7-Eleven Celebration @ Landing

[tufsu1]

7-ELEVEN IS RETURNING TO JACKSONVILLE!

Mayor Alvin Brown and 7-Eleven, Inc. President and CEO Jo DePinto invite you to join Toney Sleiman, President of Sleiman Enterprises, state and other local leaders to announce the return of 7-Eleven to Jacksonville!

This means that new jobs, new franchise opportunities and new growth opportunities are coming to Jacksonville.

The event will be held at the Jacksonville Landing, Wednesday, March 21 at 10:30 a.m.

Free Slurpee drinks and refreshments will be served.

To RSVP, call (904) 353-1188, ext. 1010.

[BigGuy219]

You had me at free Slurpees!

This is the best thing to happen to downtown since I moved here a few years ago.

Mmm. Slurpee.

[Ocklawaha]

"Oh thank heavens..."

[RiversideLoki]

Because we've solved the budget, police pension, zoning, demolition, and every other major problem plaguing our city.........

[IamAmerican]

Because we've solved the budget, police pension, zoning, demolition, and every other major problem plaguing our city.........

For I say, it is only then, once our manifold problems are solved, that we may slurp in unity. May our brains freeze in peace, on that day. But 'till that day come, may we be ever diligent to refrain from the advances of the Slurpee, the most intoxicating of all frozen, carbonated and sweet refreshments.  It's icy delights must continue to spin within the confines of that cooling machine while our hopeful eyes look long fully at what will be ours one day... 'till that day comes we must refuse our rewards. Our trials have yet to end. To slurp is to complete. My friends, we are not yet complete.

May I remind you of our crisis. May I remind you of our "budget, police pension, zoning, demolition, and every other major problem plaguing our city." I have seen the ill fruit of early rewards. Of false high-fives and sugary-highs. The least of our worries are rotting teeth and red lips. My very own eyes have seen entire nations fall as they clenched, with terrifying fear, the recyclable plastic container of a seven-eleven Slurpee. They laughed at stern warnings. Mocked teachers of wisdom. Now, the trouble is theirs. Their drinks have melted in their mouths into a luke warm cesspool of bacteria. What was once filled with bubbles in now flat and, regrettably, stale. Their fathers mourn with regret. Their mothers weep in despair. The young ones, grow angry, as the sickly veils of caffeine are finally lifted and the filth of their surroundings are fully noted.

[duvaldude08]

Because we've solved the budget, police pension, zoning, demolition, and every other major problem plaguing our city.........

Oh chill out and take a sip. Its not that serious 

[urbanlibertarian]

7-Eleven, may you live long and prosper.

[copperfiend]

For some reason I doubt we would be celebrating this if Peyton were still mayor. Just a hunch.

[tufsu1]

For some reason I doubt we would be celebrating this if Peyton were still mayor. Just a hunch.

not sure I agree...the deal with Gate was for 7-Eleven to leave the market for 20 years....and now they're back

[Adam W]

Any idea on when the 7-Eleven downtown is expected to open?

[tufsu1]

^ interior renovations are underway...should be by beginning of summer

[Adam W]

Thanks. I'm coming to visit in May and was hoping it would be open. Doesn't sound likely.

[mtraininjax]

Nice to know that the Mayor considers this newsworthy!

[JeffreyS]

Nice to know that the Mayor considers this newsworthy!

It is if 7-Eleven has decided to expand in this market we will likely see double digit stores.  Also a major chain saying our downtown is safe to invest in may carry weight with others looking to invest.

[duvaldude08]

Nice to know that the Mayor considers this newsworthy!

It is if 7-Eleven has decided to expand in this market we will likely see double digit stores.  Also a major chain saying our downtown is safe to invest in may carry weight with others looking to invest.

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