This city-owned property at 865 Golfair Blvd., across from the KIPP Voice Academy K-7 school, is planned for a small business support center. | Jacksonville Daily Record
Published on March 29, 2024 at 10:43 am
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A Brentwood property that stirred neighborhood opposition over plans to turn it into a drive-thru liquor store will be repurposed as a small-business support center, Mayor Donna Deegan said Thursday.
The property, at 865 Golfair Blvd. across from the KIPP Voice Academy K-7 school, drew months of backlash in 2023 from neighbors who contended that it was an inappropriate location for a liquor store and that it was not needed in the area.
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In November 2023, the Jacksonville City Council voted to purchase the property for $1.8 million with plans to repurpose it as a community or resource center to serve the neighborhood.
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