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A.G. GancarskiJune 3, 2016

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Changes may be in store for the beleaguered management of Jacksonville’s Hemming Park. A meeting on the “Future Plans of Hemming Park” is to take place Wednesday in the office suite of Jacksonville’s City Council. The meeting will include CFO Mike Weinstein and Chief of Staff Kerri Stewart from the mayor’s office, as well as Daryl Joseph, Jake Gordon […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 24, 2016

After a fractious public notice meeting between Jacksonville City Council members and Friends of Hemming Park earlier on Tuesday, council Vice President Lori Boyer proposed that an appropriation approved by the Finance Committee for $250,000 for the construction of a new stage be changed to an appropriation granting Friends of Hemming Park $100,000 to cover operating […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 24, 2016

The discussions on Jacksonville City Council funding a new stage in Hemming Park, while Friends of Hemming Park ran off of sponsorship money from that stage, seemed esoteric in council committees. However, on Monday, clarity was provided by Chris Hong in the Florida Times-Union: “The organization in charge of downtown’s Hemming Park made a revelation on Monday: It needs […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 16, 2016

An ordinance appropriating $250,000 from Jacksonville City Council contingency funds to construct a stage at downtown’s Hemming Park was approved Monday by a 6-to-1 vote of the Finance Committee after over an hour of discussion. There were some sticking points beforehand. Multiple members of the committee expressed serious qualms about this particular deal, and about the […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 20, 2016

Hemming Park is having its 150th anniversary this week, and a Wednesday meeting revealed that it’s on the right track, yet work remains to improve it regarding sustainable funding and enforcing community standards with more robust security. A meeting between Jacksonville City Council members Bill Gulliford. Lori Boyer and Anna Brosche and Friends of Hemming Park’s Wayne Wood and Vince Cavin […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 28, 2015

On Monday evening, an email went out from the Jacksonville Office of General Counsel regarding draft legislation that would help preserve city funding for the Friends of Hemming Park. In the email, John Sawyer of the OGC office wrote, “The First Amendment itself makes one revision to the base contract, which is to amend the […]

Julie DelegalJanuary 14, 2015

I live in paradise. A broad, blue river runs through my city, crossed by seven bridges – three or four of them works of art in themselves. The skyline at night, sparkling in the mirror-blackness of the St. Johns, never fails to take my breath away. I love Jacksonville as I would a member of […]

Julie DelegalJanuary 14, 2015

I live in paradise. A broad, blue river runs through my city, crossed by seven bridges – three or four of them works of art in themselves. The skyline at night, sparkling in the mirror-blackness of the St. Johns, never fails to take my breath away. I love Jacksonville as I would a member of […]

Tag: Hemming Park

Meeting slated Wednesday on future of Hemming Park

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Jax Council Finance OKs $250,000 for Hemming Park stage

Hemming Park on right track, yet concerns remain

Emergency legislation for Jax Hemming Park funding pending

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