Jacksonville City Council will discuss ordinance to extend consultant contract for โStadium of the Futureโ
It will take months before the city reviews the deal for the new stadium, but on Tuesday, the council will discuss an ordinance to extend the cityโs consultant contract for one more year.
Community embraces unity at โRacing Against Hateโ 5K in Jacksonville
While warming up to the Village People singing โYMCA,โ hundreds of people of all ages and races gathered outside of the Winston Family YMCA on Jacksonvilleโs Northbank Sunday afternoon to celebrate unity in the aptly named Unity Village before the start of the โRacing Against Hate 5k Run/Walk.โ
Increased costs bring more proposed changes for Shipyards project
Some work is underway on the Shipyards project, which involves a new hotel and office building on Jacksonvilleโs Northbank, but costs have gone up, and all indications are the deal that the Jaguars have with the city is about to change again.
City agency looking for design firm to turn former Jacksonville Landing site into โRiverfront Plazaโ
We look forward to reviewing the submissions come March and wish all interested parties the best of luck.โThe RFP selection process will happen on two parts. Part one includes submission of qualifications, which the city will evaluate, score and select three shortlisted design teams to participate in a design competition. In the second half of the process, the three shortlisted design teams will receive a stipend to complete 50% designs where they will showcase their vision for the plaza, including how their design would interface with the future private development. The selected winner of the design competition for the best-qualified design will be invited to negotiate a full professional services design contract with the city, bringing design of the public space to 100%. As such, the city is taking reservations for use of the park between now and December 2021 and hopes to be under construction on the new public space by January 2022.