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CareerSource Northeast Florida Vice President of Communications Candace Moody and John Avendano, president of Florida State College at Jacksonville.
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Candace Moody ‘going free-range’
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Longtime vice president of communications at CareerSource Northeast Florida will become a freelance consultant, speaker and writer. BY MAX MARBUT ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Earth Fare opened its newest Northeast Florida store in October at 120 Shops Blvd. in the Shoppes at St. Johns Parkway in St. Johns County. It opened its first area store in 2014 in the Atlantic North shopping center at 11901 Atlantic Blvd. In 2017, it opened in the Mandarin South Shopping Center at 11700 San Jose Blvd. In October, Earth Fare President and CEO Frank Scorpiniti said there were 15 more Earth Fare stores in development in Florida, but none in Northeast Florida. It’s the second closure in the natural foods market industry in two weeks. Lucky’s Market announced Jan. 22 it would close most of its stores nationwide, including all but one in Florida. The
During her presentation Jan. 30 about a significant trend in career options, Candace Moody announced her own. After nearly 23 years, Moody will leave her position as vice president of communications at CareerSource Northeast Florida. Moody said she will leave her full-time job at CareerSource in May, on her 62nd birthday, to become a freelance consultant, speaker and writer specializing in career development. “I’m going free-range,” Moody said. “I said, ‘You won’t own me, but you can rent me,’” she said. Moody’s timing was appropriate because her presentation, titled “Reshaping Career Options: The Rise of the Gig Economy,” was about why so many people are using their passion, talents and skills in the entrepreneurial setting instead of having a traditional job.
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Earth Fare opened its 24,000-square-foot store at 120 Shops Blvd. in the Shoppes at St. Johns Parkway center off County Road 210 West in October. It will close along with the rest of the natural foods chain.
The natural foods chain, with three stores in Northeast Florida, cites “continued challenges in the retail industry” for going out of business. BY KATIE GARWOOD STAFF WRITER
Earth Fare, the natural and organic grocer, announced Feb. 3 it will close all its stores, including two in Duval County and one in St. Johns. The company said liquidation sales will begin immediately. Hours are 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. until Feb. 5 when they go from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The store will search for buyers for store
locations, according to a news release. Asheville, North Carolina-based Earth Fare operates about 50 stores nationwide. Besides Florida, Earth Fare has stores in North Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. “Earth Fare has been proud to serve the natural and organic grocery market, and the decision to begin the process of closing our stores was not entered into lightly. We’d like to thank our Team Members for their commitment and dedication to serving our customers, and our vendors and suppliers for their partnership,” the company said in a statement. The company cited “continued challenges in the retail industry” and the inability to refinance its debt as reasons for closing its stores.
Live Bar nightclub owner buys Downtown building Downtown Jacksonville nightclub owner Klodian “John” Ferra bought the two-story building that he leases at 327-345 E. Bay St. for $2.85 million Jan. 27. He bought it through 327 E. Bay LLC from Liberty-Bay Inc., led by attorney Michael Basford. The 38,835-square-foot building is across from the former Duval County Courthouse and City Hall site, the proposed The Ford on Bay retail and multifamily residential development. Ferra operates the Live Bar at 331 E. Bay St. on the property.
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