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Latest Urban Issues articles from Jacksonville, FLAre we prepared for an oil crisis?
How does Jacksonville stack up when compared with the 50 largest U.S. cities in a recent study on areas best able to cope with high oil prices?
Read MoreDuval County Courthouse: Still stumbling in the Dark
$350 million finally approved, a third design team hired and four years later, the questions raised in this letter to our city officials still remain unanswered.
Read MoreMemorial Day brings $4 gas to Jacksonville
This Memorial Day brings record gas prices to Jacksonville. Are the citizens of Jacksonville now more willing to embrace walking, biking, and public transit?
Read MoreRedefining the Mall in the name of Urbanism
Metro Jacksonville attempts to clear up the local media's misconceptions about the characteristics of malls, lifestyle centers, the concept of new urbanism and their impact on the First Coast.
Read MoreYour Neighborhood Affects your Health
People's health is influenced by where they live. Where we live is made up of many physical, social and cultural factors. The relation of these factors to health can be seen with almost every health issue that our community faces. This report focuses on how the place where we live is so important to...
Read MoreA Solution to JaxPort's Rail Logistics Problem?
The City and Port Authority believe spending $60 million for a new railyard may be the solution to the port's logistics problem. Metro Jacksonville offers up an alternative solution.
Read MoreJacksonville is Growing, but How Fast?
Due to the housing bust and slumping economy, Florida is growing slower than ever in the past three decades. The local media paints a bad picture for Jacksonville, but how do we really rank when it comes to population growth?
Read MoreParking Meters: No Exceptions!
Fighting a fire in downtown Jacksonville? Not without a quarter.
Read MoreDuval County Courthouse: How much is too much?
Better Jacksonville Plan voters were promised a $190 million courthouse, now Mayor Peyton wants us to pay $400 million. Unfortunately, no one is asking why a courthouse costs this much.
Read MoreUrban Projects Struggle To Stay Alive
Downtown will never be the same again. Well maybe it will be. Here's a brief list of urban projects that died or were indefinately delayed in 2007.
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