The City of Jacksonville has negotiated to provide 23 buildable acres to the University of Florida for the new graduate campus in downtown Jacksonville, pending an open and public disposition process. These parcels of land will begin moving through the Downtown Investment Authority process at the Retail Enhancement and Property Disposition Committee on February 13, followed by a full board vote on February 19. Upon DIA approval, the proposals will move to City Council. The first degree program is expected to begin in August 2025 with a main launch in 2026. Read More
It was the party of the century. It saved a building. It helped save a neighborhood. It was led by a conductor that never even worked in the rail industry. This is the story of the Station Celebration, a forgotten dispatch that rallied thousands of Jaxsons together to help save Jacksonville’s Union Terminal. Read More
Jacksonville, the birthplace of Southern rock, is also the final resting place of many who defined the genre. Photographer Chris Soldt takes a tour of Jacksonville's Southern rock graves. Read More
A year after a devastating fire destroyed the development before it was set to open, the RISE Doro multifamily project is under construction again. Read More