An editorial by Jacksonville City Councilman Danny Becton regarding the future of Downtown Jacksonville: We have to Decide What We Want, Not Wait for Others Tell Us What We Need. Read More
The Mayor’s office points to demolitions downtown as proof of a culture of action. However, taxpayers are not being told the entire story as costs escalate and delays continue to mount. Read More
On Wednesday, the city of Jacksonville officially took ownership of the Jacksonville Landing, with intentions of immediately removing many minority owned small businesses and razing the place as soon as possible. While the Mayor's Office continues its efforts to limit public engagement regarding the Landing’s future, a troubling trend of historically inaccurate storytelling around the topic is appearing more and more in recent media reports. Here is a quick look at what came out of the most recent public engagement process and how the Mayor's plan is dramatically different and underwhelming at best. Read More
The story of Jacksonville’s Grande Boulevard Mall is one that can be described as a retail dream gone horribly wrong, yet the end result achieving the original vision of Victor Gruen, the architect of the first modern mall. Read More
