Legendary rivalry to continue tradition at EverBank Field

Jacksonville scores again as a result of a recent agreement to keep one of our nation’s biggest football rivalry games in town. Since 1933, the City of Jacksonville and EverBank Field have been the home of the Georgia-Florida game. That tradition will continue through 2021, as both schools have reached an agreement with the City on a five-year extension.

OCEARCH returned to Jacksonville for its 24th expedition to generate scientific data critical to ocean conservation by satellite tagging Great White Sharks. Mayor Lenny Curry joined the OCEARCH team to launch Expedition Jacksonville Tuesday, March 15.

Governor Rick Scott announced the Jacksonville area added 25,600 new private-sector jobs over the year in January. The area’s unemployment rate declined by 1.0 percent over the year to 4.9 percent in January. Florida has added 1,060,800 private sector jobs since 2010. Governor Scott will celebrate this great news today on his five-city “Million, Billion Jobs Victory Tour.”

Watering Set at Two Days Per Week with the Change to Daylight Saving Time

As the City of Jacksonville Environmental Quality Division reminds Duval County residents to set their clocks forward one hour Sunday, March 13 for daylight saving time, it is also reminding them to set lawn and landscape irrigation to no more than two days per week.

Patrons to Explore More Than 30 Countries in a Single Visit

Calling all world travelers – It’s that time of year when Jacksonville residents and visitors can take a trip around the world without leaving town! The City of Jacksonville will host the 24th annual World of Nations Celebration at Metropolitan Park (1410 Gator Bowl Blvd. – 32202) Saturday, April 23, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday, April 24, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Statement from Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry on the arrest of suspects involved in the shooting of 22-month-old Aiden McClendon on Jan. 29, 2016: 

Today’s Senate Approval Advances Bill

In a 35 – 1 vote, the pension reform bill proposed by Mayor Lenny Curry was approved by the Senate today. The Curry plan supports the City of Jacksonville’s efforts to solving pension debt that has long stifled the City. It gives municipal governments the ability to repurpose existing surtax revenue to address pension liability under circumstances that demonstrate a serious potential for financial difficulty. The bill limits participation to those local governments whose underfunded retirement benefit is below 80 percent of actuarial funding. 

Statement from Mayor Lenny Curry on the shooting of a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office detective on Collins Road on March 9, 2016: 

Statement from Mayor Lenny Curry on the approval of his pension legislation by the Florida Senate in a 35-1 vote:

Today, Governor Scott announced that FIS, a global leader in financial services technology, is expanding its presence in Jacksonville and will be creating 250 new jobs. The expansion will also generate a capital investment of over $2 million in the local community. FIS currently has nearly 1,100 employees in Duval County and employs more than 4,500 Floridians statewide.

The 2016 season kicked off for the Riverside Arts Market (RAM) on Saturday, March 5, under the Fuller Warren Bridge. With a drum roll, Mayor Lenny Curry and wife Molly Curry declared the market officially open for its 8^th season. 

More than 500 seniors from throughout Jacksonville joined Mayor Lenny Curry and his wife Molly on Saturday for a 1.5 mile walk along the St. Johns River in Downtown Jacksonville. The annual Mayor’s Walk for Senior Wellness encourages citizens 60 and older to maintain an active and healthy lifestyle.

Mayor Lenny Curry and EY announced this morning Ernst & Young LLP will open a client service delivery center in Jacksonville that will create 450 highly-skilled jobs over the next four years. The center will further enhance EY’s ability to help clients streamline and improve business operations and manage risk in order to achieve cost savings and maintain their competitive advantage. The project was approved unanimously last month by City Council.

The second of Mayor Lenny Curry’s Community Conversations on public safety was held at the University of North Florida Monday, Feb. 29. With the topic “Our Citizens: Reducing Recidivism and Re-entry to Improve Communities,” panelists discussed issues affecting incarcerated citizens as they try to re-enter society.

Mayor Lenny Curry and District 11 City Councilman Danny Becton joined the crew of Fire Station 44, area businesses and community members to participate in a Firehouse tradition dating back to the late 1800s.