A dancer from The Sleeping Beauty Ballet | FSCJ Artist Series, submitted

Flooding in Downtown St. Augustine on the afternoon of Thursday, Oct. 10, following Hurricane Milton. | Carly Zervis, special to Jacksonville Today

Shrimp boats are docked to ride out the storm ahead of Hurricane Milton in Downtown Jacksonville on Wednesday evening. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

A voting precinct in Jacksonville's Lakewood neighborhood. | Claire Heddles, Jacksonville Today

A City Council committee approved an ordinance that would require certain businesses to provide changing tables for adults. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

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KaCheryl Gantt, born and raised on the Eastside, is the sole proprietor of the Avenue Grille on A. Philip Randolph, and has simultaneously run the kitchen and cash register for nine years. “It’s been good actually for me,” she says, referring to the 2019 announcement of a new soccer stadium to be built nearby. “Everyday it’s been getting better. I didn’t even have to close during Covid.” Because her family owns property close to the construction site, Gantt stands to gain from the eventual opening of the stadium. But it’s the citizens of the Eastside that keep her restaurant going. “As long as I have the support of the neighborhood, I don’t see myself leaving.”