Bryan Moll, CEO of Gateway Jax, is in charge of what could be one of Jacksonville’s largest and most ambitious projects in recent years. In September, he announced a $500 million mixed-use development project downtown. Read the article
The community benefits agreement included the plan to renovate EverBank Stadium into the Jacksonville Jaguars “Stadium of the Future” makes the difference between voters supporting the plan or rejecting it, according to a University of North Florida Public Opinion Research Lab poll released May 28. Mayor Donna Deegan’s administration and the Jaguars announced a $1.4 … Read more
For the first time in nearly a decade, Premier League soccer is coming back to the First Coast. English soccer clubs West Ham United and Wolverhampton Wanderers will play a preseason match at Jacksonville’s EverBank Stadium at 7 p.m. July 27. The match is part of the inaugural Stateside Cup, a three-team tournament that also … Read more
At long last, several high-profile parks in Downtown Jacksonville have opened this year, with more on the way in the coming months. Friendship Fountain reopened in February, the Emerald Trail’s LaVilla Link launched this week, and Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing Park will open in June, putting 2024 on track to be the most significant … Read more
For Jacksonville University and the University of North Florida, calls to the office of their athletic conference are about to get a whole lot less distant. The ASUN Conference is moving its headquarters to Jacksonville during the summer, commissioner Jeff Bacon announced Wednesday in a press conference at City Hall. The 46-year-old conference would become … Read more
In order to help aspiring entrepreneurs — from restaurant owners to high-tech movers and shakers — maximize their chances for long-term prosperity, WalletHub compared the relative startup opportunities that exist in 100 U.S. cities. They did so using 19 key metrics, ranging from the five-year business-survival rate to labor costs to office-space affordability. Read the … Read more
Contentious talks between the owner of the Laura Street Trio and city leaders ended without any breakthroughs on redeveloping the historic buildings that have become as well-known recently as a symbol of downtown stagnation as they once were signs of Jacksonville’s rebirth a century ago. Read the article
Mike Weinstein, the city’s lead negotiator, gave city council a timeline Tuesday night with moving forward for the deal and touched on a variety of topics. Read the article
Jacksonville is getting a $147 million federal grant for work on 15 miles of the long-planned Emerald Trail network of urban green spaces, local and federal officials said Wednesday. Read the article