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Revitalizing Neighborhoods: DC's Near Northeast
Washington, DC is nationally known for the rapid gentrification of its urban core during the last decade. Now, a modern streetcar system scheduled to open in late 2013 is fueling the revitalization of another. Believe it or not, there's something Jacksonville can learn from this community's revitalization...
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Do It Yourself Town Square: Dallas 2010
Urban living activists in Dallas took matters into their own hands, and with a little paint, a little enthusiasm, and some solid urban lifestyle principles transformed a horrible overexposed public intersection into an awesome funky, well used public thoroughfare. "Crowd Sourced Place Making" is a way...
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Elements of Urbanism: Montgomery, AL
Metro Jacksonville takes a look at the downtown of Alabama's capitol city to see if there's something we can learn from their experience that could be applicable to our own efforts to revitalize downtown Jacksonville.
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Urban Neighborhoods: Cleveland's University Circle
Metro Jacksonville takes a look at one of the Midwest's most rapidly growing urban employment centers: Cleveland's University Circle.
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Elements of Urbanism: Portland
Many claim they want downtown Jacksonville to be vibrant. However, most have no idea of what a vibrant urban mid-sized city looks like at street level. They say a picture can speak a thousand words. So instead of spending time explaining urban vibrancy, this photo essay of downtown Portland, Oregon visually...
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Elements of Urbanism: Champaign/Urbana
Shahid Khan, the most prominent figure that links Champaign/Urbana, Illinois to Jacksonville, proudly flies a Jacksonville Jaguars flag outside of his Flex-N-Gate corporate headquarters in Urbana. The twin cities lie less than five miles from one another, creating a close-knit community the locals refer...
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10 Neighborhoods That Tourist Haven't Discovered
According to Libby McMillan from 10Best.com, here are ten notable up & coming urban neighborhoods across the country that still remain secrets to the outside world.
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State Thomas Neighborhood: An Urban Bartram Park
Now that we've had a chance to take a close look at Bartram Park (http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2013-may-suburban-density-bartram-park), Metro Jacksonville takes advantage of Google Earth Streetview to illustrate the impact of modifying land use and zoning policies to encourage human scale...
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Revitalizing Neighborhoods: Chicago's Roscoe Village
Metro Jacksonville continues its tour through select neighborhoods that have been allowed to densify without suburban parking requirements. Although locally we tend to overlook the impact of having vibrant urban core neighborhoods outside of downtown, today we highlight a Chicago neighborhood that is...
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Does Downtown Jacksonville Need A Sugar Daddy?
In an email to Metro Jacksonville, a concerned follower shares work of Dan Gilbert in downtown Detroit and ponders if Jacksonville needs someone similar to step up locally.
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