With a sense of urgency and an strongly conservative-Americanized approach to creating growth and progress is there a chance that Jacksonville is losing in terms of things that are really important - like health, happiness, beauty, and quality of life?
If we focus on those things, maybe we'll find that the growth and progress we seek is achieved in an even greater measure.
See the attached story about New York City.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/opinion/sunday/bruni-in-urban-parks-our-newly-lush-life.html?_r=2&smid=tw-share (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/opinion/sunday/bruni-in-urban-parks-our-newly-lush-life.html?_r=2&smid=tw-share)