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Pearl Square breaks ground in Downtown PAGE 14
THE MATHIS REPORT Special to the Daily Record
The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida board of trustees: Front row, from left: Halsey Wise, John Peyton, Carol J. Alexander, Chair Michael DuBow, Amy Wacaster, Buddy Schulz and Velma Monteiro-Tribble. Back row: Lauren Rueger, Richard Sisisky, Sol Brotman, Martha Baker, George Egan, John Hirabayashi, Brian Davis and Michael Meyers.
Since its founding 60 years ago, The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida has connected resources with needs.
BY MAX MARBUT ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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ince its founding in 1964, The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida has grown from the vision of four Jacksonville civic leaders to an organization that in its 60-year history has administered more than $1 billion in gifts and made more than $750 million in grants to local charitable organizations serving a range of needs.
Originally called “The Greater Jacksonville Area Community Foundation,” one of the founders, Tom McGehee, said it would be “a depository for the people of Jacksonville, both the large and small, the wealthy and the moderate, to be able to give for the betterment of their fellow man, not just today, but in a continuing way.” The foundation remains true to its roots as it adapts to changing times.
Neighbors not happy with plans for The Pondry PAGE 12
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Audrey Moran: Lead with love Leadership Jacksonville honors Duval County Judge Audrey McKibbin Moran with the 2024 Frederick H. Schultz Lifetime Achievement Award. PAGE 16 THE BASCH REPORT
EverBank just wanted branches When EverBank Financial Corp. agreed to buy Sterling Bank and Trust, it wanted no part of the bank’s troubled parent company. PAGE 18
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