The Ruins of Jacksonville: Hogans Creek

[buckethead]

While they are cleaning up the creek, they should do something about the ducks around there. The sidewalks through Confederate Park are disgusting from the amount of bird crap. I know in one apartment complex I lived in that when there became what they considered to many ducks they would have a certain amount removed. This helped keep the sidewalks from being covered in bird crap.

Open a China Gate restaurant?

[zoo]

You know before MetroJacksonville posted this story I had never thought about Hogans creek. I now wish very much we would remake it into the Jewel it can be.

THIS IS HAPPENING!

HDR Engineering, in conjunction with COJ Parks & Rec, the Project for Public Spaces (pps.org) and SPAR Counci, has been working on the master plan for the Park/Creek from Liberty to 8th since February of this year. There have been two sets of community input meetings (one in July, and one in Sept -- info was posted on another thread here about it, and it was in SPAR's weekly update email several times).

Final concepting is now underway, and HDR plans to present preliminary concepts to the community at the October 29 general meeting at the SPAR building at 1321 Main St. (7p) The final master plan is scheduled for completion by January 2010. Funding sources for implementation are already being identified.

Please be sure to attend if you are interested!

[billy]

What about the section of Hogan's Creek from Liberty Street to the Saint Johns River at the Shipyards site? 
Is that not covered?

Interesting article in the NY Times online (preview of coming Sunday magazine article) about the Gowanus Canal
in Brooklyn.

[fsu813]

i wonder if Riverkeeper might be interetsed in participating....

Hogan's Creek is a tributary, a very well known tributary at that, and has enviornmental issues that no doubt make it's way in the St. Johns.

anyone know somebody over there?

[Dog Walker]

The Riverkeeper is staying in touch with the project through Jennifer Holbrook and has put her in touch with people that can help her.  Jimmy Orth, the Riverkeeper director, says that she is being a real bulldog on this and will not let anything or anyone discourage her.  Good for her!

Riverkeeper is especially enthusiastic about this project because it would be the first (!!) creek restoration project in the county and they feel it would be the impetus to get some of the other creeks restored as well.  Get them clean; keep them clean!

Good guys, Neil and Jimmy.

[fsu813]

very happy to hear that.

[chris farley]

I only just found out that the true name is Hogans Creek not Hogan's Creek (possessive Hogan) .  It was named for Zacharia Hogans.  Maybe useless piece of trivia.

[Dog Walker]

Pieces of trivia should be loved for themselves.  They don't have to useful.  Philips Highway should have only one ell and no apostrophe, too.

[billy]

We stand corrected.

[Dreaminginpen]

The more I read about my city, the more disgusted I become.  We hold a wonderful potential right in our neglectful hands so why is it all so sadly forgotten.  I am almost ashamed to call Jacksonville home.  How can I speak proudly of my home town when all the things that make it interesting and beautiful are simply pushed aside and discarded? 

It is my hope that Jacksonville can become lovely once more.

[mtraininjax]

Dog - Derek Dewan is very familiar with Philips Highway!

[Dog Walker]

You mean Phillip's Highway?  LOL!

[sheclown]

What if we are all just imaginary characters in Stephendare's mind?

[sheclown]

having us walking around 'with skin on' is much better entertainment.

What do you think can be done about the balustrades, anything immediately?  Could we fix them with some sackrete and elbow grease?

[Lunican]