WEDNESDAY February 13, 2019
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DR Horton plans a townhome community at 8159 Arlington Expressway where there now is a roundabout and vacant lot.
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Townhomes planned at Arlington roundabout DR Horton’s Rivergate community is at site of former Expressway Mall. BY SCOTT SAILER EDITORIAL RESEARCH DIRECTOR
She said her group was “in the middle of some wonderful projects, and important projects, in our community,” including the Jacksonville Regional Transportation Center Downtown, the Northbank repairs at Liberty Street and Coastline Drive and The District mixed-use project proposed on the Southbank. “2019 is going to be a very good year,” Meskel
DR Horton plans 191 townhomes at 8159 Arlington Expressway, the roundabout west of Arlingwood Avenue not far from Regency Square Mall. The homebuilder plans to develop the Rivergate project on 14.12 acres where the Expressway Mall was demolished in 2006. Representing DR Horton, Hart Resources LLC applied to the Jacksonville Planning and Development Department for a land use change from community/ general commercial and low density residential to medium density residential. That change will be reviewed by City Council and forwarded to the state for review before it returns to the city for review and adoption by the council. The application was made with Ordinance 2019-65. A companion rezoning is expected. Harvest Baptist Church, which changed its name to River City Baptist Church, owns the property. It planned to build a campus on the property but instead
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Meskel & Associates Engineering PLLC President Antoinette “Tina” Meskel, center, celebrates with other Small Business Leaders after being named the JAX Chamber’s 2019 Overall Small Business Leader of the Year.
Meskel & Associates Engineering PLLC founder and president Tina Meskel named JAX Chamber Small Business Leader of the Year.
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Meskel & Associates Engineering PLLC celebrated a decade in business Tuesday with its president, Antoinette “Tina” Meskel, becoming the JAX Chamber’s 2019 Overall Small Business Leader of the Year. “This really couldn’t happen for us at a better time,” Meskel told more than 230 attendees at the chamber’s 6th Annual Small Business Breakfast at the Schultz Center for Teaching & Leadership.
Lots of calls, no charges in council investigation The State Attorney’s Office issued a report Monday concluding a yearlong investigation of potential Florida Sunshine Law violations by City Council members during the past two council leadership races. While the report concludes that “available evidence would not support a criminal prosecution of any individual council member,” it found thousands of calls between the lawmakers leading up to the 2017 and 2018 council president races. More at JaxDailyRecord.com
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