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Monroe Street Closure On The Brink Of Happening
« on: October 11, 2011, 03:01:54 AM »
Monroe Street Closure On The Brink Of Happening



For those who have not followed us over the years, Metro Jacksonville has been a strong proponent for not rebuilding Monroe Street in front of the courthouse since the City Council approved the current design in 2008.

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http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2011-oct-monroe-street-closure-on-the-brink-of-happening
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Re: Monroe Street Closure On The Brink Of Happening
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2011, 03:09:15 AM »
Something positive might happen?? Must be because of Metrojacksonville :)
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Re: Monroe Street Closure On The Brink Of Happening
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2011, 03:28:20 AM »
How much would it cost an individual to pull out a 1 page ad in the FTU for this effort? Surely, enough citizens could very well change their minds. But what sort of message would it send for those unfortunate enough to not be a MetroJax reader to see this in their morning paper? Just a thought.
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Re: Monroe Street Closure On The Brink Of Happening
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2011, 06:27:01 AM »
Is this being voted on tonight?
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Re: Monroe Street Closure On The Brink Of Happening
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2011, 08:28:16 AM »
no...because of the strong difference of opinion between some council members, it has yet to make it out of committee
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Re: Monroe Street Closure On The Brink Of Happening
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2011, 08:52:12 AM »
Quote from: ProjectMaximus on October 11, 2011, 03:09:15 AM
Something positive might happen?? Must be because of Metrojacksonville :)
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Re: Monroe Street Closure On The Brink Of Happening
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2011, 08:57:12 AM »
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Re: Monroe Street Closure On The Brink Of Happening
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2011, 09:12:19 AM »
Lighting Laura, Loosening restrictions on outdoor seating downtown and possibly leveraging the best urban landscape we can out of the courthouse campus are positive environmental changes that will help steer downtown long term. Kudos to the work in the council on this issue.
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Re: Monroe Street Closure On The Brink Of Happening
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2011, 09:17:03 AM »
So what happens if they don't get enough votes? And is this being voted on tonight?
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Re: Monroe Street Closure On The Brink Of Happening
« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2011, 09:39:13 AM »
Are there any councilpeople who have come out in opposition?
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Re: Monroe Street Closure On The Brink Of Happening
« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2011, 09:39:37 AM »
Which council members continue to support reopening Monroe Street?  I emailed those who are undecided but would like to send an email to those who are against the street closure as well.

Metro Jacksonville's articles make many great points in support of the closure of Monroe Street.  An additional important reason to leave the street closed is the presence of one of Jacksonville's finest public middle schools just a block away.  Now that magnet busing has been eliminated, many of LaVilla School of the Arts' students are walking in the downtown area.  Reopening Monroe will create additional confusing intersections for these young students.
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Re: Monroe Street Closure On The Brink Of Happening
« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2011, 09:44:06 AM »
mainly Bishop and Cresciembeni
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Re: Monroe Street Closure On The Brink Of Happening
« Reply #12 on: October 11, 2011, 10:30:26 AM »
Did my part, just sent out an email to all the councilmen and women listed. Doesn't make much sense to rebuild that Street, considering how much potential activity will be there. Too much risk to the fellow pedestrians and citizens trying to move around in that area. Potentially 6 lanes of opposing one-way traffic to cross from the garage that was built for the courthouse? Good luck crossing that! And I work close by!
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Re: Monroe Street Closure On The Brink Of Happening
« Reply #13 on: October 11, 2011, 10:56:03 AM »
i emailed all of them last week. Haven't gotten one reponse!
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Re: Monroe Street Closure On The Brink Of Happening
« Reply #14 on: October 11, 2011, 11:20:32 AM »
I think I was the only one to get multiple responses from the council last week.  The problem is apparently I "threatened" them with the fact that I was keeping score and willing to donate to campaigns based on it.  They got back to me in a hurry mostly to tell me how that won't get me anywhere.
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