Could downtown historic preservation be a game changer?

It's no secret that Downtown Jacksonville's vibrancy and authenticity has been set back in recent years by continued demolitions of urban building stock, leaving the core filled with potholes of pedestrian hostile surface parking lots and sodded fields of inactivity. For anyone interested in Downtown revitalization and sustainability, a change in public policy is in order and desperately needed. Now, a major change could be on the way.