The first leg of the Emerald Trail, the Lavilla Link, will break ground next week! Stay tuned for details 🙂 bizjournals.com/jacksonville/n…

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Does demolishing old buildings make way way for flashy new ones? Is 10k the magic number for downtown revival? And is downtown revitalization really as complicated de make it? We explode 5 urban development myths that continue to hold Downtown Jax back. thejaxsonmag.com/article/five-d…

$1.7 million? Only $23.3 million short of the estimated price!

Largely razed in the name of 1990s urban redevelopment, LaVilla was one of Jacksonville's most walkable neighborhoods with a fascinating history. thejaxsonmag.com/article/vintag…

Fuqua buys riverfront Times-Union property, plans $250 million redevelopment jaxdailyrecord.com/article/fuqua-…

Welcome home U.S.S. Orleck 🇺🇸⚓️

Leadership (and failures) start at the top

THIS..

Welcome to Beachwalk, a new suburban development in St. Johns County featuring a 14-acre artificial “lagoon.” thejaxsonmag.com/article/northe…

Says the Mayor of a city of 1 million people that doesn't allow them to comment on his tweets anymore

How many people live in New York City? How many people work there? Now compare with Jacksonville.

Today is Election Day in Duval County 🇺🇸 Reminder - polls will be open until 7pm tonight. If you do not know or remember where your voting precinct is, go to duvalelections.com/Voter-Informat… You can also contact the Duval County Elections Office at 904-255-8683 for more information.

I wish I had seen this quote from News4JAX's swan-song interview of Curry before my deadline. It's like he was determined to prove some of the points made in my column: Bashing the previous administration to compensate for his own administration's shortcomings. Good stuff.

He’s proud of me! I’ve waited years to hear those words!

Good luck to them, but I have to say, while I love going out to watch sports and would love to have a soccer team here, I'm not driving out to exurban St. Johns County to watch minor league soccer with any regularity. jaxusl.com/news/2023/07/1…

The trek made by Trump today from Reagan National Airport to DC federal court does NOT feature crumbing buildings or graffiti “everywhere” It’s the heart of the nation’s Capital and has many of its beautiful views ….. in a District with remarkably little “crumbling”

Correct!

I … well, I’ll leave this alone.

It's time to put the idea of moving this to bed - and just look to enlarge and renovate