Jazzland

For years, the various clubs that inhabited a small storefront at Old Arlington’s “Crossroads” – the University Blvd. and Arlington Road intersection – were a community plague. Surrounding residential, business and church neighbors contended with the site’s string of vacancies and occupancies that taxed the City’s zoning, licensing, and police enforcement...

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Charter Point

Arlington’s foundation is its large collection of distinct and unique neighborhoods. Once a rural area with half dozen enclaves, scores of subdivisions sprung up in the decades following the 1953 opening of the Mathews Bridge. These developments bonded into neighborhoods, whose associations bonded into councils, that would serve as a model for Jacksonville civic involvement today. The Charter...

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Mayor Alvin Brown

On May 17, 2011 Jacksonville voters chose Arlington resident Alvin Brown to lead the city. He assumed office July 1, 2011. Mayor Brown ran on his vision of “taking Jacksonville to the next level” through job creation, Downtown revitalization, and making education and public safety top priorities. Prior to the election, Mayor Brown served as an Executive in Residence at Jacksonville...

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Arboretum Celebration

Arboretum Celebration

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In Search of Ft. Caroline

Florida Times Union – October 15th By Matt Soergel No one ever said it would be easy to crack the biggest mystery of Fort Caroline: Where is the exact location of the isolated, blood-soaked outpost of the doomed French expedition to the New World? People have looked for it over the years. But it’s as if it has just vanished, as if there never were that tenuous foothold somewhere on the...

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