Jax2025: People most dissatisfied with downtown, public schools and transit

thelakelander · January 17, 2013, 08:31:03 PM

Not surprising...

full article: http://m.jacksonville.com/news/premium-news/2013-01-17/story/jax2025-survey-finds-people-most-dissatisfied-downtown-public

tufsu1 · January 17, 2013, 09:36:07 PM

well I'm glad those issues have come to the top....means we should be able to have some really meaningful discussion

Tacachale · January 17, 2013, 10:17:49 PM

^For sure. It's not surprising but it's nice to see that these are the major concerns of such a broad sample of the metro population. Time to get it done.

comncense · January 18, 2013, 07:50:56 AM

Out of curiosity, is the Mayor and City Council reps going to be at these group meetings?

fsujax · January 18, 2013, 08:37:54 AM

^^good question. I am sure the Mayor will show with his camera person.

thelakelander · January 18, 2013, 08:42:47 AM

The Mayor will be there. He is a member of the JAX 2025 Steering Committee.

tufsu1 · January 18, 2013, 08:43:13 AM

The Mayor is the honorary chair of Jax2025...he will be speaking tomorrow morning...and he's actually been pretty engaged in the process to date.

fsujax · January 18, 2013, 08:47:41 AM

any councilpersons?

comncense · January 18, 2013, 08:55:24 AM

Yeah, it just seems like these things would be a waste of time if the 'decision makers' aren't involved.

thelakelander · January 18, 2013, 08:59:53 AM

I'm sure there will be some there tomorrow. They are expecting over 2,000 to attend.

comncense · January 18, 2013, 09:30:09 AM

heh, I hope Redman is there then and I hope people take them to task over their bad decisions

thelakelander · January 18, 2013, 01:33:14 PM

From the mayor's office via email:

QuoteMAYOR TO ATTEND RALLY TO LAUNCH NEXT PHASE OF JAX2025

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 18, 2013 â€" Mayor Alvin Brown will join Ben Warner, President of the Jacksonville Community Council, Inc. (JCCI) and fellow chairs of JAX2025 for the initiativeâ€™s launch event Saturday, Jan. 19, at the Prime Osborn Convention Center.

JAX2025, a community-driven initiative led by JCCI and funded entirely by private donations, has collected more than 14,000 community surveys that will help build a community vision for Jacksonvilleâ€™s future. As honorary chair, Mayor Brown invites the community to attend Saturdayâ€™s event.

WHEN: Saturday, Jan. 19
9 a.m. - 11 a.m.

WHERE: Prime Osborn Convention Center, Exhibit Hall A
1000 Water St. â€" 32202

WHO: Mayor Alvin Brown, Honorary Chair JAX2025 Initiative
Ben Warner, President and CEO of JCCI
Carl Cannon, Co-Chair JAX2025 Initiative
JuCoby Pittman, Co-Chair JAX2025 Initiative
Oliver Barakat, Co-Chair JAX2025 Initiative

dougskiles · January 18, 2013, 03:43:53 PM

The headline of the TU article says "transportation" not "transit". I'm curious to know if the survey responders were expressing frustration with our road system or our public transit system. The article didn't specify either.

People like to complain about the roads, however, I feel that we have one of the best (probably overbuilt) road networks of any city I've visited.

Our transit system on the other hand is non-functional for all except those who have no other options.

tufsu1 · January 18, 2013, 04:03:43 PM

^ The question asked on the survey was to transportation as a whole....but I can assure you that many respondents drilled down further in comments....I'm sure transit will come to light as a major issue in the coming meetings

Noone · January 19, 2013, 03:55:16 AM

5 hours out. Anyone going? There was a red dot green dot exercise that was done at the 1/16/13 DIA/CRA Plan Committee meeting. Encourage everyone to participate.