Metro Jacksonville

JAX 2025: Image it. Build it. Reach it.

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The Jacksonville Community Council, Inc. (JCCI) launches a community-owned initiative destined to create an implementable shared vision for Jacksonville and wants your help.

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http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2012-oct-jax-2025-image-it-build-it-reach-it

We're very excited about this project, and especially the opportunity to draw on the creative energy of the MetroJacksonville community to shape a grassroots-up vision for Jacksonville. I'd love to hear your comments, suggestions, and concerns as we move forward.

Ben Warner, CEO, JCCI

Ben

I liked the format of this survey. There were plenty of places to comment and put a face on our answers. Besides JCCI does this information get disseminated to City Council, Mayer, heck even the school board?

Thanks

I filled it out.  It's tough to convey everything I'd like to say, but the format of the survey was pretty good. If I could sum up my feelings in three points it would be.
-Curb the massive sprawl and refocus on the urban core.
-Our government and special interest groups have been some of our biggest obstacles to organic growth. Change that.
-Establish connectivity throughout the city through transit connections and improved pedestrian environments.  This will spur TODs and smart growth.

I filled out the survey.
Ben, can't wait to go kayaking with you.
We'll all be Downtown with Mayor Brown!

Captain Zissou -- Thanks!
Noone -- Thanks, and yes we need to kayak.
Jaxlore -- Absolutely, we'll be sharing the results with all elected officials (and more) -- the results of the survey will be  informing the vision agenda and action plan beginning next January. The results (so far) have been fascinating ...

Finish the Skyway to the Sports District and San Marco and build heritage streetcar and the urban core will bloom. Adjust the zoning overlays downtown to encourage dense urban rather then suburban type development, and the rest will take care of itself.

SMPS was honored with Ben's presentation this past Monday at our general meeting.  He did a great job and we are excited about the project.

If I remember correctly, Ben told me that he is scheduled to give 70+ presentations this fall, and has hit 45+/- so far.  The man is on fire!

Springfield has one of those 70+ presentations scheduled for tonight's Spar community meeting. Should be good!

I filled it out, I hope instead of taking offense they see it as a wake up call.

I encourage you to not only fill out the survey, but also consider getting involved with the effort.  There are numerous opportunities to speak about Jax2025, staff the Jax2025 booth at events like RAM and ArtWalk, and to assist in the big community-wide event in January.

urbaknight, we're getting all kinds of honest responses of what people like and don't like about Jacksonville. Brutally honest responses -- and that's what we like. We can't work together to create the kind of community we all know we could be if we're too afraid to talk about what's really bugging us.

<grin> The entire project needs to be a wake up call for this community. As Shad Khan said at one of our recent gatherings, Jacksonville, like the Jaguars, has been underperforming for too long. And we all deserve better.

Steering committee named for JAX2025 vision project

QuoteMembers of the steering committee, in alphabetical order, are:

• Paul Anderson, Jacksonville Port Authority CEO

• Michael Boylan, WJCT president and CEO

• Michelle Braun, Wells Fargo senior vice president and community development manager

• Yank Coble, University of North Florida Center for Global Health and Medical Diplomacy director and professor

• Trey Csar, Jacksonville Public Education Fund president

• Ennis Davis, Metro Jacksonville co-owner

• Dawn Emerick, Health Planning Council of Northeast Florida president and CEO

• Angela Gieras, The Florida Theatre director of development

• Paul Harden, attorney

• John Hirabayashi, Community First Credit Union president and CEO

• Connie Hodges, United Way of Northeast Florida president

• Michael Korn, attorney and shareholder with Korn & Zehmer

• Al Letson, host and producer of “State of the RE:Union” radio program

• Terry Lorince, Downtown Vision Inc. executive director

• Eric Mann, First Coast YMCA president and CEO

• Paul Martinez, Martinez Advertising Group owner

• Bill Mason, Baptist Health System president emeritus

• Jimmy Midyette, Jacksonville Area Legal Aid director of technology and senior attorney

• Mark Nusbaum, Times-Union Media president

• Marcelle Polednik, Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville director

• Bill Prescott, Jacksonville Jaguars senior vice president and CFO

• Lisa Rinaman, St. Johns Riverkeeper

• Emily Robertson, Jacksonville Youth Council member and UNF student

• Crystal Rountree, Teach for America Jacksonville executive director

• Stacey Roussel, UNF Small Business Development Center certified business analyst

• John Rutherford, sheriff

• Don Shea, Jacksonville Civic Council executive director

• Kerri Stewart, Infinity Global Solutions senior vice president

• Jim Van Vleck, community trustee

• Nina Waters, The Community Foundation in Jacksonville president

• Bob White, Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville executive director

Ex-officio steering committee members are:

• J.F. Bryan, JCCI board of directors and The Bryan Group principal

• Jan Korb, BroadBased Communications president and CEO

• Ben Warner, JCCI president and CEO

http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=537850

Well done Ennis

It always concerns me when Paul Harden is part of something.

Get them steered Ennis!

so the port authroity is represented but not the the transportation authority?

Time is running out to take the survey.  If you haven't taken the JAX2025 survey, I would encourage you to do so at once. If you have any connection to Jacksonville and care about its future, answer this short, but important, 12-question survey.

The survey:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JAX2025

There will be more opportunities in the weeks and months ahead to get involved.  This process has impressed me so far and I believe Jacksonville is up to following in the footsteps of San Antonio, where this process has already begun to reap rewards.

The calendar of in-person meetings:

http://www.jax2025.org/events/

thanks for the reminder Jimmy....if you haven't done so already, let your voice be heard....TAKE THE SURVEY!

and then let your voice be heard even louder....attend the first community-wide meeting on January 19th

Our next JAX2025 Community Visioning Event is...

Tuesday, March 19
6:00-8:00 PM
at the Prime Osborn Convention Center
Doors open at 5:30 pm
Entrance: Free --- Parking: Free --- Snacks: Fre

I'll see you there! This is the session where we take the vision targets people have set and start to focus more on the specifics -- how we are going to define success. This will set us up for the April meeting, where we talk specific strategies.

I hope the turnout is great Ben!  We all deserve a beautiful future.  Thanks for your hard work!

Bump.

Reminder for tomorrow!

With all of the discussion about an uptick in the interest in downtown development I thought it might be a good time to bump this thread.  While the JCCI effort is one that is citywide, I was wondering if the effort has maintained it's momentum and how that might translate to the efforts downtown?  Is all of Jacksonville ready to support collective growth in the core as well as city wide?  Here's hoping Ben Warner will chime in on the status of this JCCI initiative. There is a planned annual 2025 event coming up on May 7th, 2014 according to the JCCI website.  There is also a new discussion about economic drivers as well.

http://www.jcci.org/

Thanks -- we're excited for May 7, and you're all invited to Hemming Plaza during Art Walk (DJ will get going around 5, program starts at 6:30) while we share the results of the first year of implementation of JAX2025.

Short answer: We're way ahead of schedule. If San Antonio and SA2020 is a benchmark, we're moving faster towards our desired outcomes than they did in their first year. We're putting together a video and booklet that talk about our successes as a community, and you'll get a copy at the event. Think of it as a "pep rally for Jacksonville," where we celebrate what progress we have made as a city and build momentum to tackle the challenges that remain.

We're not done yet, of course, not even close. But we've got over 300 organizations working on portions of the plan (our "Partners in Progress") and more are aligning their work all the time. I'm extraordinarily optimistic for this community, and hope more people will share in both that spirit of pride and determination as we take a stronger action role in making the changes this community identified as its core needs.

Help us spread the word, too. We'll be all over social media next week encouraging people to be a part of the celebration -- now that we know what Hemming Plaza looks like when it's packed with people, let's keep doing that.

Sounds great Ben.  I really like the fact that you have engaged over 300 organizations in this effort.  Wow!  So the Art Walk is on the same day as the Jax2025 yearly event.  Nice.  Can anyone attend the Jax2025 event?

Please try to get out more promotion for your upcoming event. This is the first time that I've heard that an update will be forthcoming during the ArtWalk @ Hemming Plaza.

Certainly all are invited to participate.  You'll see more information about the event soon -- we handed out a number of flyers at our One Spark curated space as a teaser, and those are following us on twitter @JCCITweets or @JAX2025 (please follow!) have seen the initial invitations, but the real push will start on Monday leading into the event.

If you would like an invitation to share out with others, please let me know and I'll send you the copy. Otherwise, just show up at Hemming Plaza during Art Walk -- I hope to see you there.

Ben, please make sure to hit the site up again on Monday for the kick off!  :)

Will do!

Can you believe it's been a year since we created the JAX2025 vision together? Next Wednesday, we'll celebrate, looking back on a year of amazing progress in our community. We'll be highlighting the efforts of our Partners in Progress and the entire community as we move towards the year 2025, and we need YOU to join us! This community event is fun for the whole family- come enjoy your downtown and spend the evening celebrating our shared success.

Welcome to the forum Luke and thank you for the updated info on Jax2025.  :)

Thanks, Luke!

I'm looking forward to the event. The link for more information is http://www.tiny.cc/JAX2025 (http://www.tiny.cc/JAX2025) --  please feel free to share with others.