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St. Vincent’s may add health centers
St. Vincent’s HealthCare might be extending its reach to open seven more health centers within about 24 months, Chief Operating Officer Tom VanOsdol told the Meninak Club of Jacksonville on Monday. That comes in addition to the three already announced that should open within a year, he said. St. Vincent’s HealthCare does not have an estimate of the total cost for the 10 centers. The first three represented an estimated $8.5 million investment each, but spokesman Kyle Sieg said it would not be accu-
rate to calculate the total for the 10 at $85 million and the budget would be less than that. In his presentation, VanOsdol showed a map with seven more health centers in Arlington, Westside, Town Center, Ponte Vedra Beach, World Golf Village, Fleming Island and Waycross, Ga. Specific locations were not included in the presentation. Jacksonville-based St. Vincent’s HealthCare said in August it would open the newconcept health centers to provide essential services, including urgent care, primary care,
imaging, lab services and specialty care in one location. VanOsdol said in a statement Tuesday that St. Vincent’s HealthCare is finalizing its plan for expansion. “Our goal is to increase access to care within our community while also making it even more convenient for those we already serve,” he said.
VanOsdol said the health centers “will optimize access, quality, convenience and value, while responsibly reducing health care costs for our patients.” The first is under development at a renovated Walgreens store at 10503 San Jose Blvd. A second is planned in St. Johns County west of Interstate 95 off County Road 210. Both are about 20,000 square feet. A third is planned in North Jacksonville along Dunn Avenue, he said. VanOsdol has been named
interim president and CEO of St. Vincent’s HealthCare as of Jan. 1 as Dr. Mike Schatzlein steps down from the role Dec. 31. St. Vincent’s is part of Ascension, the nation’s largest Catholic and nonprofit health system in America. Its primary campus is in Riverside near Downtown. It also operates medical centers along Belfort Road in Southside and in Clay County. kmathis@jaxdailyrecord.com @MathisKb (904) 356-2466
Not all in tune with boost in ticket fee
Symphony shares concerns with council over increase
Photos by Max Marbut
By David Chapman, Staff Writer
The artisan bakery at The Bank BBQ & Bakery on Forsyth Street is celebrating its grand opening this week.
Cakes and cannoli meet ribs and pulled pork
By Max Marbut Staff Writer
There’s a new cure for a sweet tooth Downtown with the grand opening Monday of the artisan bakery at The Bank BBQ & Bakery across from EverBank Center on Forsyth Street. When restaurateurs Tom Thornton and his wife, Rocio, opened the barbecue side of the business in August, they did it with veteran pitmaster Richard Burns in the kitchen, who already had logged 27 years at The Pig Bar-B-Q on Lem Turner Road. The bakery staff also has decades of combined experience, including a 30-year veteran baker who worked for Publix Super Markets and another who worked in the kitchen at Edgewood Bakery for three years before it closed this year. The third member of the bakery staff has a successful custom cake business. Thornton said he met her at an auction and started talking after they each bid on a mixer. Then he offered her a job.
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Grand opening for bakery at The Bank BBQ Downtown
“I don’t know anything about making barbecue or baking, so I’ve hired people who do,” said Thornton. The display cases are filled with decorated cakes and a variety of pies along with cinnamon rolls, doughnuts, Danish pastries, eclairs, cookies, muffins, tarts and cannoli. There will be a tray of mini cupcakes at the front door every day this week for lunch patrons to sample. The Bank is serving a free pancakeand-bacon breakfast this week starting at 7:30 a.m. With three months under his belt on the barbecue side of the business, Thornton is putting some new items on the menu to go along with the ribs, pulled pork, chicken and brisket. He said the “pork wing” has been a big BAKERY CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
Jessica Proepper, formerly of Edgewood Bakery, decorates chocolate cupcakes.
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A proposed additional charge on tickets for events at city-owned venues is seen by city officials as a way to increase spending on infrastructure of those facilities. However, not everyone impacted is playing the same tune. The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra is voicing concern over the issue, saying the proposed fees for its users would end up hurting attendance or the symphony’s bottom line. The bill being heard by City Council committees this week proposes bumping fees to $2.50 per ticket for events at The Times-Union Center for Performing Arts, Veterans Memorial Arena and the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville. It currently is $1 for those at the performing arts center and arena and 50 cents at the baseball facility. Jacksonville Jaguars games at EverBank Field would continue to bring in Massey $3.25 per ticket, while events at the under-construction amphitheater and stadium for non-games would be $2.50. It would be the first time in nearly 20 years the fees have been adjusted and it’s expected to generate close to $1.4 million more in fiscal 2017-18 to maintain those facilities. Robert Massey, president and CEO of the Jacksonville Symphony Association, appeared before the first committee Monday to relay concerns outlined in a letter he sent council members over the weekend. The symphony, he told the Neighborhoods, Community Investments and Services Committee, pays the city about $90,000 a year in rent, which doesn’t include security or other direct costs. That also includes the organization eating the $1 ticket charge already imposed on customers. COUNCIL CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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