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Preparing for the unthinkable
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KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
Residence Inn planned near Mayo Clinic
155-room hotel will be built at San Pablo Road.
Photos by Scott Sailer
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, fourth from left with his back turned, is surrounded by reporters in front of the Jacksonville Landing on Monday in the wake of the shooting Sunday that left three dead, including the person identified as the gunman.
Course hosted by JAX Chamber and Black Knight – in the works long before this weekend’s events – offers training for how to deal with an active shooter. BY JAY SCHLICHTER ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Jacksonville is reeling after two shootings over the weekend – one following a high school football game and the other at a video game tournament – left 4 people dead and many more injured, both physically and mentally. But there are options for those who wish to prepare as best as one can in an age where news headlines about shootings are becoming all too commonplace. The JAX Chamber and Black Knight
TV news vans line Independent Drive in front of the Jacksonville Landing on Monday.
are co-hosting a course in dealing with an active shooter. The class is 3:30 to 5 p.m. Sept. 5 at Black Knight’s offices at 601 Riverside Avenue. But the agencies didn’t decide to offer the training right after the incidents occurred. In fact, the class was announced weeks before a 24-year-old
LANDING TO REOPEN The Jacksonville Landing, which was closed Monday in the wake of Sunday’s deadly shooting, said via Twitter it plans to reopen Tuesday with normal business hours.
SEE CLASS, PAGE 3
A 155-room, seven-story Residence Inn by Marriott is planned on about 3 acres at 4915 San Pablo Road S. as part of a 17.4acre development at San Pablo Road and Dixie Landing Drive. The developer is Hotel Development Partners LLC of Atlanta. The civil engineer is Prosser Inc. Called San Pablo Place Hotel on plans, the project doesn’t identify a hotel brand. However, Hotel Development Partners says on its website that its Fund III has begun with the Residence Inn Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. Plans filed with the St. Johns River Water Management District show it comprises 114,906 square feet of space, including 1,800 square feet of meeting space, a pool and patio. The property is owned by Steinemann San Pablo LLC. Steinemannco.com shows San Pablo Place as a 16-acre site for “upscale mixed-use” to include hotel and retail space. Mayo Clinic is north of the site. Hotel Development Partners CEO Allen O’Brien said the group expects to break ground early in the first quarter and open in fall 2020. SEE MATHIS, PAGE 3
Today is Election Day: Polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Today is primary Election Day in Florida. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. On the ballot in Duval County are are races for governor, state cabinet and national and state legislators. Nonpartisan elections include judicial and school board seats and a special election for tax collector. For more information, visit DuvalElections.com.
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