I am in college. I have been gone for a year. Thus, I am curious what is new around these parts. Anything worth checking out? I come back to Jax every six months or so and something is always a little different. When I came back for a few days in the summer I noticed the highway was different.
Galois, Welcome,
Attending the St. Johns River Allaince meeting in Palatka today. Hope there is an opprtunity for Public Comment. If ther is I'm wanting to tell the other 13 counties about our Promised 680' Downtown Public Pier that was Shipyards/Landmar and that this issue is escalating to a statewide issue that could require Governor elect Rick Scott after Jan. 4, 2011 to immediately intervene on behalf of the citizens of Florida to have this structure saved and used. 2010-604. Just a heads up but in my opinion this will be a HUGE city council and mayoral campaign issue and personally for me there is no way in heck that I will be supporting him or her for elected office.
2010-856 which is making its way through council will ban transient vendors from 1 mile of a similar permanent business. And we are doing this in the middle of a JCCI study called Recession, Recovery, and Beyond, What a joke. Also we ar doing this 3 months out from a city council and Mayoral campaign too.
Daniel Byrne is the new director for Visit Jacksonville and given the Pier, transient vendor ban I feel sorry for the man.
We've got some new parking meters. (Downtown)
An "Urban Transition Area" in Riverside. (Drinking Zone)
Curious where a streetcar route may happen. Lead by the work and efforts of some of the members on this forum. For me reading their information and ideas I feel that the time for it to occur is getting close. Hoping that they will make it happen.
Galois, continue to look forward to your observations too.
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I live in Riverside, care to expand on that "Urban Transition Area?" I grew up in Riverside... man has it changed.
>yes the interchange is much larger.
upside-Forest st to MurrayHill/LakeShore/Ortega/OP directly, more "local lanes" from Stockton-Adams to alleviate congestion through overrun residential thoroughfares throughout Avondale and Riverside.
>downside-speeders... and Brooklyn seemingly dissolves. 200 Riverside. Arvida pulled out.
>Stockton streetscaping south of W.W.Gay to follow the JohnGorrie school campus conversion to residential with a retail portion to balance the corridor housing 13 Gypsies, RADO, Bakery Moderne etc. between Myra and College
>Oh yeah-Guy Fieri was here. Culhane's Irish pub, Metro Diner, the aforementioned 'peasant kitchen', Mayport's Singleton's shrimp shack - bfd. I am not alone in having further stops in mind which would have added to the "flare" of our nutty town.
>King Street south of I-10 from Edison is certainly different. loft, rogue, intuition ale works, bold city brewery(1 block south of the crazy PeninsularPestControl sign along the CSX A-line)
>5points has a little something new for you on Lomax.
>Walnut in Springfield.
>Thai across from Brazilian Espeto and LOOP next to the Commander on St.John's at Oak near Herschel.
>MOJO'S!
>'town
>FSCJ Kent looks like daytime at sundown. new mini micro hub for bus hopping.
>a hubub over the ______ next to Mossfire (1534Oak)
>more demolition in Springfield.
>Everbank Field.
>yes the Jags are still here!
>WE WANT OUR PUBLIC PIER! join the fight
>courthouse lookin real purdy :sigh:
?>park view inn not imploded yet,
pavillion changeru.
>long live Laura st and her trio
?Mr.Sleiman's Landing seems to've gained a surface lot...
>DT gets (its 3rd? gas station.. .soon)
>we have shortbussssesss lapping diesel pushers.
with teases of railway improvements.
>Beaver st Farmers Market. go see.
>RiversideArtsMarket though over a year old still feels new
>Avondale and Venetia town centers with North Riverside along McDuff Ave near Thomas, Fitzgerald, Warrington etc. in preparation for the KIPP school?
>Animal Care and Control ideally situated adjacent the abandoned school on Forest. go imagineer a dogpark right there. no not old#4.
>JacksonvilleMarinaMile members are finally organizing to create cohesion as a district of unique highly specialised niche market merchants.
>new candidates for Council seats will be vying for your vote.
>and OH yeahz there's a snazzy tv show -the pits- backlight theare group may or may not be responsible for ;P
>you missed the open tour of the Ford plant off Talleyrand. AWESOME to finally legally wander picturing action sequences over the tops of those pallets. or maybe I'm alone in that camp. either way it was tits
Ricker, Great post.
I agree ......very nice summary!
golly thanks, I try to pay close attention.
I've still so much to learn and do in this great place before I could ever feel like I know enough to help turn up the volume.
Quote from: Galois on December 13, 2010, 11:23:19 PM
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I live in Riverside, care to expand on that "Urban Transition Area?" I grew up in Riverside... man has it changed.
Its a resolution of support that will be going to Talahassee that will require the Legislature to change the Laws of Florida for a special zone.
I'm unclear as to the size of the zone. Will this be one block? I just don't know. But why just Riverside. I look at it as legislative protectionism.
It bothers me because for me my biggest gripe has been access to the St. Johns River. People think we are getting all this access but we aren't.
How about special River Access legislation? 2010-856 the transient vendor ban will reduce river access opportunities.
There is a Jacksonville Waterways Commission meeting this morning at 9 in council chambers and I will be requesting for the 4th month in a row that somebody sponsor a resolution that will save and use the Promised 680' Downton Public Pier for Public Access and Economic opportunity.
It hasn't happened yet. And the same can be said for one city council member to step up to the plate and sponsor a Waterfront Public access street end that I can take back to the commissioners of FIND and show them that Duval county is serious in providing our citizens access to our St. Johns River our American Heritage River.
I"ve been asking for a sponsor for TWO YEARS. TWO YEARS. I'm not kidding. What a joke.
Galois, When this Drinking Zone which is obviously a priority happens. I would love to buy you a drink and experience with you the ZONE.