Metro Jacksonville - Urban Issues

	Quality of Life in Jacksonville The Jacksonville Community Council has released a Quality of Life report that highlights some of the critical factors affecting the future of Jacksonville.... FULL STORY
	Are 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... FULL STORY
	Duval 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... FULL STORY
	Memorial 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... FULL STORY
	Killing Connectivity. Springfield vs. Downtown How the Forgotten Downtown Loop System Destroyed the Historic Connections Between Downtown and Springfield.At the end of the 1960's Jacksonville was beginning to grapple with a few problems... FULL STORY
	Redefining 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... FULL STORY
	Your 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... FULL STORY
	A 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... FULL STORY
	Jacksonville 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... FULL STORY
	Parking Meters: No Exceptions! Fighting a fire in downtown Jacksonville? Not without a... FULL STORY

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