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New JTA Bus Stops signs jaxdailyrecord.com - New JTA bus signs, like this one on Newnan Street across from the Yates Building, have started popping up at stations Downtown.

Panera Bread in San Marco to close jacksonville.bizjournals.com - The Panera Bread restaurant in San Marco is scheduled to close in December.

Florida's 11% unemployment is a 24-year high jacksonville.bizjournals.com - Florida's unemployment rate hit 11 percent in September, a level not seen since October 1975. The state's unemployment rate was up 0.2 percentage points from August, according to the Florida…

Future of Sunset Limited train service through Jacksonville unclear jacksonville.com - Until 2005 the Sunset Limited ran from Orlando to Los Angeles going through Jacksonville. But service from here died when Hurricane Katrina decimated the Gulf Coast in August 2005 and…

City Council Amends Sign Ordinance to Allow for Bus Shelters urbanjacksonville.info - This morning on First Coast Connect at 9:00 we'll be discussing the City Council's decision to allow the JTA to hire an independent company to build dozens of bus shelters…

Florida East Coast will roll out AMTRAK in 2.6 Years jacksonvilletransit.blogspot.com - 1968, it was an overcast afternoon when train number 2, The Florida East Coast Local to Jacksonville, whistled through St. Augustine, for the last time.

Urban Jacksonville Wins Best Jacksonville Blog urbanjacksonville.info - For the third year in a row Urban Jacksonville was nominated by Folio readers as Best Blog in Jacksonville. It's an awesome honor and I'd like to thank everyone who…

Placement of bus shelters stirs debate through Jacksonville jacksonville.com - In the half-shade of a droopy palm tree, Kise Jones did his best to stay comfortable and patient as he waited for the bus Sunday afternoon in downtown Jacksonville.

Urban Jacksonville Weekly #35 urbanjacksonville.info - Taverna in San Marco and Farm to Table Tour

JEDC to amend Downtown historic restoration agreement, restart project jaxdailyrecord.com - An agreement approved by City Council five years ago to grant $400,000 from the Historic Preservation Trust Fund to rehabilitate a building on West Adams Street got some new life…

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