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Attorneys and law firms interested in advising the Jacksonville City Council in a possible JEA sale have until Friday to submit a resume, according to council President Scott Wilson. Council approved a bill Tuesday night introduced by Council member Garrett Dennis that sets aside $1.85 million to hire special legal counsel for its role in the potential sale of the city-owned utility. In an interview before Tuesday’s Council meeting, Wilson said the city has not issued a request for proposals for outside legal services. He said he will work with the city General Counsel Jason Gabriel to narrow the list of applicants before putting names and credentials before Council for consideration. The Office of General Counsel released a scope of services that will be specified in an engagement letter with any special counsel. That scope includes: n Legal impact of the potential privatization of public utilities. n Engagement of third-party consultants and experts to assist Council in its oversight function with regard to the potential privatization process. n Attendance at public meetings. Wilson expects legislation approving the hire to move through in less than one Council cycle and he might file it as an “in-and-out emergency,” Wilson said.

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After serving in the Air Force and working briefly at Union Carbide, Earl Benton started his career in the beer business with Miller Brewing Co. in 1978. In 1984, he moved to Jacksonville to buy Duval Beverage Distributors and renamed it Champion Brands Inc. BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR

n one night in February 1976, Earl Benton held the keys to life as the world knew it. At 180 feet down a missile silo in Little Rock, Arkansas, the U.S. Air Force captain, at the age of 25, was awaiting instructions. “We were teetering on the brink of war,” recalls Benton, 68. “The keys were out of the safe,” he said. “We had top-secret authenticated messages and we were sitting there ready to go.”

Deep thinking filled the time. “Bad things have to be happening in other parts of the world. We wondered what’s going on. You wonder if you’ll ever see the sun shine again.” The crew waited. “Our keys were inserted and we awaited the launch codes for around 20 minutes before we were ordered to return them to the safe,” he said. “I still have nightmares about that night.” The crews on alert earned two weeks off. Some didn’t return to that program. Benton did. “Oh yeah,” he said. “I went back.”

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Benton completed his four years in the Air Force and returned to the private sector, a path that led him to buy a beer distributorship in Jacksonville and grow it as Champion Brands Inc. He’s president and CEO. Benton was born and raised in rural North Carolina on a tobacco farm. “I spent 22 wonderful summers there. And I knew one thing I didn’t want to be when I grew up was a tobacco farmer.” He earned an Air Force ROTC scholarship in high school and spent four years SEE BENTON, PAGE 6

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Ash Properties buys Beach Plaza Ash Properties paid $19.4 million for Beach Plaza at 1200 Beach Blvd. “We think it’s an excellent investment in the Beaches,” said Ash Properties COO Randall Whitfield last week. “We are proud to be associated with it.” It’s Ash Properties’ largest project at the Beaches. Beach Plaza City Center, as it is marketed, is at 1200-1398 Beach Blvd. Property records show the

161,000-square-foot shopping center was constructed between 1959 and 2006. Whitfield said Ash Properties plans renovations and to continue the shopping center’s use as a retail property. Major tenants include Bailey’s Health & Fitness, the U.S. Postal Service, Dollar Tree, Southern Swells Brewing Co., Mini Bar Donuts and Jumpstreet Indoor Trampoline Park.

RESTAURANTS San Marco Florida Cracker Kitchen wins permit The city issued a permit last week for River City Construction Group LLC to convert a San Marco area service garage into Jacksonville’s second Florida Cracker Kitchen. River City is converting the 6,000-square-foot building at 1842

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Dealership to demolish a strip center along Atlantic Boulevard.

could be useful to “a savvy value-add investor” who would recognize it has a better use or could be held for development. Kozman Realty is led by Marc Peter Kozman and Barthina Kozman.

Publix remodeling on University Publix Super Markets Inc. continues to renovate its area grocery stores. The company seeks a permit to remodel parts of its almost 54,000-square-foot store at 2875 University Blvd. W. at a cost of $650,000. McIntyre Elwell & Strammer General Contractors Inc. of Sarasota is listed as the contractor. Publix operates 56 stores throughout Northeast Florida and has been upgrading and rebuilding them. The Lakeland-based chain typically spends $500,000 to more than $750,000 each to remodel stores. It also is adding stores. Plans show Publix will open a new store in East San Marco and is considering locations in Wildlight in Nassau County and in Beachwalk in St. Johns County. Publix also intends to open two GreenWise Markets in St. Johns County. GreenWise is Publix’s natural and organic foods brand.

Blue Bamboo to Mandarin: The St. Johns River Water Management District is reviewing plans for the Blue Bamboo restaurant at 10110 San Jose Blvd. Blue Bamboo owner and chef Dennis Chan wants to convert a 4,300-squarefoot vacant lawyers office building on 1.05 acres into a second full-service restaurant that he says will be a casual Asian eatery. Starbucks, Taco Bell to St. Johns Square: The St. Johns River Water Management District is reviewing plans for a 2,533-square-foot Starbucks at 11222 Beach Blvd. at St. Johns Square. Taco Bell intends to build a new restaurant at 11240 Beach Blvd. to replace the existing one. The site is west of St. Johns Bluff Road. Dunkin’ Donuts to Southside Quarter: JEA issued a service availability letter for a 2,450-square-foot Dunkin’ Donuts and drive-thru at northeast Gate Parkway and Commerce Village Drive in Southside Quarter. to EnVision Design + Engineering LLC is the civil engineer.

Improvements for BB&T Tower The city is reviewing a permit application for BB&T Tower owner Ash Properties to renovate the 18-story Downtown building’s lobby and to make façade improvements. No contractor is listed for the $284,050 project to improve 9,748 square feet in the tower lobby at 200 W. Forsyth St. Codes-ABC Inc. is representing the project during permit review.

Jacksonville-based Ash Properties, through Talara Investment Group LLC, paid $24.47 million for the tower in July 2018. Ash Properties won the property at auction in May and closed on the deal two months later. The purchase included a seven-story, 700-space parking garage across Forsyth Street at 111 N. Julia St. KMATHIS@ JAXDAILYRECORD.COM @MATHISKB (904) 356-2466

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wasting time cleaning out the structure. Kozman Realty Inc. seeks a building permit to gut the interior and remove some of the exterior elements of the sixstory, almost 94,000-squarefoot building. All American Debris & Wrecking LLC is listed as the contractor for the $275,000 job. Kozman Realty, with an address in Canada, paid $1.2 million for the vacant building on 4.8 acres at 7820 Arlington Expressway. The deed was executed Sept. 26. Kozman Realty has not returned calls. Miami-based Bnei Zipora Inc. sold the property to Kozman Realty. Bnei Zipora representatives did not return a call or email for comment. A quitclaim deed shows the group acquired the property in 2017 for $250,000. The structure was built in 1975. It was leased to the Federal Bureau of Investigation Jacksonville field office until the FBI moved in 2009 to a government-owned building at 6061 Gate Parkway. The LoopNet.com commercial real estate site says the Class C office building has been vandalized and without power, “adding to the demise of its visible condition.” The site said the building

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Arlington Toyota is redeveloping its dealership property at 10939 Atlantic Blvd. That includes demolishing the retail and office-flex buildings, top photo.

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Arlington Toyota is expanding and rebuilding its presence along Atlantic Boulevard, transforming the northeast corner of Atlantic Boulevard and St. Johns Bluff Road. Plans show the dealership intends to build a two-story, almost 60,000-square-foot showroom and renovate its existing dealership structures at 10939 Atlantic Blvd. The city is reviewing permit applications that indicate a possible job cost of $9.1 million. Two retail and office-flex buildings facing Atlantic Boulevard will be demolished and a new showroom, parts department and service stalls will be built. The dealership was built in 1999. The shopping center and office-flex space, purchased by Arlington Realty LLC, was built in 1984. The city and the St. Johns River Water Management District are reviewing plans and permit applications for the 12.41-acre site. Arlington Toyota will renovate the existing dealership for service, parts and internet sales, while another building will be expanded with new paint booths. The permits comprise a new dealership of 50,170 square feet of enclosed space and 9,017 square feet of unenclosed space; renovations to the existing dealership and collision center; and other smaller structures. The property is owned by Arlington Realty LLC.

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Council member wants to replenish the fund while the DIA chief says a finite balance sends “a bad message.” Since 2017, the Downtown Historic Preservation and Revitalization Trust Fund has operated like other city-backed financial incentives programs. The grant money is not awarded until the developer satisfies the terms of its redevelopment agreement with the city after project completion. Like a completion grant or Recaptured Enhanced Value grant, money is not set aside and earmarked for the project the day a historic preservation grant is approved. But when City Council created the historic preservation trust fund in 2002, $10 million was set aside for adaptive reuse projects in Downtown. Today, that money is nearly gone and a debate is unfolding about the “award now and find the money later” policy. Group 4 At-Large City Council member Matt Carlucci wants to replenish the fund and sequester the dollars awarded to Downtown historic adaptive reuse projects. “Refreshing the fund lends credibility and public policy to our commitment to Downtown,” Carlucci wrote last week in a letter to Downtown Investment Authority board member Oliver Barakat. Carlucci filed Ordinance 2019-747 on Oct. 8 that would shift $1.55 million from the General Service District fund into the trust, which had a $820,000 balance at the end of fiscal year 2018-19.

The bill also lists Council members Michael Boylan and Randy DeFoor as co-authors, and members Ju’Coby Pittman, Joyce Morgan, Brenda Priestly Jackson and Council Vice President Tommy Hazouri as co-sponsors. DIA CEO Lori Boyer thinks setting a finite trust balance would send “a bad message” to developers and the marketplace. She said it creates a perceived limit of the program’s capability to finance projects and deters developers from taking on adaptive reuse projects. “I definitely think those are important to us and some that we want to encourage and see happen to the maximum degree possible,” Boyer said during the Oct. 16 board meeting. She solidified her position in an Oct. 15 memo to the DIA board and the Council. “I am concerned that any specific allocation at this point may communicate a limit to what Carlucci is available for projects in a given year,” Boyer wrote. “I want to encourage all potential developers who may want to renovate a historic building to apply for whatever amount of funding they qualify for under the guidelines in the code.” As Council president in 2001, Carlucci organized a task force to address vacant and deteriorating Downtown buildings, which led to the trust. “When you don’t have money in that trust fund it signals to me that our city is uncertain on the value we place on these historic buildings,” Carlucci said. In his letter, Carlucci said the 2001 task force knew “the initial appropriation had a finite life and would need to be refreshed time and time again to attract new opportunities to restore our historic buildings.” Bryan Greiner is president of Augustine Development Group Inc., the parent company of

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The Ambassador Hotel is planned for a $6 million renovation to become a La Quinta Inn & Suites. The project can receive a $1.5 million grant from the Downtown Historic Preservation and Revitalization Trust Fund.

Axis Hotels LLC., which owns and intends to redevelop the Ambassador Hotel Downtown. Built in 1922, the Ambassador Hotel will undergo a $6 million renovation to become a 127-room La Quinta Inn & Suites hotel. The six-story, almost 60,000-square-foot building will benefit from a $1.5 million Redevelopment Completion Grant from the trust fund. The deal involves demolishing a former bank building next door at 404 N. Julia St. for construction of 220 apartments. Greiner said Tuesday he thinks replenishing the fund would be positive for developers. “Without that grant, I don’t think the project would have been viable,” he said. Greiner said the city approved his building permit request, and the hotel redevelopment has received approval from Florida’s State Historic Preservation Office and the U.S. Department of the Interior. He said hazardous mitigation and asbestos removal are complete and interior demolition is finished on the first through fifth floors. Greiner hopes to begin primary construction within 10 days with a goal to reach substantial completion by September. In January when Council approved the project’s redevelopment agreement, Greiner expected construction to take 14 months. Boyer said Oct. 16 that project schedules and the completion timeline can change and she worries that money kept in the trust could be perceived as earmarked and “encumbered”

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for previously approved projects, “implying an available amount.” “I do not want a project or group of projects to be limited by a specific cash balance and believe it is important that the DIA be allowed to bring projects to Council for consideration on their merits,” Boyer wrote. A public hearing for the bill at Tuesday’s Council meeting generated no debate. “I thought this was a bill that would at least prime the pump. I’d like to see at least $10 million, but I don’t think the fund needs to have a set amount,” Carlucci said.

DIA adds two employees The Downtown Investment Authority hired two employees after restructuring its staff positions in July during the 2019-20 budget process. Boyer hired former City of St. Marys, Georgia, planner Lori Radcliffe-Meyers as DIA’s redevelopment coordinator. Ina Mezini, former Pond & Company Inc. architectural and engineering firm marketing coordinator, is the DIA’s communications coordinator. Before her six months with St. Marys, Radcliffe-Meyers was a land use environmental planner with San Diego County, California. She replaces longtime city employee Jim Klement, who retired in May. Both employees were offered a $51,539.59 starting salary, approved Oct. 7 by the Mayor’s Budget Review Committee. A city document states Boyer is searching for a director of development, which will fill the DIA’s open staff positions.

The DIA board eliminated vacant planner and market analyst positions when it approved its 2019-20 administrative budgets and created the communications and real estate director positions. Before the hires, DIA administrative staff operated with three people after Klement’s retirement — Boyer, Operations Manager Guy Parola and Executive Administrative Assistant Karen Underwood.

Lot J environmental work wins approval The DIA approved a 60-day license Oct. 16 that allows developers to collect groundwater and soil samples from the TIAA Bank Field parking lot in preparation for Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan’s $450 million Lot J development. The tests will allow developers to identify contaminants at the site. The proposed development will include a 300unit residential tower, a 200-room boutique hotel, a 120,000-square-foot Class A office tower and a Live! Entertainment District. Before the project can begin, a development agreement with the terms of a $233.3 million city-backed incentives package must be approved by the DIA board and City Council. Lot J developer Jacksonville I-C Parcel One Holding Company LLC expects to break ground on the project in January. MMENDENHALL@ JAXDAILYRECORD.COM @MIMENDENHALL (904) 356-2466

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At the end of a patient visit, gastroenterologist Dr. Todd Sack says he’ll always impart some advice. Although usually it’s medically related, Sack’s advice deals with ways his patients can help the environment. He may tell a patient to return their old prescription bottle to the pharmacy or recycle it, make healthy eating choices or take a walk outside. “My patient visit may be 15, 20 minutes,” Sack said. “But I take 15 seconds to add one small pointer, things they can do for their health, but also the health of the environment. And all physicians can do that.”

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extreme weather events can be linked to heat-related deaths, heart attacks, cancers and infectious diseases, Sack said. Sack began practicing gastroenterology at the BorlandGroover Clinic in Jacksonville in 1988. In 2017, he left his private practice to become a volunteer physician with We Care Jacksonville, a nonprofit that provides free health care to low income and uninsured patients.

He also serves on the Florida chapter board of the Physicians for Social Responsibility. Sack started MyGreenDoctor.org, a site designed to help doctors and their practices become more eco-friendly. Much like the advice he imparts to his patients, Sack said the program teaches doctors how to save money by adopting environmentally sustainable habits within their practices. It also encourages doctors

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to share the tips with their patients. Eleven medical societies nationwide are involved and the program is being used in 53 countries, Sack said. “It’s pretty unusual for physicians to know about (climate science). Physicians are like all busy professionals and business people. To take even a few minutes out of a week to think about this other topic is quite difficult,” Sack said. “My Green Doctor has an advantage that we can show people how they can save money by thinking about this.” More significant steps Sack said he’s taken include installing solar panels on his home. Several of the Borland Groover offices are certified “green” offices by My Green Doctor, meaning they use energy efficiently, recycle and speak with patients about sustainability. Sack’s goal isn’t just for physicians to become more environmentally friendly. He said no matter the profession, there are benefits to making changes. “If you’re a banker or a real estate developer or an industrialist, that relationship of your economy and the health of your business and the health of your people should be keen in everyone’s mind because it’s important to the success of our community,” Sack said.

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His interest in the environment and climate science started in 1998 when former Mayor John Delaney appointed him to the 10-member Jacksonville Environmental Protection Board, which, by charter, is required to include two doctors. Serving on the board, Sack learned about environmental policy. He became fascinated with the intersection of patient health, the environment and the economy. He did research on his own by reading books and scientific journals, and as a doctor, he said those concepts were easier for him to understand. “My conclusion is that if we health professionals ignore environmental health, which includes also the social determinants of health, then we are missing out on important ways to improve the health of our individual patients and of our communities,” Sack said. For almost 20 years, Sack has been speaking to groups, including a luncheon Oct. 16 of the St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce and the Beaches Division of the JAX Chamber, about climate change and resiliency. Sack said climate change and its relationship with human health is starting to be taught in medical schools. The American Medical Association and other medical organizations are backing efforts for those lessons. Rising temperatures and

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at East Carolina University, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in accounting in 1973. Off he went to pilot training, but astigmatism in his left eye meant that instead of flying a fighter plane, he was trained for the missile silo. He exited the Air Force into a slow economy. Not finding a job, he enrolled in graduate school at the University of Arkansas for an MBA. The economy improved during that time. A friend took a job with Miller Brewing Co. and suggested Benton apply. A nice form letter told him Miller wasn’t hiring but would keep his resume on file. He answered a newspaper ad to work at Union Carbide, making about $8,800 a year compared with $14,000 as an Air Force captain. Along with the salary came a company car. “When I got it, it had 200,000 miles on it. And it smelled like it had been a dog kennel in the back,” he said, figuring its last driver traveled with his pet. Union Carbide moved Benton to Oklahoma City, where he covered Oklahoma and Kansas. About two months later, Miller came calling. “I gave Union Carbide 30 days’ notice and I’ve been in the beer business ever since.” ‘NEVER HEARD OF JACKSONVILLE’

Benton worked for Miller Brewing Co. about six years when he bought a small distributorship in Jackson, Tennessee. Two years later, the chief marketing officer, a friend he had worked with at the brewery asked him to check out a company in Jacksonville. “That’s fine, but I’m really happy here,” Benton replied. Tennessee reminded him of North Carolina. “You owe me,” said the friend, Leonard Goldstein. “The company is not doing well and we’d like to see if this wouldn’t be a fit for you.” Benton agreed, asking by the way, where is this company? Jacksonville. “This is 1982 and I said, Leonard, I’ve never heard of Jacksonville, Florida, and I really hadn’t,” Benton said. He asked Goldstein to find someone else. Goldstein, who later became chairman, president and CEO of Miller Brewing, wasn’t having it. “Long story short, I made a weekend trip that following weekend because he’d already set it up, he knew he was going to make me go,” Benton said. He brought clothes for a weekend but stayed for two weeks. “I just kind of fell in love with the city, and this was in 1984. It wasn’t nearly what is today, but I could see green sprouts everywhere,” he said. Calling it “a whale of an opportunity,” Benton bought Duval Beverage Distributors in February 1985.

FROM $10 MILLION TO $160 MILLION IN SALES

That first year, there were 49 employees and sales were $10 million “and falling.” Upon buying the company, Benton brought in a team from Tennessee to assess its management. “Once we got a handle on it, it turned around quickly,” he said. Benton moved the company in

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Earl Benton and his son, Jacob, at the grand opening of the new Champion Brands headquarters. Jacob Benton is the general manager at Champion Brands and is designated to succeed his father, who is president and CEO.

1988 from Northwest Jacksonville to Florida Mining Boulevard South in Mandarin, where it built a warehouse – the first of several expansions. He changed the name to Champion Brands Inc. The move brought Champion Brands closer to the center of its territory and limited the tolls, soon eliminated in 1989, delivery trucks had to pay as they crossed the St. Johns River. Then came the three critical years. In 1999, Duval Beverage Distributors carried only Miller products. That year and the following, 2000, Benton bought the two area Coors distributors. In 2001, Red Bull chose Champion Brands to distribute its energy drinks in Northeast Florida. Champion Brands grew from selling 68 cases of Red Bull the first month and is on track to sell more than a million cases this year. Benton built an office-warehouse complex at its Mandarin property at 5571 Florida Mining Blvd. S. and bought 6 acres in 2004 across the street at 5520 Florida Mining Blvd. S. Champion Brands built a 36,000-square-foot, $7 million, energy-efficient office headquarters there, celebrating the grand opening last week. Over 34 years, he and his team have grown the company to 319 employees and more than $160 million in sales and 6.1 million cases of beverages a year. Champion Brands represents 62 domestic and international breweries, local craft brewers, water and nonalcoholic drinks in six Northeast Florida counties. The number of brands tops 300. It holds more than a 40% market share in distributing malt beverages in its six-county Northeast Florida market. Brands include Miller Lite, Samuel Adams, Yuengling, Heineken, Newcastle, Mike’s Hard Lemonade, Smirnoff Ice and White Claw Hard Seltzer. Jacksonville brands include Intuition Ale Works, Veterans United Craft Brewery and Carve Craft Vodka, among others. Champion Brands set up a Savannah, Georgia, office in 2006 to distribute Red Bull in 31 Southeast Georgia counties. The brand is so important that Benton assigned a wing of the new Jack-

Alvin Earl Benton Jr. President and CEO, Champion Brands Inc. Age: 68 Hometown: Parkersburg, North Carolina Education: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, East Carolina University, 1973; MBA, University of Arkansas, 1978 Military service: Captain, U.S. Air Force, 197376 Career: Miller Brewing Co., 1978-82; owner, Haynes Distributing Co., Jackson, Tennessee, 198284; owner, Champion Brands Inc. (formerly Duval Beverage Distributors), 1985 to present.

Community: Rotary Club of Deerwood, past president; JAX Chamber, former board of governors member; Beer Industry of Florida Inc., former chairman Hobbies: Quail and pheasant hunting; reading; yard work Best advice received: Don’t make snap decisions; consider all angles; show patience. Advice to share: Show desire in your career path. Work hard because it brings you luck. I’ve found the harder I worked, the luckier I got.

Family: Two sons, Jacob and Hunter; daughter, Claire; grandchildren Amelia, Brynly, William and Layton

sonville building for the brand’s business. 2 A.M. DELIVERY RIDES

Benton’s team includes his son, Jacob, 32, general manager and his designated successor. Jacob Benton worked with his father on and off since the age of 8, including mopping floors and riding routes. He worked with the architect to design the new building. He is a millennial, the work-

force age group that Earl Benton knows needs to be cultivated. Amenities at the new HQ include a taproom and bar that serves a large meeting room and an expansive outdoor patio; a 24/7 gym available to employees; rooftop solar; a dining and vending area; air and light sensors; and other elements. In 2015, Champion brands opened the first public compressed natural gas station in

Jacksonville and began converting its fleet to CNG trucks. The station is open to the public. “We’d like to think that this is going to bring a quality of life that’s going to help us keep people. It’s people today that are your biggest asset,” Earl Benton said. Benton’s management style is “walking around.” “You never know where I’ll show up in the warehouse,” he said.

Champion Brands started selling Red Bull Energy Drinks in 2001, starting with 68 cases the first month. Now it expects to sell more than a million cases this year.

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About Champion Brands Inc. The Jacksonville-based company represents 62 domestic and international breweries, local craft brewers, water and nonalcoholic drinks in six Northeast Florida counties. The number of brands tops 300. It holds more than a 40% market share in distributing malt beverages in its Northeast Florida market. Brands include Miller Lite, Samuel Adams, Yuengling, Heineken, Newcastle, Mike’s Hard Lemonade, Smirnoff Ice and White Claw Hard Seltzer. Jacksonville brands include Intuition Ale

On Memorial Day 2017, he climbed on a delivery truck at 2 a.m. and rode with the driver. “Word kind of spread through the company. Very quickly.” He also empowers. He doesn’t micromanage but said he’s quick to critique. “We like to have fun, and we find at the end of the day, people are more likely to stay with you and work harder and longer and smarter if they like where they’re working.” On that, the top management unit of about 30 people is in sync, he said. Benton has no plans to retire. He enjoys his job, which he considers more of a paid hobby. Jacob Benton says his father’s leadership style is one of presence and connection. “He leads by example and his relationships with our team members at all levels allows him to gain insights that other senior leaders may miss,” he said. “In addition to being our CEO, my Dad is passionate about numbers and wears his ‘CFO’ hat a lot,” he said. “His financial expertise has contributed greatly to our ability to grow.”

Works, Veterans United Craft Brewery and Carve Craft Vodka, among others. Champion Brands set up a Savannah, Georgia, office in 2006 to distribute Red Bull Energy Drinks in 31 Southeast Georgia counties. It also distributes Red Bull in Northeast Florida. The brand is so important that Champion Brands CEO Earl Benton assigned a wing of the new Jacksonville building for the brand’s business.

Jacob Benton also said his father is humble. “I think his background and upbringing have a lot to do with that.” Ray Driver, a partner with the Driver, McAfee, Hawthorne & Diebenow law firm, knows Benton in several roles. The two are members of the Rotary Club of Deerwood, and Driver chairs JAXUSA Partnership, the economic development division of JAX Chamber. “Earl’s and Champion Brands’ continued investment of dollars into the business has been hugely impactful on numerous people in our community, including Champion Brand’s own employees and the employees of the companies that make up their supply chain,” Driver said. Driver said Champion Brands’ investment into the new headquarters shows a long-term commitment to the area. The company also is a strong philanthropic partner of many organizations, Driver said, donating money and products. “They are a testament to what vision and leadership can do, and we are extremely fortunate to have them here.”

IT WASN’T A TEST

Benton said that 43 years since the missile event, he still avoids small spaces because they remind him of the confinement in the silo. After that night, Benton learned what happened the next day as the crew was taken by helicopter back to the base. “They took us to a debriefing area and told us, ‘Guys, this wasn’t a test last night. B-52 bombers were taking off. You guys were sitting there ready to go, and it wasn’t a test. We wouldn’t put anybody through that,’” he said. The trigger came from a test launch by the Russians, who simultaneously launched four missiles. Satellites picked up the flashes coming from their silos. “It later turned out to be they were seeing just how much we could see,” he said. “It turned out just to be a reconnaissance kind of thing for them.” Benton trained about a year to be a missile launch officer, and that night brought reality into focus. “You think back, OK, my family’s in North Carolina tonight, people back at the base, your friends, oh my God, what is this

Champion Brands celebrated the grand opening of its new headquarters at 5520 Florida Mining Blvd. S. last week.

going to be? The world’s coming to an end,” he said. There are no winners in a nuclear war, he said, only survivors. Benton spent two full days a week for four years in that silo, ready if the president commanded a launch. For the most part, he said “it

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

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Ash Properties paid $19.4 million for Beach Plaza at 1200 Beach Blvd. though Tavus Investments LLC.

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ST. JOHNS

CLAY

$19,400,000

$14,800,000

$8,100,000

$4,726,500

$3,757,575

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9779 Pritchard Road, Jacksonville

1500 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville Beach

Longleaf Pine Parkway, St. Augustine

630 Blanding Blvd., Orange Park

Type: Beach Plaza shopping center Size: 10.87 acres Building size: 161,000 square feet Buyer: Tavus Investments LLC Seller: BACM 2006-4 Beach Boulevard LLC Previous sale: $1,910,000 in 1988

Type: Warehouse Size: 18.01 acres Building size: 232,488 rentable square feet Buyer: STAG Industrial Holdings LLC Seller: Jacksonville Industrial Properties 80 LLC

Type: The Boulevard commercial center Size: 4.45 acres Building size: 49,400 retailoffice space Buyer: Gates of Beach Boulevard LLC Seller: Jacqueline M. Poland, The William E. Poland Jr. Trust and The Jacqueline M. Poland Family LP

Type: Timberland Size: Not available Buyer: Richmond American Homes of Florida LP Seller: Longleaf Partners LLC

Type: Walgreens Size: 2.13 acres Building size: 14,241 square feet Buyer: NISA Waljack LLC Seller: 3036 Blanding LLC Previous sale: $2,900,000 in 2015

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CLAY

DUVAL

ST. JOHNS

DUVAL

$3,700,000

$2,175,000

$2,061,000

$1,200,000

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7820 Arlington Expressway, Jacksonville

Type: Old Independent Life Building Size: 0.78 acres Building size: 171,070 square feet Buyer: PEP10 LLC Seller: West Duval Towers LLC Previous sale: $4,100,000 in 2007

Type: Unimproved Size: 63.54 acres Buyer: Forestar Real Estate Group Inc. Seller: Peters Creek Investments LLP

Type: Mayport Plaza shopping center Size: 2.67 acres Building size: 16,197 square feet Buyer: Reef Retail Acquisition LLC Seller: Louis L. Huntley Enterprises Inc. Previous sale: $333,100 in 2007

Type: Undeveloped commercial Size: 1.06 acres Buyer: Kwik Way Inc. Seller: Fifth Third Bank Previous sale: $1,350,000 in 2008

Type: Office Parcel Size: 4.82 acres Building size: 97,929 square feet Buyer: Kozman Realty Inc. Seller: Bnei Zipora Inc. Previous sale: $250,000 in 2017

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PEOPLE ON THE MOVE Promotions, hirings and happenings for business people in Northeast Florida. Send items to ssailer@jaxdailyrecord.com Laura DiBella resigned as executive director of the Nassau County Economic Development Board to become executive director of the Florida Harbor DiBella Pilots Association based in Tallahassee. As the economic development director, DiBella also served as port director of the Ocean Highway and Port Authority of Nassau County. In her letters of resignation she said she would stay on as long as needed. She joined in October 2014.

Barnett is an attorney and a founding shareholder with Alexander, DeGance, Barnett. She previously was with Holland & Knight. Demetree is president and CEO of Demetree Brothers Inc., a Jacksonvillebased real estate Bedoya Barnett developer and property manager. Barnett’s appointment is subject to confirmation by the Florida Senate and Demetree’s reappointment is subject to confirmation by the City Council.

Carlton Construction hired Charles Garrison as business development manager to lead the sales and marketing team, while serving as the main contact for client Garrison relationships. Carlton is a residential and commercial builder. Garrison serves on the Jacksonville Housing and Community Development Commission.

Aaron Kleist joined Central Bank as president of the Northeast Florida market. He is responsible for growing deposits and loans, with a focus on commercial real estate Kleist loans. Kleist was vice president of commercial lending at CenterState Bank.

Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Michelle Bedoya Barnett to a vacancy on the seven-member Jacksonville Aviation Authority board of directors, replacing Teresa Davlantes, whose second term expired this month. Mayor Lenny Curry also reappointed Jay Demetree, the recent chair, for a second four-year term on the JAA board.

Governor Ron DeSantis appointed Daniel Bean and reappointed Ed Fleming to four-year terms on the Jacksonville Port Authority. Daniel Bean is a partner with Abel Bean Law P.A. Ed Fleming retired in 2010 as CEO and president of Atlantic Marine. Confirmation is required by the Florida Senate.

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Ameris moves HQ, top execs to Atlanta

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The bank will continue to have a significant Southbank presence at Riverplace Tower, where it is installing new signs atop building. When Ameris Bancorp filed a proxy statement in February for its proposed acquisition of Fidelity Southern Corp., the company stated its holding company would be headquartered in Jacksonville after the merger. However, when Ameris last week announced its first quarterly earnings report since completing the merger, the company said it moved the headquarters to Fidelity Southern’s home in Atlanta. Ameris had been officially headquartered in Moultrie, Georgia, but in 2015 it moved its executive offices to the Riverplace Tower on Jacksonville’s Southbank. When the Fidelity Southern deal was announced, the plan was for the company’s Ameris Bank subsidiary to move its headquarters from Moultrie to Atlanta, but the parent Ameris Bancorp would be based in Jacksonville. However, plans changed when the merger closed July 1 and Ameris CEO Dennis Zember unexpectedly resigned. Fidelity Southern President Palmer Proctor was appointed to succeed him. “With Dennis’ departure, our new CEO is in Atlanta,” Chief Financial Officer Nicole Stokes said Friday. Stokes relocated to Atlanta and now most of the company’s top management is there, so the corporate headquarters formally was moved Oct. 1. Other than the move of top executives, Ameris will continue to have a significant presence at Riverplace Tower, where the company is putting new signage with a new logo atop the 28-story building, Stokes said. “We still have the operations we had there before,” she said. During the company’s quarterly conference call with analysts Friday, Stokes said she just closed on a home in Atlanta. “I’m learning all about what traffic really means,” she said. “But honestly and seriously, we’re all committed to Ameris and what the future holds for us.” Ameris reported thirdquarter earnings of 98 cents a share, up from 91 cents a year ago and 3 cents better than the consensus forecast of analysts, according to Zacks Investment Research. During the conference call, Proctor said the integration of Fidelity Southern’s operations into Ameris is going well. “We’ve actually had better

NEW SIGNS FOR AMERIS Ameris Bank, the anchor of the tower at 1301 Riverplace Blvd., is rebranding its signs and adding a logo. The old signage has been removed and, weather and wind permitting, the new signage will be lifted into place Nov. 3 by a helicopter.

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than expected results so far based on our execution and accelerated execution of some of the cost-save strategies,” he said. Proctor said the two banks had a combined 199 branches in Florida, Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina when the merger agreement was reached, but it has closed 27 offices. “We’ve done this very strategically and with very little attrition in terms of our core funding,” he said, referring to loss of customer deposits. Ameris had 17 branches and Fidelity Bank had six in the Jacksonville market as of June 30, according to Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. data. Ameris is planning to lift its new sign by helicopter atop Riverplace Tower on Nov. 3. The sign integrates Fidelity Bank’s lion logo into the Ameris name. The logo has “been very well received, and we remain deliberate in terms of our efforts to drive that brand in all of our markets,” Proctor said.

Johnson & Johnson contact lens sales growing in U.S.

Johnson & Johnson Vision reported strong third-quarter revenue, helped by sales of its contact lenses. The Jacksonville-based subsidiary of the health products giant said last week total sales rose 5.4% to $1.19 billion, with contact lens sales rising 7% to $893 million. The growth in contact lenses was helped by increased sales in Japan ahead of a consumption tax increase, Johnson & Johnson officials said. However, U.S. contact lens sales grew by 6.2%. “Vision had a good quarter. I would say contact lenses in particular had a very healthy quarter,” said Ashley McEvoy,

chairman of Johnson & Johnson’s medical devices business, in the company’s conference call. The vision care division expanded beyond contact lenses with acquisitions of other eye health businesses two years ago. McEvoy said the eye care surgical products business is facing challenging markets but wants to increase sales by “accelerating some innovations.” She also is “bullish on the innovation agenda” for its Acuvue contact lens business. McEvoy cited a new contact lens introduced in March with technology that adapts to changing light and said more new products are coming. “We’re going to have another novel innovation in vision, related to the first-ever drug-eluting contact lens for allergy,” she said.

Mantle Ridge hedge fund sheds CSX shares

The hedge fund that backed a management shake-up at CSX Corp. in early 2017 sharply reduced its ownership in the Jacksonville-based railroad company. Mantle Ridge sold and distributed about 38 million CSX shares, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Monday. CSX said in an SEC filing last Thursday it had agreed to repurchase 4.7 million shares from Mantle Ridge. The latest sales left Mantle Ridge with just 364,851 shares of CSX. However, Mantle Ridge CEO Paul Hilal, who remains vice chairman of CSX’s board, has 3.45 million shares, or 0.4% of all CSX outstanding stock. Hilal partnered with the late Hunter Harrison to get Harrison installed as chief execu-

tive officer of CSX in March 2017. Hilal joined the board of directors as part of a sweeping management overhaul that followed Harrison’s appointment.

quarters of strong operational performance.”

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc.’s stock has been depressed most of this year as the Jacksonville-based maker of cellulose specialties products reported losses in the first and second quarters. One analyst who had been hoping for a recovery downgraded the stock last week. “Rayonier AM’s share price has remained low despite many recent positive catalysts,” Berenberg Capital Markets analyst Paretosh Misra said in a research note as he downgraded the stock from “buy” to “hold.” Misra lowered his price target for the stock from $15 to $5, with the stock trading at $4.70 at the time of his report. “We see risk that investors remain sidelined on the stock until consensus estimates bottom and 2020-21 cellulose specialties (CS) pricing outlook becomes more clear,” he said. The positive catalysts include the renegotiation of debt agreements and a recent price hike for CS products. “However, shares are still significantly below the 2019 peak as investor sentiment on many of the commodity markets (where Rayonier AM participates) remains poor,” Misra said. The previous $15 price target “now becomes the bull-case valuation,” he said. “We believe investors need to see progress on three key issues to potentially become more bullish: 1) reduction in leverage, through cost cuts and sale of more non-core assets; 2) recovery in commodity prices; and 3) a few good

fashion accessories company Coach might be dealing with a unique problem: growth of the used handbag market. UBS analyst Jay Sole last week downgraded Coach’s parent company, Tapestry Inc., from “buy” to “neutral” in part because of that issue. “Consumers increasingly have the option to purchase a new Coach bag for $400 or a used European luxury brand item for the same price,” Sole said in a research note. “We think many shoppers are opting for the latter choice,” he said. Tapestry is dealing with bigger problems than that. Its Kate Spade brand is experiencing declines in comparablestore sales, or sales open at stores for more than one year. “Tapestry’s negative highteens first-quarter Kate Spade comp guidance caused us to think the Kate Spade turnaround will likely take years,” he said. All of Coach’s North American distribution is handled by its 850,000-square-foot facility at the Jacksonville International Tradeport in North Jacksonville. Sole is optimistic that new Tapestry CEO Jide Zeitlin, appointed last month, will improve North American sales for Coach. “Tapestry’s actions are helping Coach take back mindshare and create more favorable impressions among consumers. These are the type of leading indicators which often translate into sales growth,” he said.

Analyst: Coach hurt by used Analyst downgrades handbag market Retailers are facing many Rayonier AM challenges these days but

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Myself and the company I work for, Golden Dog Title & Trust believe in giving back to the community in which we live and work. We are an annual sponsor for both Jacksonville and Nassau Humane Society and work events within those organizations and others like them throughout the area.

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Clay County offering incentives for businesses Clay County population growth Here’s a look at how the population of Clay County is predicted to grow along with the Northeast Florida metropolitan area:

CLAY

Clay County is “short of existing buildings but has a lot of greenfield for development.”

METRO AREA

April 2019 population estimate

215,246 1,553,649 2020 population projection

220,220 1,572,900 2030 population projection

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255,700 1,813,100 Projected percent change in population from April 2019 to 2030

18.79% 16.70% 2040 population projection

281,700 1,990,000 Projected percent change in population from April 2019 to 2040

30.87% 28.08% Source: University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research

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J.J. Harris, president of Clay County Economic Development Corp., says First Coast Expressway will boost investment. J.J. Harris, president of Clay County Economic Development Corp., says the county has a strong business retention and expansion program. It is “helping our small businesses retain and expand in the existing facilities,” he said. The Clay Economic Devel-

opment Corp. is a nonprofit charged with promoting and recruiting businesses to Clay County that can provide high-skilled, high-paying jobs, increase the nonresidential tax base and expand and improve the county’s economy. The county is “short of existing buildings but has a lot of greenfield for development,” Harris said. He refers to the shortage of developed commercial and industrial buildings available to prospective tenants, and the availability of land for investment and construction. Clay is trying to leverage recruiting with developing infrastructure and specialized financing programs available to the county for business development, he said. Harris says the county is encouraged by the Florida Department of Transportation’s $1.9 billion investment into the First Coast Expressway and the partnership with local companies to invest millions of dollars to develop infrastructure. County partnerships include the Clay County Utility

Authority, Clay Electric, Florida Power & Light Co., TECO Gas and AT&T to “ensure utilities are available to customers so they can reach the global market,” he said. The expressway will drive the county’s population growth. Harris said he expects the population to increase from about 216,000 now to more than 230,000 by 2030. Businesses will be needed to serve and employ those future residents. Target industries for the county continue to be health care, logistics and distribution, business support, information technology, aviation and defense and advanced manufacturing. The county also is exploring the recruitment of venture capital and business incubator firms. The economic development agency is seeking a $57,000 grant from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity to hire a consultant to review and recommend governance and business incentives. The grant also will fund the

First Coast Expressway Stakeholders Summit and public presentations. The study is scheduled for completion by June 30. Clay County incentives available include: n Economic Development Grants that focus on commercial businesses that add to the tax base. They must create 10 or more full-time jobs that pay more than 1% over the county’s average annual wage, which is $37,022 for 2019. The 10 jobs must be created for a full tax year. Private capital investment by the business also must be more than $1 million. n Large Primary Employer Retention Grants target employers that employ at least 100 workers and provide goods and services that attract new sales and investment into the county. n Tangible Personal Property Capital Investment Grants offer an incentive for businesses to locate in the county. The business must invest at least $1 million into equipment. The business must be a qualified target industry and

create 50 jobs paying 101% of the county’s average wage or 20 jobs paying 150% of the average wage. n Large Primary Employer Grants that are available for businesses to move to the county and build or lease facilities. Businesses must employ at least 150 people with at least 10 paid 101% of the county’s annual average wage. n Industrial Development Revenue Bonds are issued by the Clay County Development Authority for relocation or expansion of industrial businesses. The amount of taxexempt bonds is determined by the scope of the project. n Regulatory relief that provides economic development impact fee mitigation for qualified target industries. Businesses must create 10 jobs or create a 10% increase in existing jobs paying 115% of the county’s average wage or 100% of the average wage for manufacturing businesses. SSAILER@ JAXDAILYRECORD.COM (904) 356-2466

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

DUVAL

$1,556,000

$1,150,000

98 Walnut St., Neptune Beach

3222 St. Johns Ave., Jacksonville

Type: Single-family Lot size: 0.26 acres House size: 1,897 square feet Buyer: Edward Skinner Jones Revocable Living Trust Seller: Clyde K. Shaw

Type: Single-family Lot size: 0.44 acres House size: 5,005 square feet Buyer: The Johnson Living Trust Seller: Bonnie L. Dennis and Terry L. Dennis Previous sale: $825,000 in 2005 ST. JOHNS

ST. JOHNS

$1,310,000 51 Lagoon Course Ave., Ponte Vedra Beach

ST. JOHNS

$2,075,000

Type: Single-family Lot size: 0.19 acres House size: 3,213 square feet Buyer: Colin A. Lacroix and Martha F. Fischer Seller: Scott R. Jones and Lynn S. Jones

7 Solana Road, Ponte Vedra Beach Type: Single-family Lot size: 0.57 acres House size: Not applicable Buyer: John H. and Anne W. Parker Seller: Solano Road LLC Previous sale: $1,285,000 in 2013

About the property: Old Ponte Vedra vacant lot with view across the water to the fourth hole of the Ocean Course at the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club.

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$1,120,000 1086 Ponte Vedra Blvd., Ponte Vedra Beach Type: Single-family Lot size: 1.1 acres House size: 3,554 square feet Buyer: Michael A. McAfee and Susan M. Morgan Seller: Scott and Sharon L. Grant Previous sale: $950,000 in 2017

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Top 10 home sales of week

ST. JOHNS DUVAL

ST. JOHNS

$1,808,000

$1,700,000

$1,675,000

$1,185,000

2507 Ocean Drive S., Jacksonville Beach

55 N. Roscoe Blvd., Ponte Vedra Beach

521 Rutile Drive, Ponte Vedra Beach

118 Oak Creek Drive, Ponte Vedra Beach

Type: Single-family Lot size: 0.14 acres House size: 3,844 square feet Buyer: Mimi L. and Richard Shaw Seller: Cathy A. Healey

Type: Undeveloped single-family lot Lot size: 0.69 acres House size: 4,280 square feet Buyer: Steve and Tracy Baumgartner Seller: Katherine Peeters

Type: Single-family Lot size: 0.47 acres House size: 3,467 square feet Buyer: Andrew A. and Stacey L. Stec Seller: Elizabeth M. Gibson Previous sale: $1,580,000 in 2016

Type: Single-family Lot size: 0.43 acres House size: 4,240 square feet Buyer: Thomas D. Fleury and Margaret F. Howell Seller: Glenn Layton Homes LLC

$1,030,000 285 Linkside Circle, Ponte Vedra Beach Type: Single-family Lot size: 0.56 acres House size: 4,665 square feet Buyer: Harry and Binni Sweeney Seller: Harrison W. and Nancy G. Barnes Previous sale: $805,000 in 2013

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Donley Law Firm opens in Orange Park

MAX MARBUT ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Four years after establishing a solo practice, Amber Donley buys an office condominium. When attorney Amber Donley was featured in the Jacksonville Daily Record’s “In the Law” in December 2017, her advice for new lawyers was “Rome was not built in a day and neither is your legal career.” She’s living that advice. Nine years after she was admitted to The Florida Bar in October 2010, and four years to the month after deciding to establish a solo practice, Donley has opened the Donley Law Firm in her office condominium at 1700 Wells Road in Orange Park. “In four years, I’ve been able to purchase my own commercial real estate,” Donley said. “If someone had told me in law school that I’d own my own business, I’d have told them they were crazy. When I think about it, it’s pretty incredible.” A native of Miami, Donley’s first career was in elementary education. After graduating from Bethune-Cookman College, she taught fifth grade in Osceola and Polk counties. Donley moved to Jacksonville and enrolled at Florida Coastal School of Law. After graduation and admission to the Bar, she practiced at a small Jacksonville firm until

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Attorney Amber Donley at her Orange Park office at 1700 Wells Road, Suite 27.

returning to Florida Coastal as a career counselor specializing in diversity and public interest outreach. After nearly four years, Donley said she believed it was time for a change. “I was at a pivotal point. I left without knowing what my next step was. Did I want to go back into practice or did I want an alternative career?” Donley said. After friends and family advised that she should open her own firm, Donley prayed for a sign to make that “abundantly clear.” The next day, “a father whose daughter and my

daughter were on a volleyball team together called to say he had a family law matter and needed my help,” she said. She started with shared office space in South Jacksonville where she had access to a conference room and basic office equipment. “I needed a place to meet people so they’d take me seriously and want to hire me,” Donley said. To learn the business side of practicing family law, guardianship, estate planning and probate law, she took advantage of practice development resources from The Florida Bar and networked with attorneys

with established practices. “At the beginning, I didn’t have the capital and I didn’t want to feel obligated to get clients and not be able to service them because I was focused on meeting expenses. I started small and built up to where I am,” Donley said. A Clay County resident, Donley started looking for a building or an office suite to purchase about a year ago and wanted it to be close to home. “When I realized it was the step I wanted to take, everything fell into place,” she said. “It was one step at a time, and I’m glad I took the leap of faith.”

The Florida Bar president visiting Northeast Florida

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Chief Judge Mark Mahon, left, and Tomas Jiminez Sr., director of Jiminez-Bellisario Enterprises, the company that poured the concrete for the Duval County Courthouse.

Recognizing those who built the courthouse A plaque was unveiled Wednesday at the Duval County Courthouse that recognizes the small businesses and minority-owned businesses that helped construct the building. “This is one of the busiest and most-used buildings in Jacksonville. It’s an amazing place to work,” said Chief Judge Mark Mahon. The bronze plaque is a replica of the City

Council resolution introduced by former Council member Bill Gulliford and signed by former Council President Clay Yarborough that recognized the work performed by the minority contractors and small businesses that built the $350 million project. The plaque is displayed in the atrium on the first floor, near the elevators.

The Florida Bar President John Stewart will be spending a couple of days in November in Northeast Florida. On Nov. 14, he’s been invited to address the Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association’s monthly CLE luncheon at 11:45 a.m. at The River Club DownStewart town. Stewart is scheduled to visit the St. Johns County Bar Association when the group meets for lunch at 11:45 a.m. Nov. 15 at Blackfly The Restaurant at 108 Anastasia Blvd. in St. Augustine. Stewart is a partner at Rossway Swan in Vero Beach. He was elected to the board of governors in 2007 and was sworn in as president of The Florida Bar in June.

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tion will be Nov. 1 at the Bryan Simpson U.S. Courthouse. The annual tradition is scheduled each year the day before the Gators and Bulldogs football game Saturday at TIAA Bank Field. It features two students from each law school arguing a theoretical Florida Supreme Court case before a panel of five federal judges — two from Florida, two from Georgia and a neutral. This year’s panel comprises 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Gerald Tjoflat, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia Judge William Moore Jr., U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida Judge Brian Davis, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia Judge Lisa Godbey Wood and U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida Judge Marcia Morales Howard. The competition begins at 9:30 a.m. The public is welcome to attend.

Bean appointed to Port Authority board Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Daniel Bean, an attorney and founding partner at Abel Bean Law, to the Jacksonville Port Authority board of directors. Bean served in the U.S. Navy from 1987 until 2012. Bean He received his bachelor’s degree in political science from Vanderbilt University and his J.D. from the University of San Diego. His appointment is for a four-year term, subject to confirmation by the state Senate. MMARBUT@ JAXDAILYRECORD.COM (904) 356-2466

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BY MAX MARBUT • ASSOCIATE EDITOR

John Woodlee is president of the board of directors of Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Northeast Florida’s nonprofit law firm that provides civil legal assistance for people who otherwise could not afford to be represented by an attorney. What inspired you to become a lawyer? When I was trying to choose a career path, lawyers I spoke with always seemed to be learning something new to keep up with changes in the law, understand a client’s business or prepare for some expert deposition. I wanted to be kept on my toes like that, and the practice of law has not disappointed.

How did you decide your practice area? I love writing, and I love the process of brainstorming, culling and refining arguments. Commercial litigation, and especially appellate litigation, are a natural fit. What has been the biggest change in your practice area since you passed the Bar? The seeds of this development were planted before I took the Bar, but courts have continued to flesh out the implications of Florida’s abolition of joint and several liability in negligence cases, including the obsolescence, in many contexts, of contribution claims and setoff defenses. What do you anticipate will be the next big change in your area of law? In light of

Education: Mercer University, B.A., in philosophy and English; Duke University School of Law, J.D. Age: 33 Hometown: Chickamauga, Georgia Family: My wife, Emily Suter, and our two dogs and two cats

One person other than my spouse who inspires me: U.S. Court of Appeals Circuit Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat, for whom I had the good fortune to clerk several years ago. His energy and passion for the law are boundless. How do you relate your undergraduate degree to your practice of law? Studying philosophy as an undergrad gave me an appreciation for clear, precise arguments as well as lots of practice analyzing arguments that aren’t so clear and precise. That training has served me well as a litigator.

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JOHN WOODLEE

Favorite book: “An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding” by David Hume

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the Florida Supreme Court’s recent adoption of the federal standard for the admission of expert testimony, I imagine we’ll see some development in that area of the law. If I could change anything in the legal system, I would ... The most important thing we can do to change the legal system is to expand access to legal services by supporting legal aid organizations and providing pro bono services. What community service have you pursued and why that? In addition to serving as court-appointed counsel in the U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida and the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, I serve as president of the board of directors of Jacksonville Area Legal Aid. It’s incredibly gratifying to

play a role in ensuring the delivery of legal services for those in need, even if my contribution to that mission as president of the board is modest compared to the hard work done by JALA’s staff and pro bono attorneys. I’m also a member of the board of directors of Jacksonville Community Coalition Inc., a nonprofit that serves people living at Kings Ridge Apartments, which is located in a historically underserved area. What’s your advice for new lawyers? Don’t be too quick to assume you’ve found the right answer to a legal question or the best approach to a problem. Unless you’ve done your homework thoroughly, there will be some case you overlooked, some opposing strategy you didn’t anticipate, or some question you didn’t prepare for.

Book I’m reading now: “Quantum Non-locality and Relativity” by Tim Maudlin An app I can’t live without: Shipt, a grocery delivery app, helps my wife and me avoid the timeconsuming task of finding the obscure ingredients required for the elaborate meals she likes to cook. Favorite nonwork activities: My wife and I have two dogs, who are usually our most reliable sources of entertainment. I also enjoy reading.

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