Eye on Jacksonville

Day: February 19, 2021

  • Being positive in Jacksonville

    New4Jax deserves a Wink for its feature Random Jax of Kindness. Despite the name, which is either a clever pun or a lame play on the words “acts of kindness,” depending on your point of view, it is a good way to take note of some good things happening in the city amid all the…

  • Is treating everyone the same a crazy idea?

    Here’s a radical idea for government schools. Instead of teaching black history and white history, why not try teaching American history? A special task force proposes that the Jacksonville public schools “embed” black history into the history curriculum. What does that even mean? What it should mean is that history will be taught without focusing…

  • Downtown Development: Do we have a plan? Fingers crossed!

    Eye on Jacksonville has been asking to see a master plan for Jacksonville’s downtown. We have written a couple of posts about the need for a downtown Master Plan instead of the piecemeal projects we have seen in the past. Rumor has it there might be one on the table. The Downtown Investment Authority (DIA)…