Closing in on 900,000 residents, Jacksonville is a bustling Sunbelt city with a bright future. However, a visit to its Moncrief Road cemetery district suggests this African-American burial ground has seen better days. The Mayor's Budget Review Committee agrees. A multiyear effort to restore the segregation era cemeteries is included on a list of capital improvement recommendations headed to the desk of Mayor Lenny Curry for the 2018-19 city budget. Read More
On Monday, Danny Becton, the Jacksonville City Council member for the Eleventh District, officially welcomed Bentley Motors who has plans to open their 46th US dealership at J.T. Butler Blvd and I-95 on the Southwest corner. Read More
It's Jacksonville's oldest Chinese restaurant, but most Jaxsons likely believe it closed years ago. Who was the man behind Chopstick Charley's? Read More
The renaissance of Edgewood Avenue in Murray Hill into Jacksonville's next great walkable mixed-use street continues as Tex-Mex restaurant El Jefe opens for business. Read More
It's one of the oldest neighborhoods still standing in the heart of the city and it's probably a place you never heard of. Here's the story of West Lewisville, a historic African-American streetcar suburb that predates the Great Fire of 1901. Read More
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