In 2020, the emergence of COVID-19 slowed the growth of downtowns across the country and drained the amount of foot traffic in Downtown Jacksonville to an all time low. Will 2021 be the year of a comeback for downtown? Looking forward to 2021, here are four trends, projects or issues that have the potential to change the urban core as we know it. Read More
Miami-based Related Group will seek conceptual approval from the Downtown Development Review Board (DDRB) for an eight-story, 333-unit apartment building on January 14th. The project would include a 535-space parking garage and be built on the site of River City Brewing Company. The project includes a restaurant overlooking Friendship Fountain that will require separate DDRB design approval. Here is the presentation illustrating the project's proposed conceptual design. Let us know what you think about the conceptual design.
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Nearly knocked down to make way for a parking lot, the Elena Flats building was saved when the Jacksonville Historic Preservation Commission and Jacksonville City Council elected to save the historic structure through landmarking in 2015. Read More
Anchoring Mid-Westside, Edward Waters College was founded in 1866 to educate the former enslaved and is the oldest private institution of higher education in the state of Florida. Located a mile west of Downtown Jacksonville, it is also the oldest historically Black college in Florida. Read More
