The largest real estate professional group in the country is recognizing former tennis star MaliVai Washington for his commitment to his community in Jacksonville. Family lore has it that Washington’s grandma, Gertrude Mathis, was a landlord in Meridian, Mississippi, in the heat of the Jim Crow Era. He says his love of real estate came from her — and after
Beverly McClain’s idea of being a good neighbor is loving people where they are. Her official title is CEO of Families of Slain Children, but she prefers to consider herself Jesus’ servant. Her Durkeeville nonprofit has been busy this year. On Wednesday, Dec. 21, it will host a toy drive and is still accepting donations of new, unwrapped toys at
Two new projects in LaVilla and San Marco are creating something in short supply in Jacksonville: urban townhomes. Can they help Jacksonville’s “missing middle” housing problem? The projects Two townhome projects are currently moving forward in Jacksonville’s Urban Core: Johnson Commons in the Downtown neighborhood of LaVilla, and the Terraces of San Marco. Johnson Commons, a partnership between Corner Lot