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Curry touts RNC impact on ‘struggling’ small businesses
Ex-Council member joins JAXUSA Partnership
The Jacksonville mayor also said the city and fundraisers have 75 days to find “tens of millions of dollars” to pay for the convention.
Greg Anderson, a former TIAA Bank executive, works with Aaron Bowman, another former City Council president.
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
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BY MIKE MENDENHALL
BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS
STAFF WRITER
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Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry said bringing a portion of the Aug. 24-27 Republican National Convention to Northeast Florida in August will be a boost for local small businesses. He held an early morning virtual news conference June 12 just hours after the Republican National Committee announced President Donald Trump will accept the 2020 GOP presidential nomination in Jacksonville. Curry said restaurants, breweries and small retailers, which were shut down by social distancing and crowd restrictions early in the COVID-19 pandemic, should benefit from the RNC. Larger businesses should too, he said. “Many (business owners) tell me the reopening is happening and they’re starting to get back on their feet, but they’re struggling,” Curry said. “This is a tremendous opportunity for them and their families and their customers to get money back in the economy and get people back to work.” Trump was to deliver his speech in Charlotte, North Carolina, but disagreements with officials there over COVID-19 capacity restrictions led to Trump and RNC officials teasing Jacksonville as a “top contender” for an alternate site, the Florida GOP said in a June 9 tweet. All of the convention is not moving to Jacksonville. A Duval GOP spokesperson said the business portion of the convention, including the party delegates’ official vote on Trump’s nomination, will remain in Charlotte. “We’re going to get a majority of the economic development in the events,” Curry said. The city and local fundraisers have 75 SEE RNC, PAGE 2
ing majority” would be in Jacksonville. “The grand spectacle, what everyone perceives as the convention, the days of speeches culminating in the president, that will all be here,” he said. Black said the three-day event concluding Aug. 27 would feature numerous speakers with numerous off-site events and dinners. A lot is still in the works. Black said that companies and vendors interested in offering their services should contact the Republican Party of Duval County offices at (904) 396-4233. He said precautions will be taken to address COVID-19, including temperature checks and the sanitizing of facilities. There will be “a comprehensive plan to
Former two-term City Council member and past President Greg Anderson joined JAXUSA Partnership as vice president of business development. Anderson served as an at-large Council member from 2011-19 and as president for the 2015-16 year. He said he left TIAA Bank in January and joined JAXUSA, the economic d eve l o p m e n t Anderson division of JAX Chamber, in March. Anderson works with Aaron Bowman, JAXUSA senior vice president of business development. Bowman is serving his second Council term representing District 3. He was elected in 2015 and was Council president 2018-19. JAXUSA announced Anderson’s appointment March 24 and said he joined March 23. Anderson manages financial and professional services projects and clients interested in relocation and expansion business in the seven-county region. It said that Anderson is a 35-year veteran of the financial services industry, making him “a natural fit.” Financial services is a JAXUSA targeted industry. JAXUSA said during Anderson’s Council terms, he “partnered with JAXUSA often to help pass
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Republican Party of Duval County Chair Dean Black speaks at a news conference June 12 about the Republican National Convention coming to Jacksonville.
Duval GOP chair: ‘The grand spectacle’ will all be here Republican Party of Duval County Chair Dean Black says majority of delegates will be coming to city. BY MONTY ZICKUHR MANAGING EDITOR
Republican Party of Duval County Chair Dean Black said the organization is ecstatic. “My heart is filled with joy because Jacksonville is going to host the Republican National Convention and that is a great, great day for our city,” Black said at a news conference June 12 at the party’s offices at 3520 St Johns Bluff Road, Suite No. 3. Black said the bureaucratic part of the convention would remain in Charlotte, North Carolina, but that the “overwhelm-
Murray Hill self-storage project approved The city approved construction June 10 for a $5.83 million self-storage project at 3445 Plymouth St. in Murray Hill where a Jones College campus was demolished. The site is at northeast Edgewood Avenue South and Plymouth Street. The Silverfield Group and Morales Group are developing the three-story, 788-unit building of almost 98,000 square feet. Development is proposed in phases, with the self-storage and parking in phase one. The retail space construction will follow when a user is identified. They also plan a 5,000-square-foot retail building.
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