You build it. They come. Then what?
As Downtown Jacksonville progresses toward adding Riverfront Plaza, a new-look James Weldon Johnson Park and the Hogan Street Emerald Trail link in coming years, the Downtown Investment Authority launched a new initiative to ensure that people who check out the new public facilities have places to dine, drink and shop in the historic central business district.
On Oct. 16, the DIA board unanimously approved a resolution adopting the Hogan-Laura Corridor Activation Program, in which the DIA staff will put a special focus on spurring redevelopment in a 12-block area running along Laura and Hogan streets between Independent Drive and Church Street.
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