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Friday, May 22, 2015
Vol. 102, No. 135 • Two Sections
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Brewery could open in early 2016
$3.5M renovation on tap for Intuition Ale Jacksonville’s stadium district is preparing to tap into Intuition Ale Works. Auld & White Contractors LLC applied for a permit to renovate almost 20,000 square feet of the 929 E. Bay St. building into a craft brewery and taproom at a cost of $3.5 million. Intuition founder Ben Davis said Thursday it looks like the business will be in operation and open for retail sales in early 2016. Plans show work on two lev-
els — 16,654 square feet for the brewery, kitchen, bar and storage on the first level and 3,199 square feet on a second level for a kitchen, bar and storage. That second level has been described as a roof-top tap room.
Plans show the remainder of the 37,000-square-foot center was adjacent space and not in the initial contract, although Intuition would occupy the majority of the building and anchor the main corner at East Bay Street and A. Philip Randolph Boulevard. Design Cooperative LLC is the architect for the project. The former and long-vacant Noland Building changed hands in March for $2.2 million. The Mathis... Continued on Page A-3
A rendering of the exterior of Intuition Ale Works near the sports complex.
Public can weigh in on new Landing
Reflection of his performance
The keyboard of the Yamaha piano is reflected in the glasses of Tom Amend as he performs “Buhaina Buhaina” in the Jacksonville Jazz Piano Competition on Thursday night at the Florida Theatre. Amend finished third in the competition, which is the opening event for the annual Jazz Festival playing out through Sunday in several Downtown venues. See more photos from the competition on Page A-3.
Photo by Fran Ruchalski
By David Chapman Staff Writer
$320,000 in grants OK’d for golf, track
By Max Marbut Staff Writer
Grants totaling more than $320,000 for golf and collegiate track and field were approved Thursday by the Duval County Tourist Development Council. Florida’s First Coast of Golf markets golf tourism in Northeast Florida, including Clay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau and St. Johns counties. The council approved a $148,838 grant for the nonprofit’s year-round marketing campaign focused on attracting visiting
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golfers to the region’s 68 golf courses. Golf tourism is projected to yield nearly 28,000 room nights in Jacksonville hotels. Annual revenue from golf tourism for Jacksonville hoteliers is at least $1.9 million, said David Reese, president of the organization. “We’re not in the golf business,” he said. “We’re in the hotel business.” Based on surveys, he said, 52 percent of visiting golfers fly to the area instead of drive. They also tend to book accommodations at top-tier hotels and spend more per day
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than other tourists on food and beverages. “It’s a good, affluent market to go after,” said Reese. Also approved was a $175,000 grant for the NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track & Field East Preliminary meet, scheduled May 26-28, 2016, at the University of North Florida. The grant will be used to offset the university’s costs to host the event. Lee Moon, director of athletics at UNF, said at least 8,000 room nights — and as many as 11,000 — are expected to be Grants... Continued on Page A-4
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The public will have its chance next month to chime in on what the Jacksonville Landing should become. The design and development behind the Downtown project met for the first time Thursday, an all-day meeting that had the sides walking the venue and voicing early ideas. “Everybody is on the same page,” said Doris Goldstein, the Downtown Investment Authority board member chairing the project. “Everyone is excited about it … and we’re going in the right direction.” One of the results was the decision to host a series of meetings with stakeholders and the public in mid-June, which will be used to consider uses of the Landing. That will be followed by a three-day charrette in mid- to late July to work on a Landing design. The meetings are in the preliminary planning stages Goldstein and more details will be revealed in the coming weeks, she said. The result will be a vision plan for the site that shows open space and the size and massing of the buildings. That is expected to be completed by mid-September. The two sides partnering for the project are Landing co-owner Toney Sleiman’s development team headed by Tom Senkbeil and the design side comprising Wakefield Beasley & Associates and Urban Design Associates. Goldstein said some of the on-site discussion Thursday was about the open space, specifically relating to shaded spaces and how it could be better utilized. She declined to elaborate on other discussion points. Ideas for reinventing the riverfront venue in the past year have included tearing it down and opening it more toward the river. dchapman@jaxdailyrecord.com (904) 356-2466
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