Jacksonville City Councilman Reggie Gaffney Jr. will meet Thursday with Northside residents who are concerned about a plan to bring an affordable housing apartment complex to their neighborhood.
Many people have been asking for more affordable housing, but members of one northside community is trying to stop an affordable housing project from entering their neighborhood.
Noon | Duval County COVID-19 vaccine tracker: 20% of people fully vaccinatedc
Duval County has administered more than 450,892 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, as of April 13, according to data from the Florida Department of Health.
That s up 15% from the previous week s tally of 390,820 COVID-19 doses administered.
In Duval County, 20% of people living in Duval County are fully vaccinated as of April 13. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers someone fully vaccinated two weeks after they ve been given a single-dose shot (Johnson & Johnson) or a second shot (either Pfizer or Moderna). | Read more
9 a.m. | Blood clots and COVID-19 vaccines: How scientists are starting to unravel the rare side effect of the J&J and AstraZeneca vaccines
Last summer Eugene Eubanks went through four weeks of COVID-19 hell. Everything hurt. He was so weak he couldn t walk more than a few steps, so he crawled. He needed help to get to the bathroom. He couldn t eat and lost 30 pounds. At one point, he opened his safe, got out his will and called his family.
Just in case.
He doesn t want anyone else to experience that. So that s why he was knocking on doors in a Westside subdivision this week, on a hot afternoon with more than a hint of summer to it.
Wearing a yellow long-sleeved shirt labeled State Emergency Response Team, Eubanks was one of 12 people hired by the state who went door-to-door in the Westchester subdivision off Crystal Springs Road.