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.
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.
Read the rest of this story at the Jacksonville Daily Record, a Jacksonville Today news partner.