Join Councilwoman Ju’Coby Pittman, James Weldon Johnson Park and the City of Jacksonville to celebrate the first annual Emancipation Celebration Day, honoring the day Florida ended slavery. The inaugural event will take place on Thursday, May 20, 2021 at James Weldon Johnson Park and will help educate the community on the significance of this historic day.
 

The City of Jacksonville Downtown Investment Authority (DIA) closed on its first Storefront Façade Grant agreement to recipient Hatfield & Hatfield, P.A., a local law firm doing business in Downtown since 2016. Grant funds, totaling $7,370, will be used to help preserve the building’s exterior quality and enhance the aesthetics of the building. Improvements include replacing street-facing windows to provide better protection from the elements, removing aging window frames and glazing, and adding protective film to the entrance doors so that they will better match the new-and-improved windows and provide additional security.

Survey Kicks Off 21^st Century Urban Branch Library Envisioning Project

 

JACKSONVILLE, FL – Council Member Aaron Bowman will introduce an amendment to ORD 2021-223 (Local Option Gas Tax) that will ensure our city finally recognizes and remedies the more than fifty-year neglect of the northwestern part of our city. The amendment will modify the current thirty-year, $1 billion legislation that is planned to be spent throughout the city and includes expansion of the skyway system to a more reasonable three-cent, ten-year gas tax with all proceeds going to the Northwest quadrant. 
 

May 4, 2021 - Friends of James Weldon Johnson Park is proud to host events in James Weldon Johnson Park located at 135 W. Monroe Street in the heart of Downtown Jacksonville. All activities listed below are free and open to the public. 

The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department (JFRD) is seeking 911 Communications Officers. Emergency Communications Officers help save lives during a personal or national crisis. These individuals are often the first and most critical contact citizens have with emergency services.

The Keep Jacksonville Beautiful Commission (KJB) and the City of Jacksonville invite nominations for the 18^th annual Keep Jacksonville Beautiful Awards, which highlights individuals, businesses, organizations and schools that contributed to keeping the city clean in 2020.

With a focus on addressing blight, the City of Jacksonville offers citizens opportunities and events that promote appropriate disposal of waste and other debris.

Animal Care and Protective Services (ACPS) invites you to celebrate “Adopt a Shelter Pet Day”.