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J Magazine Winter 2019

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David Cawton II, Manager of Media<br />

& Public Relations at the Jacksonville<br />

Transportation Authority, takes a selfie<br />

with Mike Clark, editor of J <strong>Magazine</strong>,<br />

Todd Brearley, Design and Construction<br />

Project Manager for the Jacksonville<br />

Regional Transportation Center<br />

and Nat Ford, CEO of JTA.<br />

J MAGAZINE<br />

PARTNERS<br />

DEPARTMENTS<br />

9 FROM THE EDITOR<br />

10 RATING DOWNTOWN<br />

11 BRIEFING<br />

12 THE BIG PICTURE<br />

14 THEN & NOW<br />

14 THE BIG PICTURE<br />

68 CHECKING THE PULSE<br />

90 CORE EYESORE<br />

92 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS<br />

98 THE FINAL WORD<br />

THE MAGAZINE OF THE REBIRTH OF JACKSONVILLE’S DOWNTOWN<br />

Transportation Issue<br />

NEED FOR SPEED<br />

WHEN WILL<br />

HIGH-SPEED<br />

RAIL COME TO<br />

JACKSONVILLE?<br />

P34<br />

END OF AN ERA<br />

A HIGH-PROFILE<br />

DOWNTOWN<br />

MEGA-CHURCH<br />

DOWNSIZES<br />

P64<br />

IN THE DARK<br />

WHEN THE SUN<br />

GOES DOWN,<br />

THE CORE CAN<br />

GET GLOOMY<br />

P72<br />

THE FUTURE<br />

BAY STREET<br />

INNOVATION<br />

CORRIDOR IS<br />

CLOSER THAN<br />

YOU THINK<br />

P86<br />

TRANSIT MAN<br />

JTA CEO NAT FORD HAS HIS EYES SET ON THE FUTURE<br />

P18<br />

WINTER <strong>2019</strong><br />

ON THE COVER<br />

With the Regional Transportation<br />

Center set to open in the spring,<br />

Jacksonville Transportation Authority<br />

CEO Nat Ford isn’t taking a break<br />

anytime soon. // PAGE 18<br />

STORY BY FRANK DENTON<br />

PHOTO BY BOB SELF

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