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A.G. GancarskiApril 7, 2015

On a sunny Tuesday morning in Springfield, Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown came together with community leaders for a groundbreaking on a 14-unit apartment building on West Eighth Street, in an area city leaders have been trying to revitalize for decades. The multifamily apartment building, called the Dozier apartments (named after architect Henrietta Dozier) was designed […]

Kevin MeerschaertMarch 20, 2015

Long awaited infrastructure improvements are heading to parts of northwest Jacksonville. Mayor Alvin Brown, joined by other city leaders on Friday, signed an ordinance authorizing more than $7 million for water main improvements on U.S. 1 and redevelopment projects on Phelps Street and the Soutel Drive corridor. The city council unanimously passed the ordinance this […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 28, 2014

One of the surprises of 2014, in terms of the 2015 Duval mayoral race, is that the Republican opposition to incumbent Mayor Alvin Brown is targeting the African-American community in early efforts. Both Bill Bishop and Lenny Curry see vulnerability in Brown’s support with African American voters — which surprises outside observers because he is […]

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