September 26, 2024OPINION | Green acres: A master plan for Jacksonville’s park systemJacksonville’s Parks Department expects to unveil an updated Parks Master Plan in winter 2025. Here’s what’s in it, and what’s…By Sherry Magill
September 19, 2024OPINION | Don’t stop believing in Jacksonville’s historic Downtown rebirthWhile we can never prove it and whether anyone admits it, citizen voices in large measure shape how elected officials…By Sherry Magill
September 12, 2024OPINION | Much ado about historic Downtown Jacksonville and its Northbank riverfrontPublic financing to help restore a trio of historic Downtown buildings and develop three Northbank public parks came under specific…By Sherry Magill
September 5, 2024OPINION | Right under our nosesJEA’s HQ sale is a reminder that we need a master plan to restore and repurpose Jacksonville’s Downtown.…By Sherry Magill
August 29, 2024OPINION | Jax’s DIA, Parks, and Public Works have ‘some ‘splainin’ to do’The finance committee has an enormous opportunity to simplify the former Landing site park’s problems, maybe save some public money,…By Sherry Magill
August 22, 2024OPINION | Feelings about the franchise and Jacksonville votersJacksonville voters vote less frequently in local elections than in presidential elections.…By Sherry Magill
August 15, 2024OPINION | Deegan’s affordable housing loans should be restored in city budgetThe Jacksonville City Council needs to get on board and restore affordable housing funding proposed by Mayor Deegan.…By Sherry Magill
August 8, 2024OPINION | Don’t Blow It: Jacksonville’s Special Committee on the Future of DowntownLet’s rethink our understanding of and approach to reinvigorating Jacksonville’s historic Downtown urban core.…By Sherry Magill
August 1, 2024OPINION | Jacksonville’s disheartening Downtown development discourseJust when we thought the former Landing site development puzzle couldn’t get more complicated, along comes site number 2.…By Sherry Magill
July 25, 2024OPINION | ‘Go outside and play’ -Every Boomer’s motherGreen schoolyards is a movement to turn public school playgrounds into “outdoor classrooms,” with plant and vegetable gardens, trails, trees,…By Sherry Magill
July 11, 2024OPINION | Summer in the city: Hotter than a match head in Downtown JaxJacksonville’s Downtown and its surrounding neighborhoods are in the nations top 2% for heat.…By Sherry Magill
June 27, 2024OPINION | An alternative vision for historic Downtown JacksonvilleOur path to a more welcoming, vibrant, and distinctive historic Downtown Jacksonville offers an alternative vision to the city’s prevailing wisdom, guided…By Sherry Magill
June 20, 2024OPINION | Gubernatorial myopia: DeSantis pencils out girlsOne of the governor’s strike-throughs will have an outsized effect on Duval county’s vulnerable girls.…By Sherry Magill
June 13, 2024OPINION | ‘Multimedia stimulation’ at Riverfront Plaza?Apparently projecting images onto outdoor surfaces is all the rage the world over.…By Sherry Magill
June 6, 2024OPINION | Like a bad pennyIncoming City Council President Randy White blames pension changes for Jacksonville’s inability to compete for police officers, fire fighters and…By Sherry Magill
May 30, 2024OPINION | It’s half past tree time at the former Jacksonville LandingDespite a Parks Department promise of 308 trees at the former Landing site, don’t hold your breath unless tower development…By Sherry Magill
May 16, 2024OPINION | Author’s Saturday talk should be a hotter topicAuthor Jeff Goodell will speak Saturday at Jacksonville’s main library about his book, The Heat Will Kill You First.…By Sherry Magill
May 9, 2024OPINION | Riverfront Plaza’s false choiceIf we want Riverfront Plaza finished any time soon, we need to free Park East from the insanity of “Pad…By Sherry Magill
May 2, 2024OPINION | Don’t stop believing, even after Southbank storage approvalThe public engagement on this issue by San Marco residents is something of a victory. And a chance to affect…By Sherry Magill
April 25, 2024OPINION | Metro Park redesign is déjà vu all over againIf you missed the open house, it’s not too late to participate. Citizens may complete a survey about our revitalization…By Sherry Magill
April 18, 2024OPINION | Riverfront Plaza’s dizzying complicationsRedeveloping the former Landing site is overly complicated, defies common sense, is too costly, and is taking too long.…By Sherry Magill
April 11, 2024OPINION | If at first you don’t succeedIt’s tiresome for sure, this yearslong Laura Street Trio restoration project conversation.…By Sherry Magill
April 4, 2024OPINION | A pocketful of miracles: Are parks central to Northbank plan?Are parks central to plans for Downtown Jacksonville’s Northbank? Or are they an after-thought?…By Sherry Magill
March 28, 2024OPINION | The citizens who stopped, exposed the JEA schemeBefore we close the book on the JEA scandal, let’s celebrate those who stopped the behind-the-scenes sale effort and revealed…By Sherry Magill