Mayor Brown Appoints Economic Development Officer

[thelakelander]

Stopped in Columbia Heights the other day. Hard to imagine that this was the hood 15 years ago.

[Noone]

That last picture with the cars. "As far as the eye can see."

[tufsu1]

Stopped in Columbia Heights the other day. Hard to imagine that this was the hood 15 years ago.

even 10 years ago, the area was stikll a bit iffy....my friend bought a 2bdr unit (1/2 of a rowhouse) there in 2004....cost her $400,000

[CityLife]

What's it worth now? North of a mil?

[tufsu1]

What's it worth now? North of a mil?

no...there were issues in the construction (the house was gutted and interior rebuilt)....so its ONLY worth about $600k

[thelakelander]

Ted Carter is gone:

Meanwhile, the city has posted a job opening for an economic development officer. Former Office of Economic Development Executive Director Ted Carter left the position with the change in administration.

Deputy Director Paul Crawford has been named interim executive director.

Full article: http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=545748

[vicupstate]

So how did the Carter guy turn out, or was it too short a period to tell?