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An anonymous donor has given $100,000 to Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. The gift will be used to address racism and economic disparity in the community. A multi-denomination group with members from Trinity A.M.E. Zion Church, Blacknall A.M.E. Zion Church, and Brownson Church, is seeking suggestions from the community regarding the use and allocation of this gift. The first round of grant applications is due on April 30. In 2018, the same donor provided a $50,000 donation to the church asking that “it be put to work by investing in something...

JWB Real Estate Capital President Alex Sifakis describes the inside of the abandoned, 96-year-old Florida Baptist Convention Building at 218 W. Church St. in downtown Jacksonville this way. "It looks like 'Jumanji,'" he said. "You’ve got skylights that are just holes in the roof and ferns growing in there. You can see from the outside the bricks are falling off. When you’re inside you can see the potential, but it also looks like a lot of work.” The five-story building designed by famed architect Henry John Klutho is the polar opposite in many ways from the $450 million Lot J deve...

05:10 AM EST Share Developer Steve Atkins plans to start work in 2021 on the Downtown project that could become part of the Marriott Autograph brand. SouthEast Development Group LLC Managing Director Steve Atkins said Dec. 14 Marriott is reviewing the proposed Laura Street Trio adaptive reuse project Downtown as a candidate for its Autograph Collection of hotels. SouthEast Development Group LLC Managing Director Steve Atkins intends to transform the Laura Street Trio into a mixed-use development with a hotel and grocery. The possibility of raising the Trio hotel’s profile fr...

>> let me correct you. in the gop tax plan there's something called the urban revitalization program. >> right there. urban. i said black. >> can i -- can i finish -- [inaudible conversations] >> did not have a government grant and i was independent as a comp but at the end of the day there were no loan access and we did not have entrepreneurship at the end of the day i had no mentorship it is not urban charities and not about -- [inaudible conversations] sorry, i'm black so i have personal -- >> people who live in urban areas. >> not good enough. >> so latino people are -- i'm just tired of p...

>> let me correct you. in the gop tax plan there's something called the urban revitalization program. >> right there. urban. i said black. >> can i -- can i finish -- [inaudible conversations] >> did not have a government grant and i was independent as a comp but at the end of the day there were no loan access and we did not have entrepreneurship at the end of the day i had no mentorship it is not urban charities and not about -- [inaudible conversations] sorry, i'm black so i have personal -- >> people who live in urban areas. >> not good enough. >> so latino people are -- i'm just tired of p...