Jaguars President Mark Lamping joined Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry at a press conference today inside City Hall to announce the 2019 recipients of the Jacksonville Resource and Reintegration Center community grants. The Jaguars Foundation and the City of Jacksonville’s Military Affairs and Veterans Department awarded $58,000 to military and veteran-serving organizations throughout the community.
 

The Celebration of Valor is an annual series of events honoring the service and sacrifice of Jacksonville’s proud military community. This annual tradition brings together the City of Jacksonville and the military communities in the local area to recognize those who serve and who have served.

Legendary rivalry to continue tradition at TIAA Bank Field

Mayor Lenny Curry is excited to announce that there is an agreement to keep one of our nation’s biggest football rivalry games in Jacksonville. Since 1933, the City of Jacksonville and TIAA Bank Field have been the home of the Georgia-Florida game. Under the new agreement, Curry confirms that tradition will continue through 2023, with an added option to keep the game in Jacksonville two additional years, until 2025.
 

You want to grow your groceries, but there are so many questions: Where should I put my garden? What should I grow and when? How much space does everything need? The Jacksonville Public Library is hosting a free class on how to take the first steps toward growing fruits and vegetables in your own back yard. Urban farmer and educator Nathan Ballentine (aka Man in Overalls) will be on hand to teach attendees how to grow food for self and neighbor in raised bed food gardens.

Show your support for domestic violence survivors and raise awareness by wearing purple on October 24, 2019 and using the hastags #PurpleThursday, #DVAM, and #SurvivorSpeaks on social media.

It's been another busy week here in Jacksonville!

Mayor Lenny Curry worked with public works crews in Northwest Jacksonville today fixing sidewalks, highlighting $14 million dollars in this years budget for new sidewalk construction and maintenance.

Today is White Cane Safety Day in Jacksonville and across the nation.

This past weekend, we said happy 100th birthday to Jacksonville's Pinky Lee Dixon.

Craig A. Gibbs, Esquire was recently elected chairman of the Downtown Investment Authority (DIA) Board, a nine-member group appointed by the mayor and City Council.  

City Council members Bowman and Pittman partner with CareerSource Northeast Florida and Goodwill Industries of North Florida to provide a job fair for displaced employees of simulated gambling establishments.

Created by the National Fire Protection Association in 1922, Fire Prevention Week (Oct. 6 –12) highlights the ways people can protect themselves from fire. This year’s theme, “Not Every Hero Wears a Cape. Plan and Practice Your Escape!,” focuses on developing an escape plan for the family.
 
The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department shares fire safety tips like the ones below year-round on its website, MyJFRD.com.
 

Annual Event Provides Resources for Homeless Veterans

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