Boomtown Fate still Undecided

Tuesday afternoon, the owners of Boomtown met with the City of Jacksonville to discuss their possible move to the Historic Snyder Memorial Building at the corner of Laura and Monroe Street.

Jax Loses Financial Headquarters Opportunity

As reported in today's Detroit News, Jacksonville missed out on an opportunity to win a major financial firm. The firm (World Alliance Financial Corp) received help from the state of Michigan. Here are the details...

$3 per article? Here's how to get them for free

Many newspapers have started the practice of charging a fee to search their archives and retrieve old articles. The Florida Times-Union is charging $2.95 for individual articles.

Courthouse Ordinance Option 2004-1339??

Yesterday, Sherry Hall - the new Policy Director for the Peyton administration who is lessening the load on Susie Wiles - emailed a document to the members of the City Council showing the two current financial options for building the new Courthouse. The document was sent as a result of an unveiling...

Creating a Legacy: Salvaging the Big Idea

Will Mayor Peyton have a legacy project? While this morning's controversial editorial submitted to the Metro Jacksonville board has sparked a flurry of criticism and speculation on its true intentions, the topic is something inquiring minds want to know. Coming Monday, Metro Jacksonville will dust...

Commuter Rail Demo Coming to Jacksonville this Weekend

JACKSONVILLE, FL – Congresswoman Corrine Brown and Congressman John L. Mica will join the Jacksonville Transportation Authority and the Florida Department of Transportation to present the latest technology in commuter rail transportation.

Downtown Concierges?

Terry Lorrince of Downtown Vision Incorporated met with representatives of the various downtown activists/merchants on Tuesday to discuss an important and potential visionary change in one of the basic services offered by the Downtown Ambassadors of DVI.

MISSING: Times-Union Business Section

Yesterday, The Florida Times-Union featured MetroJacksonville.com on the cover of the Business section in an article about organizations that have had an impact on positive change in downtown. However, don’t try finding this section in any paper downtown. After purchasing newspapers from 12 different...

Negotiations over the Laura Street Trio falter

Negotiations over the Laura Street Trio falter in Commission meeting with Kuhn Properties Sources at JEDC today confirmed that negotiations with Kuhn Properties came to a standstill today after the Commission changed an important tie in clause with Kuhn regarding the renovation of the beleagued historic...

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