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DIGITS<br />
Ever wonder<br />
who lives<br />
Downtown?<br />
Downtown<br />
Vision Inc.<br />
found out:<br />
Like or love<br />
living<br />
Downtown<br />
Work in<br />
Downtown or<br />
a surrounding<br />
neighborhood<br />
Have an annual<br />
household income<br />
of $100,000+<br />
SOURCE:<br />
DVI’s 2018-<strong>2019</strong> State<br />
of Downtown Report<br />
BRIEFING<br />
By The Florida Times-Union Editorial Board<br />
Thumbs up for Visit<br />
Jacksonville’s new app,<br />
especially the guided<br />
tours. African-American<br />
history, top parks, to<br />
brew pubs, there is<br />
a tour for just about<br />
everyone.<br />
Thumbs up for plans to<br />
resurrect and revive the<br />
historic Jacksonville<br />
Armory. This is a<br />
classic structure that<br />
needs to be saved. It has<br />
been empty too long.<br />
Thumbs up for<br />
Downtown Vision’s<br />
project to add lighting<br />
along Laura Street,<br />
not just during the<br />
holidays but year-round.<br />
A little progress should<br />
be celebrated.<br />
Thumbs down for<br />
the poor lighting<br />
Downtown, especially<br />
along the riverwalks.<br />
There is no excuse for<br />
all the light bulbs that<br />
are out. Poor designs<br />
make it worse.<br />
Thumbs down for<br />
Jacksonville’s glacial<br />
progress on dealing<br />
with parking. The<br />
proposal by former DIA<br />
HITS & MISSES<br />
board member Dane<br />
Grey to take it over<br />
revealed how much we<br />
are missing.<br />
Thumbs up to the<br />
Downtown Investment<br />
Authority for offering<br />
the public to speak<br />
at the start of every<br />
meeting, not requiring<br />
a three-hour wait like<br />
some public boards.<br />
Thumbs down for the<br />
city’s failure to seriously<br />
consider reusing the<br />
Jacksonville Landing.<br />
Like the old Civic<br />
Auditorium, it probably<br />
could have saved money<br />
for taxpayers.<br />
Thumbs up for the<br />
lynching exhibit at the<br />
Museum of Science and<br />
History and for moving<br />
it to other public<br />
spaces Downtown.<br />
Understanding our<br />
history helps us<br />
understand our city.<br />
Thumbs up to Visit<br />
Jacksonville’s new<br />
mobile visitor van,<br />
which deals much<br />
better with the<br />
840 square miles of<br />
DUUVAL. Brick and<br />
FIRST PERSON<br />
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mortar should be<br />
minimal.<br />
Thumbs up for plans to<br />
add a boutique grocer<br />
to the developers<br />
of the former JEA<br />
and Independent Life<br />
building at 233 W. Duval<br />
St. It will be an iconic<br />
mark of progress.<br />
Thumbs up for DIA<br />
CEO Lori Boyer’s<br />
plan to focus retail<br />
Downtown along the<br />
Elbow on Main Street<br />
and in the Laura-Hogan<br />
street area. Ample<br />
parking is nearby.<br />
Two-way streets will be<br />
added.<br />
Thumbs up for Council<br />
Member Matt Carlucci’s<br />
plan to boost the<br />
Historic Preservation<br />
Fund. Many Downtown<br />
buildings need a<br />
little boost to make<br />
developments viable.<br />
Thumbs up for the<br />
incentives that were<br />
used to attract and<br />
keep FIS Financial<br />
Services to the<br />
Brooklyn area. These<br />
incentives have<br />
produced huge benefits.<br />
“This has been like a 50-year objective in Jacksonville to<br />
do something Downtown. We are probably as anxious as<br />
anybody to break this curse and get something going.”<br />
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS OWNER SHAD KHAN ON PLANS TO break ground<br />
on HIS LOT j DEVELOPment by the end of the first quarter OF 2020<br />
WINTER <strong>2019</strong> | J MAGAZINE 11
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