Issue 37 September 23rd
District 11 Councilman Danny Becton paid a visit to our club last week as the guest speaker. Overall, Councilman Becton is working hard to revitalize the Baymeadows area through various initiatives. Additional fire stations and traffic light installments were successfully passed early in his term. Currently in the works is a Neighborhood Safety Bill to […]
Issue 36 September 16th
Jacksonville’s budget was the main topic of discussion by last week’s guest speaker Councilman Greg Anderson. Unlike the multi-million dollar deficit the city had after the 2008 recession our city has a budget this year in excess of a billion dollars. The largest department in the budget is our Police Department. Our calendar is full […]
Issue 35 September 9th
Last week we had the pleasure of hosting the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens Executive Director Tony Vecchio as our guest speaker. Most zoo visitors are not aware of the extensive education and conservation efforts that Tony and his team work hard on all year round. For example, our city’s zoo is one of four facilities […]
Issue 34 September 2
We enjoyed an engaging Q & A session last week with our guest speaker, Kevin Hyde, Interim President of Florida State College of Jacksonville. FSCJ ranks 2nd highest in the state for job placement and starting salary, which is impressive. Our guest speaker this week is Tony Vecchio, Executive Director of the Jacksonville Zoo. See […]
