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ST. NICHOLAS RESIDENTNEWS.NET AUGUST 2023
VOL. 16, ISSUE 08
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It’s happening on Hendricks. Joe Cline of Cline’s Custom Meats is just one of the small business owners who is riding the building momentum, growth and success along Hendricks Avenue. To help raise the visibility and spread the word about the multitude of dining, shopping and other experiences available along Hendricks Avenue, the small businesses there, including Cline’s, are banding together to promote the newly-minted #HendricksCorridor campaign. The Resident News spoke with some of the newer owners joining this Hendricks Avenue community of small businesses, as well as some of those more seasoned, to discuss this new campaign and what it is that sets the Hendricks Corridor apart. READ MORE ON PAGE 10
Safety in Numbers
Revisiting the 20 is Plenty speed reduction initiative
Wolfson Freshmen Gear Up For
FALL For incoming members of Samuel Wolfson School for Advanced Studies’ class of 2027, summer has been a chance to make friends and prepare for classes while getting to know their way around campus. As part of Wolfson’s annual summer mixer series, the incoming ninth grade students got challenged both athletically and academically through a series of fun events. The first event, in June, gave students a taste of what a pep rally and basketball game feels like on campus. The Brain Games in July gave students a feel for switching from class to class and ended in a competitive water balloon fight. The final event of the summer is a big, family-friendly movie night in the gym, hosted by the Wolfson PTSA. Being a dedicated magnet school, students can come to Wolfson from all over Jacksonville, but the majority of Wolfson’s students come from Julia Landon Middle School.
Mayor Donna Deegan has announced she will hold a series of Community Conversations in all of Jacksonville’s 14 city council districts throughout the month of August. The announcement came in a July 26 press release, which shared the aim of these meetings is “to give every voice in Jacksonville a chance to be heard.” Topics of conversation, according to the release, will include arts, constituency and community outreach, culture and entertainment, economy, health, infrastructure, military and veteran affairs and public safety. These meetings are open to the public. District 5's scheduled Community Conversation will be held on Thursday, Aug. 10, from 6-8 p.m. at Aspire Church (1435 Atlantic Boulevard).
Glow-in-the-Dark
Mural Coming to Locals' Bar
With Jacksonville continuously ranking as one of the top 10 most dangerous citiesin the country for pedestrians, efforts continue on the “20 is Plenty” initiative to reduce residential speed limits from 30 to 20 miles per hour.
San Marco is gaining another mural, this time on the side of the Locals’ Bar on Kings Avenue. Artist Steve Arflin, Jr. of Arflin Creative Company, has designed and is currently working on this expansive, glow-in-the-dark mural – his third glow-in-thedark mural overall and his first in the San Marco community.
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Best Birthday Ever Will Davis gave himself a 21st birthday present one day early when he fired a closing-round 67 to become the 62nd champion of the Jacksonville Area Golf Association Amateur Championship at San Jose Country Club. “This place (San Jose CC) means a lot to me and my family,” Davis, a Wolfson High School grad said. “It’s pretty cool to win here.”
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