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A proposed liquor store at the corner of Golfair Boulevard and Davis Street is less than 200 feet away from KIPP Voice Academy. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Proposal for city to buy Brentwood liquor store is withdrawn

Legislation would have had the city buy the property using dollars earmarked for removing Confederate monuments.…

By Will Brown

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A proposed liquor store at the corner of Golfair Boulevard and Davis Street is less than 200 feet away from KIPP Voice Academy. When a zoning execption for the store was approved in 2020 the school had yet to be built. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Brentwood residents oppose liquor store opening across from school

A liquor store that’s set to open across from the KIPP VOICE Academy has residents in Brentwood up in arms.…

By Will Brown

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Rebecca Williams is the founder and president of Fruit of Barren Trees, a neighborhood revitalization company that envisions $23 million in redevelopment for Moncrief and portions of Northwest Jacksonville. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Jax native believes affordable housing effort in Northwest will bear fruit

Fruit of Barren Trees will acquire vacant lots in Northwest Jacksonville and develop them into homes that “bring dignity and…

By Will Brown

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The Shops at 300 Needham Street/EZ Storage development in Newton, Massachusetts, are an example of a mixed-use storage center. | Avison Young.

OPINION | Resolving the Downtown self-storage wars

Developers want to lift a ban on self-storage facilities in Downtown Jacksonville, but building such facilities could stifle streets and…

By Bill Delaney and Ennis Davis

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