A ROADMAP FOR REDEVELOPMENT

Downtown Jacksonville is undergoing a transformation. New residents, new businesses and hundreds of millions of dollars of new investment are flowing into Downtown, bolstering the neighborhood’s status as a vibrant place to live, a robust place to do business and an enjoyable place to visit.

None of this came about by accident. It wasn’t some random happenstance.

Rather, it was the result of a Downtown master plan created more than a decade ago and then refined and expanded over the years — with the most recent update occurring in June 2022.

This current version of the master plan is before you now. It’s a comprehensive playbook and rulebook for attracting diverse types of private development — residential, retail, dining, entertainment and more — while also enriching the cultural environment and modernizing the infrastructure to reinvigorate Downtown Jacksonville. It lays out a set of goals for Downtown growth and establishes a detailed set of processes and guidelines for bringing them to fruition.

Developed by a cross-section of the community – elected officials, thought leaders and community residents among them – the plan forms the basis for all future development of Downtown, including where public and private development should take place, what design elements should be included, how existing historical properties can be preserved and more.

Downtown Jacksonville has taken strong steps forward in recent years, and many more are coming. This plan was meticulously developed to lead us to this point and to keep us squarely on a path to progress in the years to come.