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Thursday, May 17, 2018
Vol. 105, No. 129 • One Section
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CITI TEEN CENTER COMING TO SPRINGFIELD
Special to the Daily Record
The Laurence F. Lee Boys & Girls Club will be transformed into the Citi Teen Center through an effort called The Springfield Project that seeks to raise about $2.5 million.
Johnson Family YMCA expansion work underway
Closed Laurence F. Lee Boys & Girls Club will be transformed into center where teens can “learn, grow and engage in healthy activities.”
Project includes renovation, addition of Teen Center, pool.
By Karen Brune Mathis Editor
From Staff
A closed Springfield Boys & Girls Clubs center will be converted into the Citi Teen Center, possibly to open in January, to anchor the corner of Liberty and 10th streets. Conversion of the Laurence F. Lee Boys & Girls Club “will transform the Lee facility into the coolest (and safest) place for local teenagers, aged 13 to 18, to learn, grow and engage in healthy activities,” says the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida. According to the club, the investment to create The Springfield Project is about $2.5 million. The Citi financial services giant donated $500,000 as the naming-rights sponsor.
Photo by Karen Brune Mathis
Built in 1965, the Laurence F. Lee Boys & Girls Club at 313 E. 10th St. was open for 50 years until closing in 2015 because of the recession and rising maintenance costs.
Darby Stubblefield, Boys & Girls Clubs vice president of development, said Publix Super Markets Charities donated $100,000, the Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation gave $800,000, and Lowe’s donated $50,000. An anonymous donor pledged $250,000.
An $880,000 Community Development Block Grant through the city from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development tipped the project into development, she said. That was Club
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The James Weldon Johnson Family YMCA began work Monday on a $3.5 million expansion and renovation. The completed project will feature a new Teen Center, Pre-Teen Center and swimming pool and a renovated wellness center. “At the Y, we believe it is our responsibility to help children and teens realize their potential and to provide the necessary tools and resources to help our neighbors achieve health and well-being,” said Eric Mann, YMCA of Florida’s First Coast president and CEO. The Johnson Family Y is at 5700 Cleveland Road in Northwest Jacksonville.
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eTown continues to make moves with plans in city review Development along I-295 making progress on residential plans.
More eTown and nearby development is surfacing for the more than 1,000-acre project primarily east of Interstate 295 and Florida 9B. While road signs and public filings refer to E-Town, the project is being marketed as eTown. The PARC Group is developing the project on land owned by the Davis family.
Among the updates: n Toll Brothers, through Toll Southeast LP Co. Inc., paid $5.36 million May 1 for 76.7 acres east of I-295 and Florida 9B. It bought the land from Eastland Timber LLC, led by Vice President Jed Davis. Toll Brothers previously bought 113 acres for almost $4.9 million along R.G. Skinner Parkway from
Eastland Timber in February. It is for a single-family community. n Set for Jacksonville Planning Commission review June 7, Eastland Timber seeks a minor modification for 12.38 acres east of I-295 and south of R.G. Skinner Parkway. It’s called Atlantic Coast Development. No specific uses are shown in the application, but design guide-
lines include commercial, singlefamily, multifamily and townhouse lot requirements. Lawyer Paul Harden is the applicant. Plans already filed with the city show that 97 townhomes among 13 seven-unit buildings and one six-unit structure are proposed on the site. R.G. Skinner ParkMathis
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The Cawton Report: Council VP race is wide open Danny Becton, Tommy Hazouri and Scott Wilson vying for position. Public
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