Make downtown livable and workable : Jacksonville city leaders discusses improvements to Urban Core If the city sets an example for a high standards I think other businesses will follow and continue to show pride, business leaders said during a discussion Monday. Author: Renata Di Gregorio Updated: 2:45 PM EST February 22, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry met with city leaders and business owners to talk about the future of development in Downtown Jacksonville Monday morning.
The meeting was a starting point for finding out what’s important to people when it comes to revitalizing downtown and actually getting it done.
The chairman for the committee heading this says the mayor is willing to address it in the next city budget.
Two city events next week will focus on Downtown riverfront development and improving Jacksonville’s urban core.
Downtown
On Feb. 22, Mayor Lenny Curry will have a public discussion with corporate leaders and public officials with a “vested interest in Downtown Jacksonville.”
The 9 a.m. meeting in Multi-purpose Room 1 at the Jacksonville Main Library is open to the public.
In addition to Curry, it will be attended by:
• The Vestcor Companies Chairman John Rood. The homebuilder has been increasing its Downtown multifamily housing portfolio since 2007 and opened its 133-unit workforce housing community Lofts at Brooklyn on Feb. 11.
• Fidelity National Information Services Inc. Chairman and CEO Gary Norcross. The Jacksonville-based, global financial technology firm is building a 12-story, $156 million world headquarters in Brooklyn.