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CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: YOUR INSIGHT
Tech firm to move into ‘office of the future’
Wellness center shifts toRecord telemedicine Daily Melissa Fenton, founder and president of the Mind, Body and Beyond Center, closed her studio but is seeing about half the number of patients she normally would remotely.
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H. Stephen Jones & Associates will scan workers and visitors with an infrared thermometer to check for a fever.
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BY KATIE GARWOOD
BY KATIE GARWOOD STAFF WRITER
Two months after Melissa Fenton moved her Mind, Body and Beyond Center into a new, expanded space in San Pablo, she and her practitioners were seeing patients through telemedicine from home. Fenton is the founder and president of the mental health and holistic wellness center, which offers therapy, acupuncture, yoga, physical therapy, life coaching, massage and other wellness services. The new 3,600-square-foot location at 14215 Spartina Court in the Pablo Professional Park is nearly three times the size of her previous space at 13500 Sutton Park Drive. After stay-at-home orders were issued, Fenton decided to close the studio and offer clients the option of seeing practitioners over telemedicine instead. Some services she offers, like yoga, acupuncture and massage, are suspended. With the larger location, she saw some new clients come in before the shutdown. Over telemedicine, she is seeing about half the number of patients she normally would, but the clients she is seeing are benefiting from a different type of therapy. “One positive is that I get to go into my clients homes per se, through telehealth,” she said. “So many of them love for me to see their animals, maybe some awards they’ve gotten or personal touches I wouldn't be able to see if they came to my office.” Her acupuncture studio was forced to close with Gov. Ron DeSantis’s elective surgery ban. Although that is lifted May 4, she will wait to reopen until guidelines are more clear about liability related to a SEE FENTON, PAGE 2
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Melissa Fenton is the founder and president of Mind, Body and Beyond Center at 14215 Spartina Court in the Pablo Professional Park. Her business offers therapy, acupuncture, yoga, physical therapy, life coaching, massage and other services.
KEEPING CLOSE – FROM A DISTANCE Since March 13, city event venues, stores, restaurants, malls, entertainment centers, churches and businesses shut down and laid off workers or sent them home to telecommute to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The Daily Record will report how local small business owners are dealing with the imposed social isolation.
H. Stephen Jones & Associates is moving into a new headquarters this summer – the “office of the future.” The technology consulting firm employs 11 people and will add seven to 10. The company plans to move into the space by late summer. HSJ works with military bases, courthouses, hospitals, jails, airports, universities and corporate offices to keep their facilities secure. In Florida, the company worked with the Jacksonville Regional Transportation Center, Nemours Children’s Hospital and Orlando International Airport. In the lobby, visitors and employees will be scanned by an infrared thermometer to check for a fever and greeted by personalized digital signage triggered by facial recognition. The office will feature smart lighting, cellphone-based building access and weapons detection technology. Visitors can view demonstrations of gunshot and aggression detection enabled cameras, remote lockdown tools, interactive multimedia displays and conference rooms with the latest audiovisual systems. “With the heightened level of safety and security necessary in response to the COVID-19 crisis, HSJ’s new office will be a model for other businesses to follow to ensure their people are protected from both visible and invisible SEE HSJ, PAGE 2
Darifair plans for innovation center in city review Darifair is several steps closer to building a South Jacksonville Innovation and Technical Center. The city is reviewing construction plans and the St. Johns River Water Management District is reviewing an application for the project in Flagler Center. Jacksonville-based Darifair Foods LLC wants to develop a 48,285-square-foot commercial building on 5.07 acres at northeast Gran Bay Parkway and Flagler Center Boulevard. Matthews Design Group of St. Augustine is the civil engineer. ECS Florida LLC is the geotechnical engineer.
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