Losing Springfield Plastics
Springfield Plastics, built in 1922 and located on small commercial strip of Pearl Street, has become...
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Do Millennials Want to Call Your City ‘Home’?
Millions of millennials will soon be putting down roots. Cities and suburbs that are less attractive...
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For and Against: The Mobility Fee Moratorium (2013-094)
In what is shaping up to be a battle of David and Goliath, Metro Jacksonville continues to stand up to...
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DVI: Existing Mobility Plan Benefits Downtown
According to Downtown Vision's advocacy blog, the mobility plan should be allowed to run its course....
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Jim Bailey: Enough is Enough.
We have an African-American mayor and the owner of our NFL team is from Pakistan. Yet, for whatever reasons,...
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Top 10 Reasons to Support Locally Owned Businesses
the Institute for Local Self-Reliance provides us with their top ten reasons to support locally owned...
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"iO Tillett Wright: Fifty Shades of Gay" Ted Talk
Artist iO Tillett Wright has photographed 2,000 people who consider themselves somewhere on the LBGTQ...
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Bill Killingsworth Headed To Tallahassee
Bill Killingsworth, Jacksonville's former planning director and father of the 2030 Mobility Plan, will...
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Are Jacksonville's Development Patterns Changing?
Over the last year, Jacksonville's Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) ranked 25th in the nation, in...
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JU Public Policy Institute Launches
After percolating along for a while, JU has now officially launched the first Public Policy Institute...
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Dangerous Bridges in Jacksonville
According to the national bridge survey Jacksonville has a number of bridges that received a failing...
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Councilman Redman wants Metro Park concerts stopped
Councilman Don Redman's crusade on downtown's public spaces continues. Following up on his desire to...
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Changing the Urban Landscape in 2013
In 2012, we witnessed a renewed optimism for the future of downtown Jacksonville. Looking forward to...
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Urban Trends We Hope Die in 2013
According to The Atlantic Cities journalist Emily Badger, our transportation landscape is increasingly...
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The perils of pass-fail in Jacksonville's high schools
As Duval County celebrates the giant leaps made by local high schools, there are some people who choose...
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