Jacksonville Beach to update plans for downtown

The city of Jacksonville Beach will pay a consultant up to $30,000 to go through its plans for redevelopment and consolidate at least three prior proposals. The Community Redevelopment Agency agreed Dec.

Deck The Chairs winners announced

Organizers of the 2019 Jacksonville Beach Deck The Chairs (JBDTC) collected more than 630 chair decorating award ballots and tabulated more than 1,500 individual chair votes to finalize the list of chair decorating award winners for 2019 JBDTC.

Harbor Lights files plans for mixed-use development

Cadenza Partners LLC has submitted plans for Harbor Lights Jacksonville, located on Beach Boulevard just west of the Intracoastal Waterway. The development is currently in the permitting phase, with initial development expected to begin sometime in 2022.

Girl Scouts build Little Free Library

Girl Scout Troop 2278 recently built and installed a Little Free Library on the Seabreeze Elementary campus. The troop, made up of 11 girls who attend Seabreeze and Jacksonville Beach Elementary, chose the Little Library as a service project to give back to their community.

'Times to Remember' available at The Leader

"Times to Remember," a 2020 historical calendar, is now available. Featuring photos provided by the Beaches Museum, "Times to Remember" is a special section in the Dec. 19, 2019, issues of The Beaches Leader and Ponte Vedra Leader.

All aboard the Polar Express

Lily Rountree is a Beaches Chapel Preschool student who boarded the Polar Express recently to enjoy all kinds of Christmas fun.

PV Cultural Center to move to arts campus

The Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach will seek a new location in a proposed arts campus on county-owned land near the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall.

Jeanell Wilson running for Jax Beach mayor

Jeanell Wilson, owner and Realtor of All South Realty, Inc., has announced her candidacy for mayor of Jacksonville Beach. After serving two terms on the city council, Wilson said she would like to continue her service to the community by serving as mayor.

Glasses for colorblind available at St. Johns County library

Due to a $13,000 “Color Your World” grant award from the St. Augustine-based non-profit Barbara A. Kay Foundation, and through the Friends of the Main Library St.

Mickler's bathroom renovation beginning

St. Johns County is planning to replace the existing outdated wooden restrooms at Mickler Beachfront Park with a modern masonry restroom that is fully ADA compliant. In addition, the facility will have a new water cooler with bottle filler.