Alvin Brown appears with business leaders, touts economic record

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Using the newly completed Southbank Riverwalk as a location with the city’s Main Street Bridge as a backdrop on Thursday, Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown assembled a group of local business leaders to make the economic case for his re-election.

After glowing introductions from local business owners, Brown stepped to the mike and touted his record as mayor, mentioning the growth of jobs under his tenure, particularly in Jacksonville’s urban core.

A Thursday news release highlighted EverBank and Citizens Property Insurance moving downtown, bringing 2,500 positions with them.

Earlier in the day a new UNF poll showed Brown leading his opponents going into the March 24 unitary election, with 37% to Lenny Curry’s 25% and Bill Bishop‘s 11%.

The Curry campaign calls Brown’s poll numbers “free-fall.”

“It cannot be overstated how bad a number 37% is for an incumbent mayor who is weeks away from facing voters,” read a statement from the Curry campaign’s Data Targeting Research firm.

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In addition to her work writing for Florida Politics, Melissa Ross also hosts and produces WJCT’s First Coast Connect, the Jacksonville NPR/PBS station’s flagship local call-in public affairs radio program. The show has won four national awards from Public Radio News Directors Inc. (PRNDI). First Coast Connect was also recognized in 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014 as Best Local Radio Show by Folio Weekly’s “Best Of Jax” Readers Poll and Melissa has also been recognized as Folio Weekly’s Best Local Radio Personality. As executive producer of The 904: Shadow on the Sunshine State, Melissa and WJCT received an Emmy in the “Documentary” category at the 2011 Suncoast Emmy Awards. The 904 examined Jacksonville’s status as Florida’s murder capital. During her years in broadcast television, Melissa picked up three additional Emmys for news and feature reporting. Melissa came to WJCT in 2009 with 20 years of experience in broadcasting, including stints in Cincinnati, Chicago, Orlando and Jacksonville. Married with two children, Melissa is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism/Communications. She can be reached at [email protected].



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