Mayor Kirsten Wise said the point of it was to grow the assets for future generations. “Council has been working on this for a couple of years now,” Wise said. “We recognised that holding the management of these assets within council meant we weren’t getting the most benefit out of them, because we don’t have
Duval Superintendent Christopher Bernier on the first day of school Duval Superintendent Christopher Bernier visited S.A. Hull Elementary on the first day of school for the new school year on Aug. 11 in Jacksonville. City Council’s Finance Committee cut $1.9 million from Mayor Donna Deegan’s proposed budget for Meals on Wheels, a reduction that would
Downtown Jacksonville update: Apartments, townhomes under construction Construction is underway at the Four Seasons Hotel & Residences Jacksonville and One Riverside developments in downtown Jacksonville, Florida. Jacksonville City Council withdrew a proposal to gain authority to terminate the Downtown Investment Authority’s CEO. Three finalists will interview for the CEO position next week. Concerns arose that
Google will invest $7 billion to officially build a data center in Cedar Rapids and expand cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure in its Council Bluffs complex, more than doubling its existing investment in Iowa. State and city leaders say the May 30 announcement positions Iowa and Cedar Rapids as leaders in delivering AI technology to