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Latest Urban Issues articles from Jacksonville, FLDowntown's Blighted Surface Parking Lots Under Fire
In an effort to clean up the appearance of downtown, the JEDC has developed a Surface Parking Improvement Plan to address the blight stimulated by downtown Jacksonville's parking industry.
Read MoreMost Walkable NFL Football Stadiums
How does Everbank Stadium compare in terms of walkability with its NFL counterparts? Walk Score ranks the most walkable football stadiums.
Read MoreFive Drastic Steps To Revive Downtown Jacksonville
Desperate times call for desperate measures. While there is no single silver bullet project that will solve all of downtown's ills, here are five major initiatives worth considering.
Read MoreJacksonville Parkers Owed a Refund?
Metro Jacksonville has discovered that Central Parking System, Inc. has been found guilty of deceptive practices in New York state for the very same fake parking ticket scam that they are currently perpetrating on Downtown Jacksonville parkers.
Read MoreCreating Downtown Vibrancy by Exposing Secret Retail
News flash Jacksonville: There won't be a Whole Foods, Publix, Nordstrom, or 10,000 residents beating down the doors of downtown anytime soon. However, this does not mean that all is lost. Better exposing and utilizing what's already there is an affordable solution that will stimulate additional foot...
Read MoreI-95 Overland Bridge Project Expands
Predicted to snarl urban Jacksonville traffic until 2017, an expansion of the I-95 Overland Bridge project to include an interchange at Atlantic Blvd. & Philips Highway is now being considered.
Read MoreAn Empty Feeling: Inside The Walls Of Downtown
Ever wonder why you're the only one walking down streets that were once full of life and energy around the clock? We tend to talk a great deal about revitalizing downtown, but the result of our actions and priorities over the years show another story. Metro Jacksonville presents a photo tour of the morbid...
Read MoreRace and Ethnicity in Urban America
A visual representation of race and ethnicity in Jacksonville and across the United States.
Read MoreRebuild Monroe Street, Why Bother?
Here are five reasons why Monroe Street should not be reconstructed in front of the new Duval County Courthouse.
Read MoreIs Jacksonville Ready for an Urban Medical District?
Metro Jacksonville begins the process of looking at certain elements of 2011 mayoral candidate's visions and how they relate to sustainable economic development and urban revitalization. Today, we examine Rick Mullaney's vision to build around Jacksonville's medical industry.
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