Quiznos and Adams Street Deli Want Food Trucks Out of Downtown

[KenFSU]

Speaking of Freindship Fountain.... it seems to be on a fast track to it's pre-renovation status.  Lots of broken lights, fountain doesn't do much anymore.  Haven't seen it on anything close to power in a long time.

Full restoration is coming.

[Kerry]

3) Allow food venders on the Riverwalk
6) Fund more historical markers (or even recreate some historic sites).

On these two, keep your eyes peeled.

People are going to be really impressed with what Lori Boyer is cooking up for Friendship Fountain and the Times-Union Center.

I hope so.  The Fort Hatch group had to pay for their own marker.

[Steve]

1) Return downtown streets to 2-way.
2) Widen sidewalks
3) Allow food venders on the Riverwalk
4) Install pay stations instead of meters
5) Put in a bike-share system
6) Fund more historical markers (or even recreate some historic sites). 

1) Completely agree, and it's starting to happen (slowly). I think Broad/Jefferson/Main/Ocean/State/Union may never happen, but I think there's a chance everything else happens. To me the north-south is more of a priority, as at lease the east-west alternate well.
2) Careful with this one - they did this in the 90s at the expense of some on-street parking. That I'm not in favor of. I would be in favor of road diets in certain areas.
3) Amen
4) Meh....As long as they are the meters that take Credit Cards (which MOST of downtown has now), then I'm fine with this. Alternatively, because technology allows for a car to do a quick license plate scan to see if someone is over time, I'd be okay getting rid of the meters and going to this. But, not a huge fan of replacing one pay technology with another as long as the pay options are the same.
5) I think this would be great
6) This is more than a Downtown thing, but I do agree. Jacksonville doesn't embrace it's history at all, save for the fire and consolidation.

[KenFSU]

3) Allow food venders on the Riverwalk
6) Fund more historical markers (or even recreate some historic sites).

On these two, keep your eyes peeled.

People are going to be really impressed with what Lori Boyer is cooking up for Friendship Fountain and the Times-Union Center.

I hope so.  The Fort Hatch group had to pay for their own marker.

3) Allow food venders on the Riverwalk
6) Fund more historical markers (or even recreate some historic sites).

On these two, keep your eyes peeled.

People are going to be really impressed with what Lori Boyer is cooking up for Friendship Fountain and the Times-Union Center.

I hope so.  The Fort Hatch group had to pay for their own marker.

$1 million already allocated, with additional funds possible.

Think bigger than marker.

Boyer is extremely serious about activating the riverfront, both day and night.

[Wacca Pilatka]

^Is the installation of vertical beams of light part of that plan?  I remember her advocating for that before.

[KenFSU]

^Is the installation of vertical beams of light part of that plan?  I remember her advocating for that before.

Yep!

But beyond the beacons themselves, the main focus at the Times-Union Center and Friendship Fountain will be adding things to do to help make each spot a destination, rather than a pass-through.

The idea is for each spot to provide multiple activities, that can be enjoyed day or night, while touching on some aspect of the city's history.

In other words, the riverwalk becomes an active, rather than passive path, where you learn about the city as you go.

Both concepts are really cool, but the Times-Union Center is the one that's going to get people talking when the details are released.

[Kerry]

Well color me cautiously optimistic then because Jax can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory like no place I have ever seen.

As for parking meters vs pay stations.  It depends how they do it.  With a meter they designate a 20' parking spot to every meter.  In Savannah they have pay stations and still designate a section of real estate to that numbered spot.  However, in Oklahoma City you park your car where you can wedge it in.  You only take up the physical space your car needs and 3 little cars can fit in the space 2 SUVs take up.  The smaller your car the easier it is to find parking.