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IBM Smarter Cities Challenge Team Gets to Work Downtown

August 07, 2012

Three-week project focuses on revitalization at no cost to taxpayers

A team of IBM experts, funded by a grant from the major technology services company IBM, has started a three-week project to determine realistic solutions to revitalize Downtown Jacksonville.

The project is part of the IBM Smarter Cities Challenge grant program, a worldwide initiative to provide a total of $50 million worth of services and technical assistance to the most progressive 100 cities around the world through 2013. The project carries an approximate value of $400,000 and requires no tax dollars.

Jacksonville was selected earlier this year among eight cities nationally and 33 globally after Mayor Alvin Brown and a number of stakeholders from the public, private and nonprofit sectors met with IBM representatives at City Hall to make the case for Downtown.

Mayor Brown singing his economic development legilsation, approved unanimously by City Council, into law

Mayor Signs Economic Development Legislation

June 28, 2012

Plan streamlines process to make Jacksonville more competitive

Mayor Alvin Brown’s plan to streamline city job-creating functions by transforming the Jacksonville Economic Development Commission into an executive-run Office of Economic Development is now official.

Mayor Brown signed his economic development legislation (2012-212) today at 9:30 a.m. while commending City Council for the unanimous vote on June 26, 2012, backing the mayor’s vision for Jacksonville’s future.

“This is more than policy and it’s more than structure,” said the mayor. “It’s the unanimous opinion of our elected City Council to do what’s right for the taxpayers. It’s the conversation-starter with business leaders wondering where to expand or relocate. And it’s a solution for the nearly 38,000 people in our city who remain out of work and deserve a chance to rebuild themselves.”

Council Approves Mayor's Economic Development Plan

June 26, 2012

Legislation streamlines operations to make Jacksonville a more competitive city for jobs

Jacksonville City Council has approved Mayor Alvin Brown’s plan to make Jacksonville a more economically viable city by streamlining job-creation efforts while increasing the focus on sports, entertainment and special events.

“In today’s economy, there is no time to wait. Cities all over America are working hard to create jobs. Jacksonville must work harder – and smarter – to put people back to work with good-paying, career-driven opportunities,” said Mayor Brown. “I applaud our City Council members for their dedication to making Jacksonville more competitive.”

With council’s approval of the mayor’s economic development legislation (2012-212), the mayor is moving forward with transforming the Jacksonville Economic Development Commission to create the Office of Economic Development. The new office replaces a commissioner system of oversight with a Chief Economic Development Officer who will be appointed by the mayor and approved by Council to serve the public in a day-to-day executive capacity under a mission to make Jacksonville more competitive.

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MRBC Meeting

May 23, 2022

2:00 – 3:00 PM

NOTICE is hereby given that the MBRC will meet on Monday, May 23, 2022 from 2:00 – 3:00 PM in the Mayor’s large conference room located at 117 West Duval Street, Suite 425 – City Hall, St. James Building, Jacksonville, FL 32202.

MRBC Meeting (FY23 Risk Management)

May 23, 2022

3:00 p.m.

NOTICE is hereby given that the MBRC will meet on May 23, 2022 immediately following the regularly scheduled MBRC meeting. The purpose of this meeting is to review the FY23 budgets for Risk Management.

All meetings will be held in the Mayor’s Large Conference Room located at 117 West Duval Street, Suite – City Hall, St. James Building, Jacksonville, FL 32202.

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