Mayor Peyton's Last 18 Months. The Bucket List. Part 1

[Ocklawaha]

As for making the Springfield or Met Park complexes into destinations?

Mr. Mayor, just let Stephendare, thelakelander or myself know of your interest, and I'll be more then happy to donate the direction.

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Imagine the support THIS would get from the locals! Besides, it would be a heck of a lot more fun then riding JTA on a Sunday afternoon.


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[TD*]

The convention center video will not play could someone fix it? thanks.

[Overstreet]

They regretted the wood deck on the south bank before it was all complete. It seems the nails were backing out.  Longer and more nails later it passed but became a maintenance problem.

[JaxNative68]

^they should have used screws, but maybe the brother-in-law only sold nails.

[tufsu1]

Considering during downtown's heyday, Hogans Creek was the "central park" of the urban core, it sounds like a history lesson is in order.  Maybe we'll have better luck restoring what worked (that we tore a part) instead of trying to recreate the wheel and hoping for positive results?

agreed...I think they should fix Hogan's Creek...but it may be a far more difficult (and clearly more expensive) project to sell to the Jax. community.

[billy]

The value in the Hogans Creek corridor is the connectivity and shared benefits
to Springfield, Downtown, the Sports District, North Riverwalk, Shipyards, Shands, etc..

[Bostech]

Did you guys asked him where did 100 million dollars disappeared from BetterJax for mass transit?
Did you ask him what they put in coffee at Gate station?

[JaxNative68]

alright, i'll bite on the coffee question, what are you refering to Bostech?

[Bostech]

Something addictive in coffee,makes you drink more and more.

[ralpho37]

The thing that stood out most to me was in the Convention Center section is the circular thinking...

1)  "What we've learned over the past 25 years is exactly what the experts told us in the very beginning."  NO FREAKING KIDDING!!!  How long have we been saying that the civic center is undersized, outdated, and undersupplied with hotel space?  Does it seem completely absurd to anyone else but me that it should take 25 YEARS of knowing these things before we decide it becomes a problem?  We should've had a new convention center 10 years ago, but the inept leadership in this city prefers to lay back and let time pass them by.

2)  "Our forefathers probably had it right in the beginning when they established this site as a transportation center."  Then WHY did we decide that it was better to scatter all of our transit options across 700+ miles of the city?  Why have the Skyway so secluded from it?  Why allow Amtrak to move to a tool shed in a run-down part of town?  Why not invest in commuter rail earlier?  Why aren't people like us running this city instead of inept, backward-thinking, "oops-we-goofed-up-so-let's-just-pretend-it-never-happened-and-make-the-same-mistake-next-time," inexperienced, politicians?

[JaxNative68]

Something addictive in coffee,makes you drink more and more.

i thought maybe you were going deeper than that.

[JaxNative68]

^we're not inbred enough to run for city office.

[nswain420]

Awesome Job Stephendare, thank you so much for posting. I know some aren't supportive of all the projects but personally, I'm excited about any new development or projects in the downtown sector and fully support the mayor on these.  I especially love how John now supports the Convention Center ideals that this site has been proposing for quite some time....Seems like the mayors office has been spending some time on MetroJacksonville.com

[TD*]

Stephen, I was able to watch the video, appears fixed.

Why is everyone talking smack? The guy does the best he can.

[buckethead]

People should feel free to call it like they see it. Cynicism is not entirely unfounded.