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Jaxport CEO Eric Green celebrates harbor deepening on May 23, 2022. Green has received a five-year contract extension from the port authority board. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
June 23, 2025

JAXPORT CEO receives 5-year contract extension with $550K base pay

Eric Green, who has served as JaxPort’s CEO for eight years, will have another five years at the helm with…

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Officials with the Jacksonville Housing Authority and the city break ground Friday on new affordable housing in Durkeeville. | City of Jacksonville
June 6, 2025

Jacksonville officials break ground on new affordable housing in Durkeeville

Groundbreaking on five new affordable homes in Jacksonville’s Durkeeville neighborhood Friday comes on the heels of a new UNF poll…

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Statues that decorated the monument to the Women of the Confederacy were removed from Springfield Park in Jacksonville and placed in storage in December. | Jacksonville Today
June 5, 2025

Appeals court hears bid to revive Jacksonville Confederate monuments lawsuit

A Jacksonville civil rights attorney asks a federal appeals court to allow his suit against Confederate monuments to go ahead.…

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Mayor Donna Deegan has appointed Helena A. Parola as the city's next Planning Director. | LinkedIn
June 5, 2025

Deegan appoints 27-year city employee as planning director

Jacksonville’s interim Planning Director Helena Atalla Parola has been nominated as the Planning and Development Department’s permanent leader. …

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Rendering of Sulzbacher Enterprise Village to be completed by the end of 2026. | Sulzbacher
June 5, 2025

Sulzbacher secures funds to build homeless ‘workforce housing’ for men

Jacksonville-based homelessness services nonprofit Sulzbacher has secured the financing to start construction on phase I of its $37 million Enterprise…

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Robert Flornoy is a Northwest Jacksonville resident who says the city of Jacksonville disenfranchised residents by turning a proposed liquor store into a small business center, against the wishes of Brentwood residents. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
March 28, 2025

Brentwood residents decry treatment by City Hall

Residents say the city has a history of breaking promises and ignoring wishes in the Brentwood neighborhood.…

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L.J. Highsmith squares up a baseball during a baseball clinic organized by Jacksonville-based Walk Off Charities on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, inside Henry L. Aaron Field at J.P. Small Park. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
January 24, 2025

Play ball! J.P. Small Park reopens ahead of baseball season

The historic J.P. Small Park — home to Hank Aaron Field — reopened after a $9.5 million renovation.…

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Sam Mousa
January 23, 2025

Former Jacksonville city administrator Sam Mousa dies

Mousa, a stalwart of five city administrations, died Wednesday night at Mayo Clinic.…

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Wednesday, Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan and President of the Fast-Track Cities Institute José M. Zuniga sign a document allowing the city to join the partnership. l City of Jacksonville
September 18, 2024

Jacksonville joins international effort to stop HIV spread

Jacksonville is joining hundreds of other cities and international organizations to try to stop the spread of HIV by 2030.…

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March 21, 2024

Grant legislation would help small businesses

Jacksonville City Council is nearing a final vote on legislation that would help small businesses take better advantage of a…

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Zay Tucker is a lifeguard at the Emmett Reed Community Pool in Brentwood. He stopped for a photo minutes before the pool opened for the summer in July 2023. Tucker has served as a lifeguard for five years. "I know a lot of people. I like seeing people I know and friends that live over here. It's cool," Tucker said. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
February 27, 2024

Jacksonville works to open more swimming pools this year

Many Jacksonville pools did not open last summer due to a lack of lifeguards. The city is raising pay this…