Council split on move to rename Hemming Park after James Weldon Johnson

[bl8jaxnative]

Feeling confused...... Is Hemming Park still officially named Hemming Park?

[Wacca Pilatka]

^ I don't think so.  I'm on the Friends of Hemming mailing list and their last two mailers have referred to it as James Weldon Johnson Park throughout.

[Ken_FSU]

Mid August was when the change went through.

https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2020/08/11/city-council-to-discuss-renaming-hemming-park-5-others-in-jacksonville/

[bl8jaxnative]

Awesome.  Thanks y'll for clarifying that.    There's so much goign this way and that it had me wondering if the politicians had pulled  fast one.   Ya know, saying the same was changed before it was officially changed and then getting bogged down in bickering and not changing it.

Good new name.

[Ken_FSU]

Sure!

Here's the (temporary) sign that went up this week.

Just a placeholder until all the branding and production is finished.

[Josh]

I never even thought about all the Skyway signage and announcements that will need to be updated.

[Ken_FSU]

^For what it's worth, the Skyway announcements and signs still reference "FCCJ," which changed names almost 12 years ago