The Mayor’s inaugural CHAMPION Award is awarded to citizens who have exemplified what it means to be advocates for their neighborhoods and the city of Jacksonville. “CHAMPION” stands for Community Heroes & Advocates Making Positive Impacts on Neighborhoods.

The City is now hiring lifeguards!

Regarding the Display of Military Flags at a Jacksonville Business

The City’s Keep Jacksonville Beautiful Commission, along with partners Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront and Downtown Vision, are seeking volunteers for the 6^th Annual Earth Day Downtown Cleanup. Residents and volunteers, along with support from local businesses, will pick up litter in the area inside of Liberty, Water, Jefferson and Church streets.

Not sure of your garbage collection day? Citizens can find out their garbage collection schedule by visiting http://www.coj.net/swschedule.

Today, Governor Rick Scott announced that JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd., a global leader in the solar industry, will build a new state-of-the-art solar panel manufacturing facility in Jacksonville. The new facility will create 200 new manufacturing jobs and will begin production of high efficiency solar panels beginning this year.  
 

Today, Governor Rick Scott announced that the Jacksonville area added 18,100 new private-sector jobs in the last year, creating the fourth-highest number of jobs among all Florida metro areas. Jacksonville’s unemployment rate was 3.5 percent in February, down 0.8 percentage point from one year ago. Statewide, Florida businesses created more than 25,000 new jobs in February bringing the total number of new private-sector jobs created in Florida to nearly 1.5 million since December 2010.
 

The City of Jacksonville Neighborhoods Department, Housing and Community Development Division, will join communities across the nation celebrating National Community Development (NCD) Week, April 2 – April 6, 2018.