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The following is this week’s issue of the #DTJax Weekly Update e-newsletter. To receive this in your email inbox each week, sign-up here.

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Instagram of the Week

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Things To Do Downtown

Arts & Culture

Live Music & Nightlife

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Get Involved

 
COJ City Council Meeting

Join the City of Jacksonville for a City Council meeting. Details.

When: Tuesday, September 11, 5 p.m.

Where: City Hall, Council Chambers

 

 
 
 

LaVilla Neighborhood Development Community Meeting 

 

Join the Downtown Investment Authority and Jacksonville Transportation Authority for a public meeting discussing the past, present and future of LaVilla and how to activate the neighborhood with guest speaker Nancy Broner, Executive Director of OneJax. Details.

When: Tuesday, September 20, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Where: The Ritz Theatre and Museum

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Waterway/Waterfront Activation Public Meeting 

Join City Council Member Lori Boyer for a public meeting discussing ways to activate our City’s rivers, tributaries, the Intracoastal Waterway and Beaches and hear progress updates. Details.

When: Thursday, October 4, 2 p.m.

Where: City Hall

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#DTJax News

 
• FSCJ Offers Student Housing for 1st Time At Downtown Jacksonville’s Historic Lerner Building
• Mathers Social owners plan arcade, retro bar downtown
• Downtown Thumbs: Community Downtown is a relative breeze
• 1st Art Walk since Landing mass shooting draws big crowd
• Cher plans concert at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in January
• Jacksonville gears up for fall festival, Oktoberfest season
• JTA laying groundwork for downtown passenger rail
• Downtown Jacksonville’s Candy Apple Cafe closes
• City planning Downtown’s first dog park
• Local Agencies Seek $25M Federal Grant for Proposed Downtown Jacksonville Innovation Corridor
• How can downtown Jacksonville keep the momentum going? “We’ve got to have urgency”
• Arts and cultural district proposed Downtown
  The Mathis Report: Ash Properties adds Exchange Building to Downtown holdings
• Using transit to spark development in LaVilla
• DDRB to review plans for proposed Downtown Hyatt Place Hotel
• ‘Riverwalk Place’ would bring housing, hotel and restaurants to Bay Street
• Jaguars advocating for other Downtown projects
• Downtown Jacksonville property get $5.4 million investment
• DIA CEO Aundra Wallace to lead JAXUSA Partnership

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New businesses in #DTJax:

Now Open!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Kanine Social

580 College St.

The Market, Hyatt Regency

225 E. Coastline Dr.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

SHOR Seafood Grill, Hyatt Regency
225 E. Coastline Dr.

 

Southbank Johnnie’s, Lexington Hotel

Coming Soon:

Burlock & Barrel Distillery
417 Magnolia St.

SHOR Tavern, Hyatt Regency
225 E. Coastline Dr.

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Stories From BlogDTJax.com

• A Day in the Life: Interning at Downtown Vision
• National Outdoors Month in #DTJax
• Celebrating the St. Johns River in #DTJax
• Street Art in #DTJax
• Found in #DTJax: FORGE 3D Printing Studio

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DVI Updates:

 

Sixteen Years at Downtown Vision

 

Congrats on 16 years at DVI to Ambassador Lydia! Lydia can be seen around #DTJax in her bright orange shirt, helping someone or keeping Downtown looking beautiful. Thank you, Lydia, for your hard work and dedication to not only Downtown Vision, but to Downtown Jacksonville. Cheers!

 

 

 

 
 
 

PARK(ing) Day 2018

 

What is PARK(ing) Day? It’s a global event where citizens, artists, and more collaborate to temporarily transform metered parking spaces into incredible pop-up parks or “PARK(ing) spaces.”

 
Downtown Vision has partnered up with local businesses in the urban core – including Daniel James Salon, Anytime Fitness, Super Food and Brew, The Brick Coffee House, Visit Jacksonville, Hollywood Cuts, Wolf & Cub, Bellwether and more – to provide unique PARK(ing) destinations in the heart of our city.

Come out to Park(ing) Day on September 21, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and see the very best of what #DTJax has to offer! Details.

 

2017 State of Downtown Report

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

It’s an exciting time for Downtown Jacksonville. As we watch Downtown “potential” turn into action, we have a lot of successes to celebrate. Read about current development, employment and residential trends in this 12-month look at the Downtown Jacksonville progress. Read or download the PDF here.

 

2016-2017 Annual Report
 

 
Have you ever wondered, what exactly does DVI do in a year? Check out our latest Annual Report, which highlights accomplishments and financial information for fiscal year 2016-2017. Read or download the PDF here.

2018 Art Walk Sponsorship Opportunities

 

 
Downtown’s signature monthly event, First WednesdayArt Walk attracts 8,000 people each month, spans 15+ blocks with 30+ galleries, museums, cultural venues, restaurants, bars and businesses. In its 14th year, Art Walk celebrates the local art scene by featuring hundreds of artists, performers and live music acts. Be a partner today! Download the kit here.