Daily Record Financial News &
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Vol. 103, No. 188 • Two Sections
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Apple expanding Jacksonville store
Customers might be able to soon take a bigger bite out of the Apple Store at St. Johns Town Center. That’s because there will be a bigger Apple Store. Not only will it be bigger, at least twice the size, but it also will be updated with the company’s next-generation design. And it also might lend itself to more parking. The seller of iPhones, iPads,
Mac computers, accessories and other products intends to relocate into the former Forever 21 building near J. Alexander’s restaurant. It’s a five-minute walk from the existing location. Apple will move from 4712 River City Drive to 4835 River City Drive. It will sit between a Tory Burch clothing store and a Tesla Motors showroom in the renovated structure. Tesla also is relocating from a nearby smaller space. Being near the restaurants means Apple will be close to
more parking on the southeast and southwest end of the center. Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple Inc. said Tuesday it has not made any announcements about the store. St. Johns Town Center co-owner Simon Property Group said Tuesday it had no comment. Information is contained in building plans, which show a $1.5 million construction project. The move puts Apple into 9,141 square feet, about double its current space. Apple continued on Page A-2
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‘Next generation’ coming to St. Johns Town Center
By Karen Brune Mathis Managing Editor
Next-generation Apple Stores will feature a large glass front.
JSO will test body camera program Sheriff says most officers support effort
By David Chapman Staff Writer
Adorning the far wall of City Council member Anna Lopez Brosche’s office is “Promises” by artist Jack Allen. It was inspired by Don Miguel Ruiz’s book, “The Four Agreements” that details four mantras to live by. Brosche said it’s not uncommon for people to come in her office just to see it.
A balancing act City Council Finance Commitee chair is 'recovering over-thinker'
Anna Lopez Brosche knew in the 11th grade she wanted to be an accountant. Monopoly was her favorite game and she always was the banker. When Mom went to write checks, Brosche always liked to fill them out. Her favorite class was accounting, the one where the teacher provided everyone with envelopes to keep track of revenue and expenses. “It’s the balancing,” she said. “Everything has to work. It’s a puz-
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zle … and I love finding things.” Brosche, a second-year City Council member, should have a blast this year as head of the council Finance Committee. Her affinity for balancing will be a valued trait when the annual puzzle known as the city’s budget is pored over by the committee starting next week. After a year of serving — and learning — as vice chair, Brosche said she’s better prepared. The analytical side took over last year, when she spent two to three Workspace
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A pilot program equipping some officers in the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office with body cameras is slated for a rollout no later than the spring. Sheriff Mike Williams said Tuesday the program using up to six vendors will have 100-300 officers wearing cameras for what could be up to a six-month trial period. “As soon as we can get it off the ground,” Williams said at a special session of City Council’s Public Health & Safety Committee. “Sooner than later.” The camera-clad officers won’t be confined to high-crime areas, either. Instead, they’ll be positioned around the city to discover “what issues we have in different parts,” Williams said. And while there has been some pushback to cameras from officers in some jurisdictions around the U.S., Williams said “prob- Williams ably 90 percent” of the local force is in favor of the program. He bases that on conversations he’s had with officers and talks during combined roll calls, in which he and other leaders speak with every uniformed officer. The pilot program isn’t expected to cost the city or Sheriff’s Office anything. The rollout comes at a time when law enforcement agencies across the country are being pressured by community groups to employ some form of camera system. Those calls have grown louder the past couple of years after high-profile incidents of police-involved shootings of AfricanAmericans. Locally, the Sheriff’s Office has heard those demands from parts of the community after the May death of Vernell Bing Jr.
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