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A. Philip Randolph Boulevard is the business corridor of the historic Eastside. After a race riot in 1969, businesses fled and the community suffered from longterm under investment from the public and private sectors. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
July 17, 2025

Eastside awash in hope and angst over community benefits agreement

Residents, business owners and advocates want to ensure the city fulfills the promises it has made to the Eastside.…

By Will Brown

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April 27, 2025

OPINION | Landlord registry plan represents ‘thoughts and prayers’ for renters

Jacksonville City Council member Jimmy Peluso’s pitch to create a local landlord registry is a sign of the times in…

By A.G. Gancarski

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Activist Ben Frazier is arrested in December of 2022 at City Hall for refusing to yield his time while speaking about removing Confederate monuments from Springfield Park. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
October 8, 2024

Effort to rename Confederate Street after late activist fails in Jacksonville City Council 

In a 10-7 vote, Jacksonville’s City Council decided against renaming the Springfield street after the late local civil rights activist…

By Casmira Harrison

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Fishweir Elementary is one of the schools that a consultant has floated as potentially ripe for closure and consolidation.
April 24, 2024

OPINION | School closures? Blame charters, state government and ‘choice’

I ask you to write your state representative and state senator to seek limitations on what charters can do and…

By Jimmy Peluso

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Ameris Bank mortgage officer Tamonica Mike outlines the Ameris Choice program in front of more than 75 people inside Somerset Academy in the Highlands community during a March 14, 2024 community meeting. Ameris Bank introduced the Ameris Choice program in January as part of a consent order the bank agreed to with the U.S. Department of Justice following the latter's acusation the bank redlined in Black and Hispanic communities in Jacksonville. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
March 21, 2024

$20k for homebuyers up for grabs under Ameris redlining settlement 

More than 300 Jacksonville area families are going to receive $20,000 apiece as part of a regional bank’s settlement with…

By Will Brown

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