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Founded in March 2006, the mission of Metro Jacksonville is to increase public awareness, educate and provide an avenue for discussing the important issues facing our community. Since then, our online community has grown to nearly 3,500 members and 6,000 facebook fans.
During this time, we have estalished credibility within the community of being a citizen driven force of influence for the establishement of a more sustainable city that places a high standard on the quality of life of our region. During our era of operation, we've successfully promoted ideas that have grown into reality, such as Lighting Laura Street, which led to the recently completed Laura Street Streetscape and rallying against a dedicated Bus Rapid Transit project, which resulted in a modification saving taxpayers nearly $1 billion and decades of national embarrassment. Our platform has also help launch successful initiatives such as Preservation Save Our Springfield (Preservation SOS), the integration of land use and transportation policy to support smart growth (2030 Mobility Plan), and Jax Truckies.
Our abrupt form of community activism has won us fans, as well as enemies who still struggle with how to conquer and muzzle this 21st century social media platform. With more than 1 million visitors a month, our goal is to increase our market reach and influence within the community to make Jacksonville the superior city we all know it can and should be. Metro Jacksonville shirts are simple method to promote this cause.
Jax Truckies Shirts
After months of planning, in March 2012, we hosted the first Jax Truckies Food Truck Championship to demonstrate the community's support and pent-up demand for the gourmet food truck industry in our region. With an attendance cap limited to 300 to avoid long waiting lines, the event sold out in three days.
In addition, a Jax Truckies facebook site was launced to provide daily updates on the location of food trucks, food truck news and information covering truck related events in Northeast Florida. Today, that site has grown to nearly 2,000 likes.
In June, Downtown's first food truck rally was held to demonstrate how this industry could help generate foot traffic in the core by taking advantage of an underutilized surface parking lot. With no attendance cap in place, thousands of residents descended upon the site, causing a crowd that spilled into downtown's streets to support brick & mortar businesses such as Burrito Gallery, Chamblin's Uptown, and the Jacksonville Landing.
To date, while the community has fully supported the rallies we've hosted, more visibility and support is needed to accomplish our goal of modifying local zoning regulations limiting this popular industry, the economic development, and job creation that comes with it. With that in mind, Jax Truckies t-shirts serve as an additional method to advance this cause.
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ben says
July 17, 2012, 07:11:17 AMRandom, but who are the two in that picture? Look very familiar.
Great shirts!
Bike Jax
July 17, 2012, 09:33:44 AMI notice in the pics you have color options for the Bridge shirt, but no radio button for color choice on the PayPal cart. Oversight or no color options?
Lunican
July 17, 2012, 10:11:28 AMOnly black shirts are available.
Bike Jax
July 17, 2012, 10:20:28 AMThanks Lunican, Would have been a little upset if I had ordered and ended up with pink.
Tamara-B
July 17, 2012, 11:12:30 AMYay! I definitely want one!
BrooklynSouth
July 17, 2012, 11:21:36 AMAwesome! Just bought one! I just came back from New Orleans where I bought these 2 shirts:
Streetcar signage: http://www.storyvilleapparel.com/look-both-ways-10402.html
Ubiquitous water meters: http://www.storyvilleapparel.com/water-meter-evergreen-triblend-tee.html
I was I wishing I could get a Jacksonville shirt that shows my urban pride -- problem solved!
JeffreyS
July 17, 2012, 11:33:46 AMAny chance of getting a tall size added. XLT specifically.
Bridges
July 17, 2012, 11:39:55 AMWeird question, but are they v-necks? The picture looks like it.
duvaldude08
July 17, 2012, 12:08:32 PMHow selfish. What about a 2XLT
ben says
July 17, 2012, 12:15:02 PMNot a weird question...I was wondering the same thing.
Timkin
July 17, 2012, 05:53:37 PM2 please.
Timkin
July 17, 2012, 05:56:48 PMdone !
thelakelander
July 17, 2012, 07:59:35 PMRalph W
July 17, 2012, 08:20:43 PMIs there a store front where these shirts can be picked up or are they limited to online purchase?
thelakelander
July 17, 2012, 09:21:57 PMUnfortunately, there's no store at this time. However, I'd be more than happy to deliver or meet you in person to drop one off if you wish.
Timkin
July 17, 2012, 10:52:01 PMWe are at PS#4 on Saturdays . Come by. You can check out our progress.
KenFSU
July 18, 2012, 01:24:01 AMAny idea how the sizes run?
I'm 5'-10", athletic build.
Sometimes small is just right for me, and with other shirts, it's like wearing a tube top.
Conversely, medium can be just perfect, or it can fit like a baggy dress.
FIRSTWORLDPROBLEMS.
thelakelander
July 18, 2012, 08:29:49 AMI think you'll be fine with a medium.
JeffreyS
July 18, 2012, 08:45:15 AMWell I am 6'4" and my legs are not very long. So if I don't get a tall I am a 43 year old male version of a hairy Britney Spears belly.
Ocklawaha
July 18, 2012, 08:54:15 AMI hear you Jeffery, I too need a 2xLT shirt, they're hard to find ANYWHERE and I don't think we've found a supplier.
AshleyLauren
July 18, 2012, 09:43:27 AMI love how this entire thread is men inquiring about sizes. Ha, take that gender norms.
Lake, how could I get one by Saturday?? And what's the intern discount
stephendare
July 18, 2012, 10:10:13 AMPants aren't usually a problem for men, Ashley. We tend to have uniform sizing in our lower bodies, and don't have all those differently proportioned curves to negotiate.
But men's upper bodies are just as different and hard to size as the opposite gender, bra sizes and cup differences notwithstanding. One slight miscalculation, and you are showing midriff like a cabana boy, or wearing a semi dress that looks like your mom forgot that you aren't the chunky kid anymore.
How our shirts fit us sends off all kinds of subliminal messages, most of which can telegraph our unsuitability as a potential sex partner, so men tend to be particular about shirts.
AshleyLauren
July 18, 2012, 10:19:01 AM^^^ Personally, I think the world would benefit from, how did you say it, more "midriff showing cabana boys".
Hahahahaha. That made my morning.
Timkin
July 18, 2012, 01:17:01 PMLOL !!!
finehoe
July 18, 2012, 02:53:43 PMAshleyLauren
July 18, 2012, 04:36:02 PMBahaha, I think the MetroJ boys should replicate this one!!
thelakelander
July 18, 2012, 05:52:46 PMI'll bring it to you. Just PM and let me know when and where.
Timkin
July 18, 2012, 08:03:30 PMLOLOL!!!!! Nice, Finehoe !!!!!