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Oyster Fest 2026!

Join the community at the 2nd annual Oyster Fest! There will be a live band, DJ, great food, local vendors, a Kid Zone, dancing, and laughter. Read More

Alice Kilpatrick and the Richmond Hotel

In the first decades of the twentieth century, when segregation narrowed opportunity and Black mobility was constrained by law, custom, and violence, African American women quietly built institutions that sustained community life. Among them was Alice Kirkpatrick, a Jacksonville businesswoman whose life’s work placed her at the center of Black enterprise, civic organization, and cultural exchange during the Jim Crow era. Read More

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