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Pilot Pen moves HQ to Jacksonville
Pilot Pen Corporation has announced that they are moving their corporate headquarters from Connecticut to Jacksonville’s Southside. The company already has a large manufacturing and distribution facility in the area, but bringing the national headquarters to Jacksonville will have major positive economic impacts for our city. From the Jacksonville Business Journal… The tax incentive package for [...]
Continue reading...Internal NASA email leaked
7. September 2008
Mike Griffin, NASA head administrator, authored a frustrated email to several other top officials at the nation’s space agency. What was not planned, however, was that the email would leak and be published in the Orlando Sentinel and elsewhere. In the email, Griffin expresses his opinion that the next Administration will be forced to extend [...]
Continue reading...Farmers Markets are growing business
14. July 2008
Farmers markets are booming business locally, as people are putting a greater emphasis on buying fresh and locally grown fruits and vegetables. The Jacksonville Farmers Market on Beaver Street has filled all of its vendor slots and is now looking to expand. And other local markets are doing well in Fernandina, Neptune Beach, [...]
Continue reading...JEA buying into the nuclear alternative
7. July 2008
It appears that local utility JEA is nearing a deal to add 206 megawatts of nuclear generated electricity to the local powergrid. Nuclear is considered more environmentally friendly that coal and natural gas, and it is expected to be more econonically competitive as fuel costs continue to rise. The Times-Union reports… The energy, which will be [...]
Continue reading...FBI Probes Port Authority Contracts
27. May 2008
It looks like there is about to be a big shake-up at the Port amid allegations that Port Authority board member Tony Nelson had a hand in giving no-bid contracts to a company called Subaqueous. The contacts were for work that was classified as “emergency” even though it appears that designation was not needed. Millions of [...]
Continue reading...Jacksonville Says: “What Recession?”
5. May 2008
Tough economic times and job layoffs seem to be the top story on most national newscasts these days. But Jacksonville’s economy is weathering the storm pretty well. That’s not surprising when you consider the massive growth going on at JAXPORT, on the Westside, and down in Clay and St. Johns counties. Now there’s even more good [...]
Continue reading...Changes coming to the Landing
1. May 2008
Some businesses at the Jacksonville Landing will be shifting around soon. A post office is moving in to the old Sundrez, that store is moving elsewhere in the building and expanding to have a quasi-grocery aspect, the food court will soon be full when a new restaurant moves in there, and Fuddrucker’s is coming…eventually…really, [...]
Continue reading...Final Days Sale… No Really…
23. April 2008
Has anyone else noticed that the Sofa Express near the Regency Mall has been in the final days of their going out of business sale for about three months now? Maybe even longer than that. I know that, since at least early February, I’ve seen these guys out and about every single weekend. The signs keep [...]
Continue reading...CSX Makes Major Local Investment
21. April 2008
As a response to growing demand for rail capacity and increasing imports arriving or soon-to-be arriving at JaxPort, CSX is making a major investment in upgrading their local infrastructure. From the Jacksonville Business Journal… CSX Corp. plans to spend $40 million to connect its Northeast Jacksonville rail spur to its main line along U.S. 1 so that [...]
Continue reading...Firehouse Subs Keeps Growing
15. April 2008
Local sub-chain Firehouse Subs is adding another 26 restaurants in South Florida next year, according to the Business Journal. The chain of Jacksonville-based sandwich shops is experiencing explosive growth on a national scale and already has over 300 restaurants in operation. By comparison, another popular and locally-based sub shop, Larry’s Giant Subs, has about 100 restaurants [...]
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9. September 2008
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