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Losing Springfield Plastics
Springfield Plastics, built in 1922 and located on small commercial strip of Pearl Street, has become a building in need of protection. Its story is the same with many commercial properties in Springfield -- once proud structures which provided jobs and products for the neighborhood, now stand vulnerable...
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For and Against: The Mobility Fee Moratorium (2013-094)
In what is shaping up to be a battle of David and Goliath, Metro Jacksonville continues to stand up to big business interests to illustrate how a three year moratorium (2013-094) on the mobility fee places Jacksonville's taxpayers in a bad financial position. Today, we respond to pro moratorium talking...
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DVI: Existing Mobility Plan Benefits Downtown
According to Downtown Vision's advocacy blog, the mobility plan should be allowed to run its course. Today, Metro Jacksonville shares DVI's position on Councilman Clark's proposed mobility plan moratorium and why they believe it would detract from Downtown revitalization efforts.
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Jim Bailey: Enough is Enough.
We have an African-American mayor and the owner of our NFL team is from Pakistan. Yet, for whatever reasons, Jacksonville seems to go out of its way to carry a brand of intolerance like a badge of honor. Perhaps other cities are faced with similar issues and we just seem to find a way to receive most...
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Top 10 Reasons to Support Locally Owned Businesses
the Institute for Local Self-Reliance provides us with their top ten reasons to support locally owned businesses.
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"iO Tillett Wright: Fifty Shades of Gay" Ted Talk
Artist iO Tillett Wright has photographed 2,000 people who consider themselves somewhere on the LBGTQ spectrum and asked many of them: Can you assign a percentage to how gay or straight you are? Most people, it turns out, consider themselves to exist in the gray areas of sexuality, not 100% gay or straight....
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Bill Killingsworth Headed To Tallahassee
Bill Killingsworth, Jacksonville's former planning director and father of the 2030 Mobility Plan, will become the Director of Community Development at the State of Florida's Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO).
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Are Jacksonville's Development Patterns Changing?
Over the last year, Jacksonville's Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) ranked 25th in the nation, in terms of percentage of residential construction permits being multifamily projects with more than five units, despite being the 40th by population. Here is a list of the top 30 cities in America for this...
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JU Public Policy Institute Launches
After percolating along for a while, JU has now officially launched the first Public Policy Institute to offer a Masters in Public Policy Program in the state of Florida. Former General Counsel Rick Mullaney, one of the leading public policy experts in Defense against the Dark Arts and a national consultant...
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Dangerous Bridges in Jacksonville
According to the national bridge survey Jacksonville has a number of bridges that received a failing grade. You might NOT want to ride along as we take a look at the data.
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