Jacksonville approves plan to stop Brentwood liquor store
The city plans to buy land in Brentwood that was set to become a liquor store next to a school — plans that neighbors have protested for months.
The city plans to buy land in Brentwood that was set to become a liquor store next to a school — plans that neighbors have protested for months.
Several committees voted in favor of the purchase, which would keep a liquor store from opening across from a charter school in Brentwood.
City Council Member Ju’Coby Pittman has told residents the city will buy the property, which sits less than 200 feet from a school on Golfair Boulevard.
A number of organizations are making sure students in poorer neighborhoods have the equipment and supplies they need to start the school year.
Legislation would have had the city buy the property using dollars earmarked for removing Confederate monuments.
A liquor store that’s set to open across from the KIPP VOICE Academy has residents in Brentwood up in arms.