A special committee is exploring how to speed up development in Downtown Jacksonville. | Monty Zickuhr, Jacksonville Daily RecordA special committee is exploring how to speed up development in Downtown Jacksonville. | Monty Zickuhr, Jacksonville Daily Record
A special committee is exploring how to speed up development in Downtown Jacksonville. | Monty Zickuhr, Jacksonville Daily Record

Panel begins to explore ways to spark Downtown

Published on May 14, 2024 at 11:10 am
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With the possible abolishmnt of the Downtown Investment Authority hanging in the balance, DIA CEO Lori Boyer stood before a special Jacksonville City Council committee Monday to chart her organization’s record in leading Downtown revitalization.

In the first meeting of the Special Committee on the Future of Downtown, Boyer gave a presentation on the DIA’s successes, failures and challenges since its founding in 2012. 

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The presentation came after the committee’s vice chair, Rory Diamond, said he hoped the committee’s focus would be to either do away with the DIA or give it more resources and independence so that it could do its work more efficiently. 

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