Special Unscheduled Conference with Mayor Peyton

Without warning, Mayor John Peyton dropped in on the MetroJacksonville.com Board meeting to discuss a number of issues, foremost of which was the embattled nomination of Brad Thoburn to Planning Director for the City of Jacksonville. Accompanied by Policy Chief, Adam Hollingsworth and a security...

National Director Search Yield Results in Orlando and Charlotte

While the debate over whether or not to waive the city law that requires our Planning Director to have planning experience (sounds crazy, I know) continues, we thought it would be worthwhile to do a little research on how a couple of other cities about our size have handled the hiring process for a Planning...

Northbank Riverwalk Collapses under weight of City's Incompetence

Engineering consultants had marked the piers as structurally deficient in inspection reports dating back to 2002.

Happy New Year!

Stay tuned. 2007 is sure to be an exciting year for Downtown Jacksonville.

Mike Weinstein Drops Out of the Race

As of 2:30pm Monday afternoon, Mike Weinstein has officially dropped out of the race for Mayor of Jacksonville. In a surprising turn, he decided to actively endorse Mayor Peyton as the best man for the job.Listen to an extensive explanation of the deciding factors that ended his short-lived run.

Metro Jacksonville Presents to the City of Lakeland

Last week, a delegation of 14 city officials and corporate leaders from Lakeland, FL spent a few days in Jacksonville for their annual Economic Development Council trip. Although the busy agenda included presentations by Ron Barton, Jerry Mallot, Ed Burr, John Delaney and Wayne Weaver, the delegation...

Farmer's Market breaks ground on new sheds

As promised, Beaver Street Fisheries is in a rush to replace and demolish the existing farmer's market. A trip to the site this past weekend revealed that construction had already started on the new market. The good news is the decrepit existing structures are being replaced with an all new facility....

Happy Thanksgiving!

Relocate Farmer's Market? Metro Jacksonville takes heat!

Surprisingly, Metro Jacksonville’s push to have the market relocated closer to downtown was met with a lot of negativity. So much we’re compelled to respond to what appears to be several misconceived notions from those who apparently did not read our previous articles or failed to grasp...

Freebird Live abandons plans to move to Atlantic Beach

In a recent Times Union article, Freebird owner Judy Van Zant-Jenness announced that she has given up on trying to relocate the live music venue from Jacksonville Beach to Atlantic Theatres in Atlantic Beach. It was too difficult, Van Zant-Jenness said. It would have been just too hard to run my business....