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A Million Reasons to Celebrate
Chris Heib and Allegra Jaros with Kendra McCrary
Yarden Tour Talent Artist Tatiana Kitchen was featured as the Artist in the Garden for Riverside Avondale Preservation’s fifth annual Yarden Tour. Her creativity in full bloom, she was one of several unique twists on this tour, which allowed participants to explore outdoor spaces throughout the community.
The Women’s Board of Wolfson Children’s Hospital celebrated a million-dollar year at its annual Spring Luncheon as last year’s programs and initiatives raised more than $1 million for Wolfson Children’s Hospital.
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St. Mark’s Progresses with Campus Renewal Master Plan
By Michele Leivas
Barbara Corniellier, Erin Streva and Kelli Carroll of The Foundation of Community Hospice and Palliative Care at the 13th annual Derby Run
Change and growth are certainly in the air in the Ortega neighborhood as conversations about expansions or development continue for the quiet, historic community. After establishing its Campus Renewal Master Plan several months ago, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church hosted another campus renewal update meeting in Leatherbury Hall on Wednesday, May 7 to share three updated design concepts for a campus renewal that would bring much-needed enhancements and expansion to the historic church. The church has established a Campus Renewal Steering Committee, chaired by Ted Miller and Emily Magevney, and engaged Atkin Olshin Schade Architects to work toward bringing its vision for the master plan to life. Principal Architect Sam Olshin described the balancing act of the task at hand as one of creating new space without overlooking the space already existing at
Big Hats, Bigger Hearts It’s not May without the Kentucky Derby and The Foundation of Community Hospice and Palliative Care’s annual Derby Run. Returning once again to Tringali Barn in St. Augustine, this was the 13th anniversary for this annual charity event, which brought together community for a good cause. READ MORE ON PAGE 30
the church, which has roots stretching back almost 100 years in the Ortega community. “This is our chance to rethink and reconsider what has changed over the last hundred years from a spiritual point of view, from a worship point of view, from a community point of view,” Olshin said. The master plan would see increased square footage of the existing sanctuary, parish gathering space, administrative and meeting spaces, the spiritual life center and Christian Formation space (classrooms and youth programming areas). Together with his colleague Henri Brooks, Olshin presented a trio of conceptual renderings of what the campus updates could look like, from a more straightforward Option A that works with the existing footprint to more complex Option B – closing Oxford Avenue and bringing all buildings east of Ionic Avenue, and Option C – closing both Oxford and Ionic avenues to establish a welcome lobby
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Coming to the Rescue, Making a Difference Patrons Laura and Travis Smith were on hand for City Rescue Mission’s ‘A Night at the Opera’, May 1. The annual Difference Makers Gala entertained guests who serve, protect and support those at risk in our community.
The space formerly housing Sun-Ray Cinema is once again bringing entertainment to the Five Points neighborhood now that Five Jacksonville has celebrated its grand opening. Managed by Marathon Live, the live music venue hosted its first two shows last month with BoyWithUke performing on Tuesday, May 13 and Kameron Marlowe two days later on the 15th. “It has been an incredibly fun challenge to rework this amazing theater to host live performances again,” said Marathon Live Chief Development Officer Josh Billue. “We are excited to be a part of the Five Points community and we can’t wait to welcome people back to a building Jacksonville has known for nearly 100 years.”
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off Ortega Boulevard with a port cochère through which vehicles would drive to access the parking area behind the campus. Following the meeting, St. Mark’s Rector Reverend Charlie Holt said the church is still gathering and welcoming feedback from the community as it begins to look at fundraising campaigns, costs and feasibility. “Our aim is to be a blessing to our members and also to the community of Ortega and Jacksonville,” Holt said. “We’re trying to build a consensus around what will be that blessing to people. Our needs are to address children’s and youth education spaces and offer some different types of programming and our facilities need to be updated to do that for our people.” A full recording of the May 7 presentation is available at www.residentnews.net, along with updated and previous design concepts and other documents pertaining to the Campus Renewal Master Plan.
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