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Chamber of Commerce; Marion, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns and Suwannee counties; and other public and private sector sources, the SBDC provides management assistance services at little or no charge to its clients. After graduating in 1980 from the University of Georgia with a degree in journalism, Donaldson focused her career on helping small businesses succeed. Her first job was at the Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce, now JAX Chamber, working in the small busi-

The Jacksonville City Council passed Mayor Lenny Curry’s $1.33 billion budget relatively intact Sept. 22, but not before a nearly two-hour debate over the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office $468 million in funding. City Council member Garrett Dennis withdrew his budget amendment to hold $234 million from JSO’s budget and require Sheriff Mike Williams to return to Dennis Council halfway through the fiscal year and justify the need before it’s allocated. Dennis pushed back against criticism from several Council members that his amendment was linked to the broader national movement to defund and reduce the size of police departments in exchange for more social services. He argued the amendment was not an attempt to defund JSO but to improve transparency, accountability and communication by Jacksonville law enforcement. Dennis cited a Sept. 21 editorial by The Florida Times-Union editorial board that called for Council to hold public hearings on protesters arrested during nonviolent protests May 30 and

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Janice Donaldson, regional director of the Florida Small Business Development Center at the University of North Florida, is retiring in February. BY MAX MARBUT ASSOCIATE EDITOR

or 39 years, Janice Donaldson has been helping the Florida Small Business Development Center at the University of North Florida launch entrepreneurs. The center worked with more than 1,800 clients in 2019. “I still look forward to working every day and meeting great people who make a difference in our community,” Donaldson said Aug. 31. She won’t be doing that after Feb. 28

because Donaldson, 61, is retiring as regional director of the center. Established in 1976 with a grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration, the center at UNF was one of two original sites for the program. Forty-four years later, the program Donaldson leads provides management assistance and training for prospective or active small business owners in 18 counties in Northeast and North Central Florida. With an annual budget of about $2 million – comprising financial support from the SBA and matching grants from UNF; the city of Jacksonville; the Clay County

The top 10 home sales of the week in Northeast Florida PAGE 7 The Basch Report: Maple Street Biscuit Co. expanding PAGE 10 Marbut Report: Lawyers polled on retaining judges PAGE 12

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The company received two extensions to its city-backed development agreement citing Downtown “market instability” because of the pandemic. Vestcor Companies delayed construction of its for-sale town house development in LaVilla twice this summer and the company said it is hesitant to begin the project in a Downtown market impacted by COVID-19. Ryan Hoover, president of Vestcor subsidiary TVC Development Inc., said Sept. 2 that the company sought two extensions to its development agreement with the Downtown Investment Authority and the city to build the 88-unit town house project. Hoover said Vestcor still plans to complete the development but won’t begin construction until the for-sale product market, which includes Downtown employees and people seeking an urban core lifestyle, returns. “You have a lot of people who really aren’t even in Downtown now. I assume that everything will be back to some form of normal,” Hoover said. “As long as things come back where we’re comfortable to do it (the town houses). We really worked hard on it,” he said. “At the same time, we’re not going to sit here and delay something forever. We’re not going to hold them up. We’re not going to start construction on a forsale product in the current market.” DIA documents show that Vestcor President Steve Moore requested a 60-day extension to commence construction, originally scheduled June 13. DIA CEO Lori Boyer granted Vestcor’s first extension request in a June 8 letter to Hoover based on “market instability” and concerns over the sale price and absorption rates caused by the pandemic. The housing developer agreed to keep the base price for each town house at $250,000 in its deal with the city, which will receive 75% of any revenue Vestcor receives above the marketed price. Boyer granted a second 60-day extension in an Aug. 10 letter, pushing Vestcor’s groundbreaking deadline to Oct. 12. Vestcor still has one 60-day extension remaining in its deal with the city,

if the company can show good cause. The developer is required to complete the project by Dec. 31, 2021, under the development agreement. The latest data from Downtown Vision Inc. shows the extent of COVID-19’s impact on Downtown foot traffic. From Jan. 1-Sept. 14, Downtown had 8.35 million visits compared with 14.43 million during the same period in 2019, according to DVI. “We’ve had 53% of the visits we had by this time last year,” DVI Vice President of Marketing Katherine Hardwick said in a Sept. 17 email. The statistics exclude Downtown employees and residents. DVI partnered with Regency Centers Corp. to use cellphone activity data Downtown to calculate the drop. The nonprofit’s annual report showed that from March 14 through July 31, Downtown had 21,641 daily average visitors. There’s not a high volume of for-sale residential inventory Downtown, but Boyer and DVI CEO Jake Gordon told the JAX Chamber ImpactJAX Public Policy Committee on Aug. 6 that Downtown rentable housing had a 94% occupancy rate and is seeing a high demand despite the pandemic. Vestcor’s portfolio in LaVilla has been growing since 2017, with an early emphasis on affordable and workforce housing apartments. The 108-unit Lofts at Monroe opened in December 2018; the 133-unit Lofts at Jefferson Station came online this year; and the 130-unit Lofts at LaVilla was Vestcor’s first project in the Downtown area. The Jacksonville City Council signed off on the town house agreement Jan. 28 after a DIA bid process that selected Vestcor in September 2019 to acquire and develop the city-owned land. Council agreed to sell the 3.9 acres in LaVilla to Vestcor through VC LaVilla Townhomes Ltd. for $100. DIA valued the property at Adams, Johnson, Lee and Forsyth streets at $3.58 million. As part of its deal, Jacksonville-based Vestcor will donate $100,000 each for the development of the LaVilla Heritage Trail and Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing Park. VC LaVilla Townhomes plans to build 10 three-story buildings comprising 50 town houses and four two-story buildings with 38 town houses. The land will revert to city ownership if Vestcor doesn’t break ground. Vestcor is working with architectural firm Group 4 Design Inc. Plans include gabled roofs on the town house units, a preference expressed by some DIA board members to reflect LaVilla’s historic shotgun-style architecture. MMENDENHALL@ JAXDAILYRECORD.COM @MIMENDENHALL (904) 356-2466

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Apartment future for old FBI building KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR

Toronto developer Marc Peter Kozman paid $1.2 million for the vacant Arlington property a year ago and wants to start work “as soon as possible.” Developer Marc Peter Kozman said he is working through the selection of a general contractor and hopes to renovate the former FBI building in Arlington into 118 apartments “as soon as possible.” “Jacksonville is a nice town,” said Kozman, who is based near Toronto, on Sept. 18 during a visit to Jacksonville. “It made good sense to us.” Kozman said Jacksonville offers a diversified economy and doesn’t rely on tourism. “We can see the work Downtown,” he said, and the area offers a good school system and a marketplace that attracts students and young professionals. “It’s an attractive market,” he said. The project architect is Fisher Koppenhafer. Previously filed plans show the building will be converted into 70 one-bedroom and 48 two-bedroom units. Plans

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show a gym, recreation areas, amenities and a courtyard. City Council enacted Ordinance 2020-0295 for rezoning and 2020-0294 for the land use change Aug. 11. Kozman rezoned the property from community commercial/general-2 and community, residential and office to a planned unit development. The land use changed from commercial and office categories to high-density residential. The Halff Associates Inc.

engineering and architecture consulting firm applied to the St. Johns River Water Management District for a permit exemption that involves redeveloping the commercial office building at 7820 Arlington Expressway into low-income housing. Kozman said his group is not targeting any specific market for renters but is aware of the area’s demographics. He said rents will be in line with the neighborhood. The Water Management

District application limited site work to landscape islands in the existing parking lot. The district said a permit is not required. Kozman Realty Inc. paid $1.2 million for the vacant building, according to a deed executed Sept. 26, 2019. It conveyed the property to a related group in July. The city approved interior demolition in November. The six-story, 90,000-square-foot building was developed in 1975 on a 4.79-

acre site. Kozman has a registration mailing address in Jacksonville Beach. In a Feb. 19 written description, Halff Associates, represented by Joe Loretta, said the project is expected to be completed in one phase in 12-15 months. It said it is a redevelopment of the former office building along with 5,675 square feet of storage and maintenance buildings. The minimum 17,700 square feet of nonresidential floor area, including amenities and storage, would be for resident use only. The Federal Bureau of Investigation leased the building for the Jacksonville field office until the bureau moved in 2009 to a government-owned structure at 6061 Gate Parkway. The building sat largely vacant after the FBI relocated. The LoopNet.com commercial real estate site said previously the Class C office building has been vandalized and without power, “adding to the demise of its visible condition.” The site said the building could be useful to “a savvy value-add investor” who would recognize it has a better use or could be held for development. “It seemed like an opportunity to serve the community,” Kozman said. “Everybody needs somewhere to live.” Kozman said he was preparing to submit for a building permit, likely as the 7820 Arlington Apartments until his group comes up with a name. KMATHIS@ JAXDAILYRECORD.COM @MATHISKB (904) 356-2466

RESTAURANT NOTES Starbucks at San Jose: The city is reviewing a permit application for Starbucks Coffee Co. to build-out a 2,500-square-foot shell structure at 5640 San Jose Blvd. at a cost of $275,000. The city also is reviewing applications for demolition of the former Shell station on the site at a cost of $20,000 and for Starbucks to build the new 2,533-square-foot shell structure at a cost of $500,000 on the site. The new Starbucks will have

a patio and drive-thru. First Coast Energy L.L.P. sold the site to San Jose Blvd Realty in December. Starbucks has been building stand-alone stores to replace the in-line locations within multitenant buildings. An in-line Starbucks operates across the street. Culver’s Gate Parkway: A JEA service availability request shows that Culver’s franchisees Don, Lori and Sophie Lichte intend to develop their South

Jacksonville restaurant on 1.5 acres of vacant land at Gate Parkway and Point Meadows Drive owned by First Coast Energy L.L.P. Wingstop at Cobblestone: The city issued a permit Sept. 17 for the $250,000 tenant build-out for Wingstop at 2771 Monument Road in the Cobblestone Crossing shopping center. It will replace Taco Del Mar in a

1,205-square-foot space. McDonald’s at College Park: The city issued a permit for McDonald’s Corp. to renovate at 1001 University Blvd. N. at a cost of $675,000. The 4,062-square-foot restaurant, built in 1984, is in College Park, formerly known as Town & Country Shopping Center.

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RETAIL NOTES Closed ABC to be dispensary: The city is reviewing a permit application for Sanctuary to occupy a former ABC Liquors store at 11450 Beach Blvd. The medicinal cannabis dispensary would use 3,305 square feet of the 7,385-square-foot building. The estimated $700,000 project would improve the exterior and part of the interior for Sanctuary and make basic improvements to the adjacent 4,080-square-foot space for a future tenant. ABC Properties Ltd. of Orlando owns the 1.54-acre site. Sanctuary Medicinals LLC of Apopka is listed as the owner on plans. Wawa to Edgewood: The city issued a mobility fee calculation certificate for Wawa at northwest Edgewood and Commonwealth avenues. The 5,636-square-foot gas station and convenience store is planned on 1.83 acres at 1004 Edgewood Ave. It is a former bank site. A previous mobility fee certificate expired July 22. Brightwork Real Estate bought the site in December 2017 through BW Edgewood Commonwealth LLC. Bohler Engineering is the civil engineer. PEBB lands construction loan: PEBB Enterprises announced that it secured

a construction loan from Truist Bank for the new Publix-anchored retail center it is developing in St. Johns County. The $9.92 million transaction closed Sept. 11. PEBB, a South Florida-based commercial real estate investor and developer, bought the 8.85-acre project site July 10. Initial site work is underway. J. Raymond Construction is the general contractor. Plans include a Publix and 10,500 square feet of additional in-line retail space. The site, at 855 County Road 210 W., is across the street from the master-planned mixed-use Beachwalk community. PEBB expects to complete construction by summer 2021. In addition to Publix, signed tenants include a Publix Liquors store and Lavender Spa. The company is in negotiations with several prospective tenants.

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Samsonite is building out offices within a 528,768-square-foot warehouse space at 1 Imeson Park Blvd., No. 201. The space is inside a 735,544-square-foot former Sears warehouse.

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Samsonite to build-out Imeson space where it plans a distribution center

Publix at Beachwalk: Meanwhile, St. Johns County issued a permit for the $4.1 million construction of an almost 52,000-square-foot Publix Super Markets Inc. store at 835 County Road 210 W. in Saint Johns in the Beachwalk development. The county also approved construction of a 10,500-square-foot retail building next to Publix at a cost of almost $1.8 million.

The city issued a permit Sept. 18 for Haskew Company & Associates Inc. to renovate space at 1 Imeson Park Blvd., No. 201, for Samsonite at a cost of $252,626. The permit appears to cover the office build-out within a larger 528,768-square-foot space. An Aug. 17 application for a certificate of use said Samsonite LLC will use the space for luggage distribution. Secondquarter real estate brokerage reports show that Samsonite will take occupancy in November.

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LBA Logistics owns the 735,544-square-foot structure, a former Sears warehouse, in Imeson International Industrial Park. JLL Executive Vice President Luke Pope and associate Ross Crabtree are the leasing representatives. Rosa Parks Station demolition: The city issued a permit for Baker Design Build to demolish the east side of the Jacksonville Transportation Authority Rosa L. Parks Transit Station Downtown

at 201 W. Union St. at a cost of $431,887. JTA Communications Director David Cawton II said Sept. 20 the authority is preparing the property for future transit-oriented development. The western half of the Rosa Parks Transit Station will continue to function as a stop for bus and Skyway services. The majority of bus traffic was rerouted to the new Jacksonville Regional Transportation Center in LaVilla.

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JU professor helping boost hospital patient safety Teri Chenot, Jacksonville University’s department chair for health care quality and safety programs, helped craft a national plan to make hospitals safer.

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ity programs at JU. The school offers a master’s degree and a postgraduate certificate in health care quality and safety. Chenot said those principles also are included in JU’s health care courses. JU’s health care quality and safety program is one of 17 in the U.S. and Canada, she said. “It’s putting patient safety on the forefront,” Chenot said. “These programs are placing our students on the cutting edge of learning how to improve health outcomes.” The school also is home to the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses Institute Regional Center for the Southeast. There are two others in the Northeast and Midwest. It hosts the center’s annual Patient Safety Forum and other events on campus each year.

A Jacksonville University more standardized patient have been identified, they are professor is at the forefront of safety plans. seldom shared nationally and ensuring preventable patient The committee includes implemented effectively across accidents and deaths no longer executives from Massachusetts multiple organizations,” says happen in hospitals across the General Hospital and Cincinan introduction to the report. country. nati Children’s Hospital and When Chenot became a Teri Chenot, JU’s departleaders in patient safety orgapatient safety officer in 2003, Nurse practitioner ment chair for health care nizations like Project Patient it was the first year that hospischolarship quality and safety programs, Care and the National Associa- tals were required to have one Jacksonville University will has been studying patient tion for Healthcare Quality. on staff. Chenot cited a study partner with Jacksonvillesafety since 2003. Medical errors include giving in the Journal of Patient Safety based Availity to provide eduTwo years ago, she was asked patients the wrong medicine, that said more than 400,000 cational opportunities for nurse to be part of the Institute for performing surgery on the patients a year die because of practitioners who want to offer Healthcare Improvement’s wrong patient, infections and hospital medical errors. independent primary care. National Steering Committee other mistakes. That year, Chenot went on Availity, a health care for Patient Safety to help craft The committee’s key recom- to receive her doctorate degree a National Action Plan. mendations include involving in educational leadership, with IT company, will make a $100,000 donation to establish The plan is designed to help patients and families in the her dissertation focusing on the Availity Nurse Practitioner hospitals reduce preventable health care process, ensuring patient safety in the nursing Scholars Fund at JU. harm. It was released Sept. 14 workforce safety, facilitating curriculum. The fund will help nurse and distributed to hospitals ongoing learning opportuni“I was working on my docpractitioners earn the credits nationwide to assist them in ties within health care orgatorate at the time and got very needed for obtaining an indemaking their facilities safer. nizations, and sharing patient interested and thought, why pendent practice license. “Organizations used to work safety information with the aren’t people being taught this “At Jacksonville Univerwithin themselves to improve entire organization. before they graduate?” Chenot sity, we’re working every day health outcomes,” Chenot said. “Though many evidencesaid. to transform the health of She hopes the action plan based, effective best pracNow, Chenot leads patient will help hospitals implement DAILY ticesRECORD related to harm reduction safety and health care10:12 qual-AM Pageour GRHK-20001 GREYHAWK__JACKSONVILLE AD__10.375x8__SEPT2020.qxp_Layout 1 9/4/20 1 communities by educat-

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Here are the top 10 single-family residential real estate sales in Northeast Florida, comprising Duval and St. Johns counties. The sales were recorded Sept. 14-18.

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Type: Single-family Lot size: 0.59 acres House size: 3,389 square feet Buyer: Liana and Kevin M. Marasco Seller: Joshua L. and Leslie N. Goldknopf Previous sale: $1,240,000 in 2016

Type: Ocean Villas Serenata Beach condominium Condominium size: 2,500 square feet Buyer: Jamie L. Walter Seller: Jane C. Willhite and the Jane C. Willhite Trust Previous sale: $1,220,000 in 2019

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$1,504,280 6740 N. Epping Forest Way, No. 113, Jacksonville

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$2,650,000

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Type: Single-family Lot size: 0.83 acres House size: 9,498 square feet Buyer: Mark F. and Alecia J. Bailey Seller: Edward F. and Jeannie G. Emack

Type: Single-family Lot size: 2.38 acres House size: 7,896 square feet Buyer: Wayne A. and Ann K. Galloway Seller: Barbara C. Wenger

Type: Single-family Lot size: 0.47 acres House size: 5,685 square feet Buyer: Gaurav Agarwal Seller: Forrest and Carol Travis

$1,300,000 917 Lew Blvd., St. Augustine Type: Single-family Lot size: 0.4 acres House size: 2,108 square feet Buyer: Bruce K. and Alison D. Butler Seller: The Daniel E. Chitwood Revocable Trust

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184 Plantation Circle S., Ponte Vedra Beach Type: Single-family Lot size: 0.60 acres House size: 4,759 square feet Buyer: Robert W. and Patricia H. Ward Seller: George and Peggy Grigorian Previous sale: $990,000 in 2010

$1,250,000 5201 Medoras Ave., St. Augustine Type: Single-family Lot size: 0.22 acres House size: 3,448 square feet Buyer: Kenneth and Shelly Neil Seller: Alan N. and Cindy S. Woolfolk

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ness development department. It was there Donaldson met Lowell Salter, the first director of UNF’s SBDC. Salter recruited her from the chamber in 1981 to join the center’s small staff and edit its newsletter. “He hired me and mentored me,” Donaldson said. By the time Salter decided it was time to retire in 2002, Donaldson was a 21-year veteran at the center with experience in all phases of the operation. She was trained to be Salter’s replacement, but Salter told Donaldson there was one issue that could get in the way of his succession strategy. “My undergrad was in journalism. He told me I was groomed for the position, but I didn’t have an MBA,” Donaldson said. So she enrolled in the graduate degree business program at UNF. Instead of first learning the theory and fundamentals of business and then taking that knowledge to the real world, Donaldson did it in reverse. She completed the course of study in 18 months, alongside classmates who were born about the time Donaldson graduated from UGA. A friend told her she had a son in one of Donaldson’s classes. “He said he was glad there was an older lady in the class who knew a lot about business,” Donaldson said. She received her MBA in December 2001 and became the center’s new regional director a month later. Donaldson credits her longevity at the SBDC to its steady growth and because it evolved over the years along with how small businesses are created and sustained. Since 1976, the center’s service area has grown from one office at UNF serving five counties to seven offices in 18 counties. The staff has grown from four to 25. Donaldson said the day she went to work, personal computers and the World Wide Web didn’t exist.

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“When I was hired to do the newsletter, I did it on a typewriter and there was no internet,” Donaldson said. In addition to the advances in business and education technology, Donaldson has witnessed how starting and maintaining a small business has changed. When she began working at the SBDC, there was no concept of what “entrepreneur” meant. “Now, it’s recognized as an alternative to working for a company, and colleges offer degrees in entrepreneurship. There was no such thing in 1981,” Donaldson said. What the clients need also has changed. “When I started at SBDC, we were the place to go if you wanted to start a business. Now, 65% of our consulting hours are for people who want help growing their small business,” Donaldson said. CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE

Donaldson said the COVID-19 pandemic has changed how the center and the university operate. Like other businesses, small and large, it was a surprise followed by a rapid response. “UNF told us on March 17th that we had to be remote on March 18th. Having my last year (at SBDC) in a pandemic has been interesting and challenging,” Donaldson said. She and her staff began consulting with other SBDCs in the state and nation to explore ways to transition from the traditional in-person format while maintaining the same level of service to clients. Helping small business owners learn how to adapt to the pandemic became the strategic focus at the center, as well as advising clients about the various financial assistance opportunities available for businesses. Donaldson said she hired more staff to consult with clients who were applying for assistance through the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act and the other state and local programs. Demand for the center’s services is growing amid the shutdowns and slowdowns. “The calls we’re getting now are five times what they were before the pandemic. Business owners are looking for help,” Donaldson said.

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In previous calendar years, the SBDC staff conducted about 17,000 hours of consulting each year with its clients. With the pandemic, the staff has conducted about 20,000 consulting hours through August. Access to capital facilitated by the center also has increased because of the pandemic, totaling about $50 million through the end of August, more than all of 2019, she said.

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When Tracy Nazzaro decided to start her small business, Traders Hill Farm in Hilliard, she already knew Donaldson and how the SBDC could help. Nazzaro helped open the center’s Nassau County satellite office and was a financial consultant who helped clients secure commercial loans until she started her sustainable aquaponics agribusiness in 2013. Traders Hill Farms raises salad greens and herbs sold to grocery stores, restaurants and resorts in North Florida and South Georgia. “Obviously, I’m a big fan. Janice is dedicated to supporting small businesses and I knew the SBDC could help with everything I needed,” Nazarro said. She remembers Donaldson taking a

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With the leadership transition at UNF’s SBDC about five months away, Donaldson said the center and its programs are in good hands. “My biggest success is building an awesome team that’s ready for the next regional director. We have a stable staff and some new people who brought their own skill sets,” she said. Karen Bowling, UNF vice president of jobs and director of the university’s Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, said Donaldson’s legacy will be the organization she led into the 21st Century. “Janice’s leadership created the ‘how can I help?’ culture at the SBDC,” Bowling said.

of the center. “When I worked there, she was teaching start-up classes. She’s hands-on,” Nazarro said.

Tabitha Nicholson-Hunt Co-owner, Builders Enterprise LLC When Tabitha Nicholson-Hunt and her husband, a service-disabled military veteran, wanted to start their general contracting business in St. Augustine, they turned to the SBDC for advice. The company specializes in projects for federal and state agencies. Nicholson-Hunt said the SBDC was able to show them how to navigate the regulations and meet the requirements needed to secure government contracts. What began in 2016 in the back of one truck has grown into a business that billed more than $1 million last year, she said. “We didn’t know what we didn’t know. There are a lot of regulations,” said Hunt-Nicholson. The SBDC staff helped them complete a federal and state contracting with the government course, register in the System for Award Management and receive the Veterans Administration Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business certification. “They were a great help, and Janice set it all up,” said Nicholson-Hunt.

Carlton Robinson JAXUSA Partnership vice president of entrepreneurial growth The head of entrepreneurial development at JAX Chamber’s business development division credits Donaldson with helping him learn the market and the community when he came to Jacksonville in 2012 and became the chamber’s chief innovation officer. “When I started, Janice was instrumental in helping me develop as a resource provider. She showed me the roles and stewardship responsibilities. She’s a mentor,” said Carlton Robinson, now vice president of entrepreneurial growth at JAX Chamber. The chamber and the SBDC have complementary roles as they assist people who want to start and build small businesses. “JAX Chamber is more focused on programs for initial development, then the SBDC takes over,” Robinson said. “Janice is a voice of reason and has a depth and breadth of knowledge. We’re going to miss her,” he said.

The evolution of the SBDC from the early days of helping small businesses get off the ground into offering more services to help small businesses grow and prosper is coming full circle. Bowling said SBDC staff assists the center’s participants when they need guidance on subjects such as capital and social media. “Janice and her consultants are always there when we need them,” Bowling said. The staff soon will conduct a class at the center that will help entrepreneurs learn the lean business model concept that eliminates waste and inefficiency in product and processes while still meeting the customer’s needs, Bowling said. The university posted the SBDC regional director position on unfjobs.org on Aug. 24, with Jan. 25 listed as the anticipated start date. “We’d like the new director to overlap with me for a month,” Donaldson said. “It’s the end of an era and the start of a new era.”

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31 in Jacksonville. Prosecutors dropped charges for 63 of 66 of the people arrested, the newspaper reported. “The Sheriff’s Office is going to be whole. All I’m asking is to hold back their budget so when they come back for the second half of their budget, we can have a conversation on these issues,” Dennis said. “Once we give them half a billion dollars, the Sheriff’s Office does not have to come back.” Council members Rory Diamond, LeAnna Cumber, Aaron Bowman, Danny Becton and Randy White were the most vocal in their opposition to the amendment Sept. 22. Diamond called it part of a “systematic attack” on police officers nationwide. “To pretend that taking half the funding from our JSO is not defunding our police is just completely irrational. That’s exactly what it is,” Diamond Diamond said. “If you’re worried about accountability, I think that’s a logical thing to look at,” he said. “But to tell our police officers we’ll pay your checks for half of the year, you’ll have the equipment you need a little bit but maybe not the rest of it, is absolutely unacceptable to me.” Council member Brenda Priestly Jackson said she didn’t support Dennis’s amendment. She said his approach was not how she would have built consensus among Jacksonville policymakers. But she said Dennis’s amendment forced the Council to have a conversation about police accountability and inequity within the city budget. Priestly Jackson suggested Sept. 22 that Council move forward with hearings on the May arrests once Council completes

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its investigation of the canceled attempt to sell JEA. “Mr. Dennis likes to disrupt the system. In his estimation, the best way to disrupt the system is to have this conversation and, let’s be clear, that would have not occurred had he not filed this amendment,” Priestly Jackson said. Dozens of members of the public addressed the Council before the vote advocating for what they called a “people’s budget” that would reduce JSO’s funding to 20% of the city’s overall budget and reallocate the balance to neighborhood infrastructure and mental health and social programs in minority and underserved neighborhoods.

Promotions, hirings and happenings for business people in Northeast Florida. Send items to ssailer@jaxdailyrecord.com Stacy Blair joined NewRez LLC, a national mortgage lender and servicer based in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, as region manager for greater Jacksonville. Blair He will report to Debbie Knotts, senior vice president of Direct to Consumer Lending, and will be responsible for expanding the sales team in Jacksonville as the company plans to double the size of the region’s workforce by the end of 2020.

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The Council approved the budget 17-2, with Dennis and Diamond opposed. Dennis said that although there are programs in the budget that he likes, he’s critical of some line items in Curry’s 2020-25 Capital Improvement Plan that he could not support. Diamond declined a request for comment Sept. 22.

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confirmation by the Florida Senate. LeFors is an instructor for interpreter education as well as for the deaf and exceptional at the University of North Florida. Previously, she spent 10 years as an American Sign Language specialist and preschool teacher at the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind. Chapman is a co-owner of All-American Air Conditioning and Heating. Previously, she worked at the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind for 18 years as an assistant teacher, teacher and staffing specialist. The school is in St. Augustine. Jon Mosal joined Atlantic Logistics as director of van services.

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Curry’s five-year CIP includes $100 million in infrastructure spending targeting Council Districts 7, 8, 9 and 10 in Northwest Jacksonville, which the mayor said is an effort to help close historical racial inequities that were the subject of protests in late May and early June. The budget includes nearly $239 million for 121 capital projects in fiscal year 2020-21, with $47 million in spending on hydrology and resiliency infrastructure. Council voted 19-0 to keep the millage rate unchanged at $11.4419 per $1,000 of taxable property value. The tax rate for the Beaches was set at $8.1512 per $1,000 of taxable value and the city of Baldwin at $9.6312 per $1,000 of taxable value.

These are the largest commercial building permits by job cost issued Sept. 22 by the city of Jacksonville. INDUSTRIAL Jacksonville 103rd Storage, 9239 103rd St., contractor is JMWilliams Contracting, single-story, 49,450-square-foot climate-controlled storage building with single-story buildings totaling 28,075 square feet, $4 million. Briggs Equipment, 2525 Philips Highway, contractor is North Coast Construction Co.,15,547 square feet, interior demolition, $52,000. OTHER IDCE Realty Warehouse, 7240 Golden Wings Road, No. 100, contractor is R. Hartwig Construction LLC, 9,760 square feet, Building 100 shell, $400,000.

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Cracker Barrel plans to open 15 new locations of the chain founded in Jacksonville. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. acquired Maple Street Biscuit Co. in October 2019, a time when no one could foresee the difficulties coming for the restaurant industry in 2020. However, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is not changing Cracker Barrel’s plans to expand the restaurant chain founded in Jacksonville. “I continue to be impressed with how the Maple Street team is navigating the difficult environment and I’m excited about the brand’s future,” Cracker Barrel CEO Sandy Cochran said last week during the company’s quarterly conference call. “The resilience they’ve demonstrated during the Cochran pandemic has reinforced the attractiveness of the concept and their business model.” Maple Street had 28 company-owned restaurants and five franchised locations when Lebanon, Tennessee-based Cracker Barrel acquired the company for $36 million. After converting six restaurants branded as Holler & Dash and opening one new restaurant in the fiscal year ended July 31, Maple Street now has 35 company-owned locations. Cochran reiterated Cracker Barrel’s plans to open 15 more Maple Street restaurants in the new fiscal year. The company plans to add only three new Cracker Barrel restaurants to the chain of 660 locations in 45 states. “In addition to opening

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these new locations, the Maple Street team is focused on developing replicable processes and on leadership development, staffing and training to support the successful scaling of the brand as we accelerate their growth,” Cochran said. Maple Street’s executives relocated from the company’s offices in Orange Park to Cracker Barrel’s headquarters outside of Nashville after the acquisition. Cracker Barrel did not report sales data for Maple Street but Chief Financial Officer Jill Golder said company officials were pleased with the chain’s performance during the pandemic. “We continue to believe they have strong unit economics,” Golder said. “We believe Maple Street will meaningfully add to our results in the coming years.” Cracker Barrel said total revenue dropped 37.1% to $495.1 million in the fourth quarter ended July 31, with dining room service returning to the stores at reduced capacity by the end of June. Sales improved as its stores reopened, but Cracker Barrel said restaurant sales at locations open for more than one year were still 28.2% lower in July than they were in July 2019. Comparable-store restaurant sales rose 3% in the first two quarters of fiscal 2019, before the pandemic affected operations, it said. The company had an adjusted net loss of 85 cents a share for the fourth quarter and finished fiscal 2020 with

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Here are the top 10 commercial real estate sales in Northeast Florida, comprising Clay, Duval and St. Johns counties. The sales were recorded Sept. 14-18.

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Planters Walk Apartments at 7350 Blanding Blvd. sold for $18.75 million, a 39.7% increase over the $13.42 million it sold for in 2017.

DUVAL

CLAY

DUVAL

$18,750,000

$8,100,000

$5,221,343

$5,200,000

$4,525,247

7350 Blanding Blvd. Jacksonville

Corklan Drive, Jacksonville

6006 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville

Henley Road, Green Cove Springs

San Pablo Road, Jacksonville

Type: Planters Walk Apartments Parcel size: 12.65 acres Buyer: Horn Topaz LLC and Topaz Gardens JAX BH LLC Previous sale: $13,418,000 in 2017

Type: Undeveloped Fountainhead Apartments Parcel size: 10.88 acres Buyer: Velor LLC Seller: Florida East Coast Railway LLC

Type: Walgreens Parcel size: 1.55 acres Building size: 13,976 square feet Buyer: Shea Building Corp. Seller: WBAFL001 LLC Previous sale: $4,211,900 in 2019

Type: Undeveloped Parcel size: 255.5 acres Buyer: Black Sound Development Co. LLC Seller: AY Ventures Inc. Previous sale: $3,470,900 in 2004-05

Type: Pablo Cove townhomes Parcel size: Not available Buyer: Mattamy Jacksonville LLC Seller: TFCC San Pablo LLC

DUVAL

ST. JOHNS

DUVAL

$3,000,000

$1,890,000

$1,777,328

$1,550,000

$1,500,000

7981 Baymeadows Road, Jacksonville

St. Johns Bluff Road South, Jacksonville

Parkland Trail, St. Augustine

2061 Forbes St., Jacksonville

8505 Baymeadows Road, Jacksonville

Type: Baymeadows Park commercial Parcel size: Not available Building size: Not available Buyer: Sagamore Baymeadows LLC Seller: Baymeadows Park LLC

Type: Undeveloped Subaru of Jacksonville Parcel size: 5.99 acres Buyer: PJP LLC Seller: Pozin Six Children LLC

Type: 26 residential lots in Parkland Preserve Phase 2A Parcel size: Not available Buyer: D.R. Horton Inc.Jacksonville Seller: NGMB Properties LLC

Type: The Meurice Apartments Parcel size: 0.29 acres Building size: 13,638 square feet Buyer: 2061 Forbes LLC Seller: 5 Points Apartments LLC Previous sale: $1,150,000 in 2018

Type: Forever Vet Animal Hospital at Baymeadows Parcel size: 0.69 acres Building size: 3,988 square feet Buyer: Devi Pet Properties Seller: Kight Realty I LLC

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Poll recommends retaining appellate jurists

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Members of The Florida Bar support keeping a state Supreme Court justice and all 1st DCA judges on the bench. A poll of Florida Bar members regarding the merit retention elections of one state Supreme Court justice and 24 appellate court judges, including the six who represent Northeast Florida, indicates support for all to be retained. The confidential poll sought to find whether attorneys who know the most about the jurists believe they should continue in their jobs. The retention election is on the Nov. 3 general election ballot. “The Florida Bar offers the merit retention poll to voters to help them assess jurists on the ballot,” said Florida Bar President Dori Foster-Morales in a news release. “While voters may be familiar with the circuit and county court judges and judicial

candidates in their area, the work of these appeals judges is generally not as well known. So we ask Florida Bar members who know them best to give their opinion.” For the state Supreme Court, poll results indicate support for retention of: ■ Justice Carlos Muñiz by 71%. For the 1st District Court of Appeal retention election that will be on the ballot in Clay, Duval and Nassau counties, poll results indicate support for retention of: ■ Judge Joseph Lewis Jr. by 84%. ■ Judge Scott Makar by 80%. ■ Judge Rachel Nordby by 71%. ■ Judge Tim Osterhaus by 76%. ■ Judge Clay Roberts by 80%. ■ Judge Adam Tanenbaum by 74%. The 1st DCA comprises Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Gulf, Hamilton, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Madison, Nassau, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Suwannee, Taylor, Union, Wakulla, Walton and Washington counties. It includes judicial circuits 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 and 14. For the poll, a ballot was mailed in August to all lawyers residing and practicing in Florida asking whether the incumbent appeals court

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