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MARCH 2023, VOL. 16, ISSUE 03
For those who traverse the city’s traffic arteries through San Marco, beneath the overhead glass walkways of Baptist Health’s medical complex, there’s a vibrant new streetscape that’s garnering a lot of attention. The untitled mural, commissioned by the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville, has a backstory and it also had its official dedication Feb. 16 -- almost a month to the day after its official completion. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
A star-filled evening HENDRICKS AVENUE ELEMENTARY’S ANNUAL READING WITH THE STARS
Local stars and celebrities visited Hendricks Avenue Elementary on Tuesday, Jan. 24 to read to students and their parents for HAE’s Reading with the Stars, an annual event hosted by the HAE Parent Teacher Association as part of the school’s Literacy Week. Stars included former Jaguars player Josh Scobee, Jumbo Shrimp and Chick-fil-A mascots, local ballerinas, a SWAT officer, a firefighter and San Marco Dreamette owner Brian Roes among others.
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BY MICHELE LEIVAS
Resident Community News Election Day for the Duval Unitary First Election is coming up on March 21. By now, voters impacted by the new court-ordered Jacksonville City Council District map — approximately 200,000 voters, according to the Duval County Supervisor of Election’s (SOE) office — should have received their new voter information card displaying their updated district and designated polling precinct. Early voting for the March 21 election begins March 6 and runs until the 19th. Registered voters can visit any one of the 18 early voting sites to cast their ballots during that timeframe. These locations are open Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. A full list of the early voting sites can be found at www.duvalelections.com under “Early Voting.” On the 21st, voters must visit their designated polling precinct to cast their votes. Should a single candidate fail to obtain a majority vote in any race, the top two candidates with the most votes in that race will go on to a runoff election on May 16. In preparation for the election, the SOE held a Logic and Accuracy Test, as mandated by Florida statute, on Friday, Feb. 24. During this test, election staff members displayed 19 voting tabulators in operation, chosen at random from each Jacksonville City Council District and one early voting site, to ensure “the machines are working properly and counting votes accurately.” Four “high speed central count tabulators” were tested as well. Conducted before the Election Canvassing Board, the test was also open to the public and members of the media.
COMMUNITY NEWS
SULZBACHER CUTS THE RIBBON
on final piece of its urban rest stop program
On Feb. 14th, 2023, Mayor Lenny Curry and Sulzbacher CEO Cindy Funkhouser cut the ribbon on Sulzbacher’s new Urban Rest Stop Social Services Bus, a joint venture of the City of Jacksonville and Sulzbacher. This mobile unit is the final piece of the Urban Rest Stop Program. It is designed to bring “Housing and Hope on Wheels” to those currently experiencing homelessness in downtown Jacksonville by providing social services, including case management and housing placement. This bus complements Sulzbacher’s Healthmobile, launched in 2020, which provides health outreach services to this same population.
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