A.G. GancarskiApril 6, 2020
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The city plans to initially invest $9 million.
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A.G. GancarskiApril 6, 2020A.G. GancarskiMarch 27, 2018
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The City of Jacksonville last week advanced suggestions to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity for Opportunity Zones, each with an urban core focus. Per Neighborhoods Director Stephanie Burch, five census tracts have been chosen in the downtown area, within the aegis of the Downtown Investment Authority. The areas chosen have extant infrastructure, can absorb private […]
A.G. GancarskiFebruary 15, 2018
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In January, Jacksonville residents complained about the return of Ku Klux Klan flyers to city streets. “I am visiting Jacksonville, and was disturbed to see these flyers (such as those pictured) rolled up and strewn along Riverside Ave. in Five Points in short intervals. They are everywhere in the area between the Publix and Bell […]
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 4, 2017
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For the second time in ten months, the city of Jacksonville will bring aboard a new chief of real estate. Renee Hunter, an alumna of the University of Wisconsin’s journalism school and of the Florida Coastal School of Law, will be “official” pending confirmation by the city council. Hunter is no stranger to work in […]
A.G. GancarskiNovember 18, 20163min305
Two heads of Jacksonville departments are being promoted from within, it was announced Friday by the office of Mayor Lenny Curry. Diane Moser, chief of Talent Management, has been promoted to serve as director of Employee Services. Stephanie Burch, chief of Real Estate, has been promoted to director of Neighborhoods. Curry described these roles as “critically important” […]
A.G. GancarskiMarch 18, 2016
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The office of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry is preparing an ordinance to appoint Stephanie Burch to the Chief of Real Estate position in the Department of Public Works. Burch, if formally approved by City Council, will be “responsible for the acquisition, appraisal, management, disposal, inventory, utilization assessment and other functions relating to real property,” including fulfillment functions, […]