share Jacksonville Jaguars President Mark Lamping, MOSH representatives and DIA CEO Lori Boyer gave presentations on their plans for public and private waterfront projects. Jacksonville public officials held a public workshop Feb. 23 with Downtown stakeholders to respond to public criticism that there’s a lack of planning for the St. Johns riverfront. In a presentation at the Jacksonville Main Library, Downtown Investment Authority CEO Lori Boyer used the agency’s Downtown Jacksonville Conceptual 2025 Redevelopment Master Plan to show how she sees proposed riverfront private and public space development being planned to complement each other. “In recent months we have repeatedly heard from members of the public and in the media that there is no master plan for Downtown and we are simply looking at projects piecemeal,” Boyer said. “In fact there is.” ....
Two city events next week will focus on Downtown riverfront development and improving Jacksonville’s urban core. Downtown On Feb. 22, Mayor Lenny Curry will have a public discussion with corporate leaders and public officials with a “vested interest in Downtown Jacksonville.” The 9 a.m. meeting in Multi-purpose Room 1 at the Jacksonville Main Library is open to the public. In addition to Curry, it will be attended by: • The Vestcor Companies Chairman John Rood. The homebuilder has been increasing its Downtown multifamily housing portfolio since 2007 and opened its 133-unit workforce housing community Lofts at Brooklyn on Feb. 11. • Fidelity National Information Services Inc. Chairman and CEO Gary Norcross. The Jacksonville-based, global financial technology firm is building a 12-story, $156 million world headquarters in Brooklyn. ....