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SAN JOSE | SAN MAR CO | ST. NICHOLAS FIERCELY LOCAL NEWS ... FIERCELY LOYAL READERS | RESIDENTNEWS.NET | AUGUST 2024 | VOL. 17, ISSUE 8
To sell or not to sell
Lt. Col. (Ret) Alan West with guests Cindy and Joe Nowicki
Proposed sale of church land to developer divides neighbors
Coalition of Black Republican Americans welcomes Lt. Col. Allen West READ MORE ON PAGE 22
Ridgewood resident Rachel Brown stands in her front yard and points to the house next All Saints Episcopal is considering selling 4 acres of land behind its church to local door, which has been purchased by developer SHEEPCO. Brown fears the developer plans to developer SHEEPCO. demolish the home as an access road for a new development of more than three dozen homes.
By Jennifer Logue
Lt. Col. (Ret) Alan West with guests Cindy and Joe Nowicki
When Rachel Brown and James Bodden purchased their home in the Ridgewood neighborhood two years ago, the couple thought they had found a little piece of heaven in Jacksonville. “It was just this idyllic neighborhood,” Brown said. “People were out walking their dogs, kids were playing in the street. We just loved it.” But that idyllic life may soon to come to end, the couple fears, if All Saints Episcopal Church – whose land backs up to their house –
accepts an offer from a local developer to purchase 4 acres behind the church for possible construction of a new housing development. The church governing board confirmed that it has received an offer from real estate developer SHEEPCO to purchase a portion of its campus and that it has established a land use committee to consider the offer. The potential sale is particularly concerning to Brown and Bodden, they say, because SHEEPCO has purchased the home next door to theirs at 1607 Peachtree Circle North. They fear the developer CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
A ‘Frankenstein’ design?
Lofts at Southbank project receives conceptual approval on 5-2 vote
Evelyn Jurado enjoys summer fun adventures in Orlando.
Summer fun in the Sun! READ MORE ON PAGE 30
Dissenting board member criticizes design
JCA expansion moves into high gear
By Michele Leivas
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An updated rendering presented at the July 11 DDRB meeting shows the changes made to the Lofts at Southbank concept from a northeast view at the corner of Prudential Drive and Hendricks Avenue.
The Downtown Development Review Board gave conceptual approval with conditions to the Lofts at Southbank mixed-use development at its July 11 meeting. The approval was granted on a 5-2 vote, with board members CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
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