Issue 42 October 28th
This week our Guest Speaker was Former Mayor the Honorable John Delaney. Among other things he spoke about was the efficiency of how our consolidated city government is as compared to other cities that try to follow this model. This week was also Past President’s Day. Every year, SBMC reserves one meeting out of the […]
Issue 41 October 21st
Our speaker Jerry Holland, Duval County Property Appraiser, spoke about the amendments that will be on the upcoming ballot. Jerry was very informative reviewing all 13 and included the bundles in several of them. He made the point that some folks that don’t want any changes go down the ballots voting NO for everything. If […]
Issue 40 October 14th
We had a great meeting last week with guest speaker Amanda Videll, Public Information Officer for Jacksonville’s FBI office located on Gate Parkway. Amanda gave an overview of the agency’s mission and priorities which include economic espionage, counter-terrorism and cyber attacks. We learned that this region’s FBI division is the fastest growing in the country […]
Issue 39 October 7th
City Councilman Matt Schellenberg was our guest speaker last week and we received a great overview of the specific projects he is passionate about for the Mandarin area. Road improvements are a top priority for Councilman Schellenberg, as the growth in the area has required improvements on current infrastructure and ideas on new traffic patterns. […]
Issue 38 September 30th
Last week our guest speaker was Ed Dean, radio host on WBOB Radio. He provided some thought-provoking commentary on local and national political issues. You can catch his show weekdays at 6:00 am on AM 600 & FM 101.1. Special thanks to our FirstAtlantic Bank members for hosting our Meet-a-Member Networking Event last Thursday. We […]
