The Miami Herald thinks our Downtown is.....

[Bill Hoff]

.....pretty awesome, from the sound of it.

Read: http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/article10745543.html

[Keith-N-Jax]

Some good comments, a little surprising.

[downtownbrown]

From wallflower to hottie.  Oh my!

[ProjectMaximus]

Looks like the writer is based in Daytona. Just saying.
Still great commentary on Jax and all that is happening/beginning to happen.

[Tacachale]

Some really nice press for the folks making it happen downtown. More of this!

[ChriswUfGator]

Looks like the writer is based in Daytona. Just saying.
Still great commentary on Jax and all that is happening/beginning to happen.

Daytona's downtown (Beach Street / Ridgewood area) has more organic (non government-office) activity than Jacksonville's on a typical day, I don't think the article is jaded by that. If anything it'd have been the reverse. Up until recently you could've filmed a zombie apocalypse movie in downtown jax. But the past several years downtown has quietly been undergoing a shift towards becoming a nightlife district in the evenings, and it's really made some strides. I think the writer was legitimately impressed at the progress that's been made, there are people where formerly there weren't any. We still have a long ways to go in terms of bringing in daytime activity, adding residential occupants, and dining options, but the part of it the article focuses on, the evening/night scene, is a legitimate success story.

[Awlloyd7]

It's really nice to see something so positive directed towards downtown Jacksonville from an outsider's pov.

[ProjectMaximus]

Looks like the writer is based in Daytona. Just saying.
Still great commentary on Jax and all that is happening/beginning to happen.

Daytona's downtown (Beach Street / Ridgewood area) has more organic (non government-office) activity than Jacksonville's on a typical day, I don't think the article is jaded by that. If anything it'd have been the reverse. Up until recently you could've filmed a zombie apocalypse movie in downtown jax. But the past several years downtown has quietly been undergoing a shift towards becoming a nightlife district in the evenings, and it's really made some strides. I think the writer was legitimately impressed at the progress that's been made, there are people where formerly there weren't any. We still have a long ways to go in terms of bringing in daytime activity, adding residential occupants, and dining options, but the part of it the article focuses on, the evening/night scene, is a legitimate success story.

Fine, just saying it's not Miami.