Chocolate, Beer and Rooftop Bars
Local entrepreneurs bring a slew of new venues and vitality to the city core The perfect place to highlight as we begin our tour of the new is an exciting marriage of local hotshot Peterbrooke Chocolatier, a Jacksonville business that has not only taken over the local market but expanded beyond it, and local dessert maven Anita Adams, who is best known for her Avondale dessert bakery Let Them Eat Cake (now under different ownership),...
The Friends Of Hemming Park Save the Day
Downtown’s Newest Crusade Dr. Wayne Wood: His name is ubiquitous when it comes to Downtown Jacksonville, bringing to mind thoughts of progress and change. But this man of vision could be seen as duplicitous at times, due to the fact that he is, after all, a renowned historian of our city who values the past and its preservation, yet, at the same time, he pushes forward to promote change for the better in certain current situations....
Delivering Change
Ben Wilson of Community Couriers pedals all day long to deliver groceries and other necessities to residents of Jacksonville’s urban core. Ben pedals a bike with an attached wooden box on the back. He picks up whatever the customer needs and delivers it to their home or office. His delivery region is Riverside, Avondale, Murray Hill, Springfield, San Marco and Downtown. If you didn’t think there was a need for this type of...
Jacksonville MarCom Firms
WIDENING ROLES, BROADER SKILL-SETS, BIGGER EXPECTATIONS The movers and shakers of Northeast Florida’s thriving marketing communications firms (abbr: mar′com) immediately make it clear that while advertising does play an important role in their profession there is much, much more that their dynamic and creative agencies have to offer to their clients. Will Ketchum of Burdette Ketchum opens our discussion about mar′com firms and why...