Monday, August 29, 2011
Intown Market Watch
The August Intown Market Watch is now available. It tracks sold prices, list price vs. sold price, days on market, new listings vs expired listings vs withdrawn listings for all the intown Jacksonville neighborhoods: Riverside, Avondale, San Marco, Murray Hill, St. Nicholas, Downtown, and Springfield. If you want a copy send me your email, it is in Word and PDF formats.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
The Veggie Bin
The Veggie Bin is a GREAT business in Jacksonville's urban core that I thought I would highlight for those who may not be aware of it. The Veggie Bin partners with local farmer's each week to provide its members with farm fresh produce delivered to their door.
This is a great way not only to support a local urban core business, but local farmers too! In addition, The Veggie Bin is partnering with other local Jacksonville businesses to bring other great products to their members, such as local honey, coffee, bread, soap, etc.
Supporting local business is good for Jacksonville's development in so many ways. I will try to highlight more and more of the great local businesses that we have in the urban core.
This is a great way not only to support a local urban core business, but local farmers too! In addition, The Veggie Bin is partnering with other local Jacksonville businesses to bring other great products to their members, such as local honey, coffee, bread, soap, etc.
Supporting local business is good for Jacksonville's development in so many ways. I will try to highlight more and more of the great local businesses that we have in the urban core.
The Spark Plan
If you haven't read/heard about The Spark Plan yet, here is a quick blurb to get you caught up. The “Spark,” a partnership among the City, the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville, Downtown Vision Inc., JTA and the private sector, is focused on creating a redevelopment plan for the Northbank core based on attracting artists to live and work Downtown and using unoccupied historic buildings.
This is really exciting for Jacksonville. In cities all over the US, creative people have moved into "unusable" spaces or neglected neighborhoods, often for cost/price issues. But the creative energy they bring is often the "spark" that ignites more development, such as galleries, coffee shops, restaurants, shops, etc to move in. The biggest example of this to look at is, of course, SOHO in NY. More locally, Ybor City in Tampa was also "sparked" in this way in the early 1990's.
Recently, James Richards, the co-founder and principal at TOWNSCAPE, Inc visited to assist with The Spark Plan. You can read Part one of his interview here and part two here
This is really exciting for Jacksonville. In cities all over the US, creative people have moved into "unusable" spaces or neglected neighborhoods, often for cost/price issues. But the creative energy they bring is often the "spark" that ignites more development, such as galleries, coffee shops, restaurants, shops, etc to move in. The biggest example of this to look at is, of course, SOHO in NY. More locally, Ybor City in Tampa was also "sparked" in this way in the early 1990's.
Recently, James Richards, the co-founder and principal at TOWNSCAPE, Inc visited to assist with The Spark Plan. You can read Part one of his interview here and part two here
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