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Park Place at San Marco apartments clears hurdle
Land Use and Zoning Committee unanimously recommends changes sought by the developer.
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BY SCOTT SAILER STAFF WRITER
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Photos by Max Marbut
The celebration Feb. 20 for Mayor Jake Godbold began and ended with the Let it Ride Brass Band playing “When the Saints Go Marching In.”
At a public celebration, friends and colleagues pay tribute to the longtime Jacksonville mayor who died Jan. 23. BY MAX MARBUT ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Jacksonville said goodbye to Jake Godbold on Feb. 20 at the Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center. The celebration of the life and legacy of the former mayor, who died Jan. 23, was 90 minutes of accolades, tributes, music – and most of all, love. Master of ceremonies Tom
Wills, news anchor at WJXT TV-4, recalled his 45-year friendship with Godbold. “It actually was a love affair. He loved to talk and I liked to listen. I usually brought a news cameraman with me, so we shared our conversations with the public,” Wills said. “I knew the man. I knew the mayor. I liked the man, but I loved the mayor,” said Betty Holzendorf, an aide to Godbold while he was mayor. She was later elected to the state House of Representatives and Senate. “He said to love yourself and love others just the way you love yourself,” Holzendorf said. SEE GODBOLD, PAGE 3
A portrait of Jake Godbold along with a table that included items representing some of his favorite pastimes.
Plans for the Park Place at San Marco apartment project advanced Feb. 19 with the Jacksonville City Council Land Use and Zoning Committee unanimously recommending changes sought by developers. San Marco-based Corner Lot Development Group, led by Andy Allen, and Birmingham, Alabama-based Harbert Realty Services want to develop the 2.87acre project at 2137 Hendricks Ave. South Jacksonville Presbyterian Church Inc. owns the property that’s most of the block between Hendricks Avenue to the west, Mango Place to the east, Alford Place to the north and Mitchell Avenue to the south. Matthew’s Restaurant, at the northwest portion of the block, is not part of the project. The development would carve out 2.09 acres of church property leaving the main sanctuary building. Developers would construct a four-story, 133-unit apartment building on the north side of the property and a two-story, threelevel parking garage to the south. North of the project is East San Marco, a shopping center under development that will be anchored by a Publix grocery. Ordinance 2019-0750 seeks a small-scale land use amendment for the development. It increases the maximum density to 133 units and allows using a weighted average for the allowable building height. The San Marco zoning overlay SEE SAN MARCO, PAGE 2
Legislation filed for code-named Project Graph City Council President Scott Wilson filed legislation Feb. 19 to approve taxpayer-backed incentives for code-named Project Graph to expand the company’s existing Jacksonville software design operation and create a regional headquarters. Wilson filed Resolution 2020-0138 at Mayor Lenny Curry’s request seeking incentives from the state’s Qualified Targeted Industry Tax Refund program to create 115 fulltime jobs. The unnamed company is asking for a total $690,000 in taxpayer-backed incentives from the state and city.
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