The 'Rabbit’s Foot Company' was a traveling black performance troupe that began in Jacksonville in 1900. The founder of the group, Patrick Chappelle, was born and raised in Jacksonville, and he started playing guitar with some friends around different hotels in the city, and eventually, across the whole state. In these first few years, the troupe had doubled in size, with performer William Rainey, and his wife, Gertrude, joining the group. Read More
Since the beginning of 2017, Downtown has seen more than $3.5 billion in completed, under construction and proposed development projects, such as the Barnett and Laura Street Trio. Downtown Jacksonville is on track to quickly beat the progress of the last 17 years combined. Here's a 12-month look at the progress made in Downtown Jacksonville in 2017. Read More
The mission of Groundwork Jacksonville is to build and connect Jacksonville’s Emerald Necklace. When complete the Emerald Necklace could encompass as much as 19-miles of new trails, greenspace, parks and waterways encircling the urban core and linking at least 14 neighborhoods and downtown to Hogans Creek, McCoys Creek, the S-Line Rail Trail and the Northbank and Southbank riverwalks. Read More
