Jacksonville Jaguars to hold town hall series on Shipyards

The NFL team plans 14 community meetings throughout Northeast Florida about its proposed $441 million development plan.

An artist rendering of the Downtown Shipyards along the St. Johns River south of TIAA Bank Field.
An artist rendering of the Downtown Shipyards along the St. Johns River south of TIAA Bank Field.
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The Jacksonville Jaguars will begin a series of town hall meetings June 15 about its $441 million plan to develop the Downtown Shipyards and a football performance center.

Team leadership emailed City Council members last week with a 14-meeting agenda across Northeast Florida in Duval, Nassau, Clay and St. Johns counties.

According to a draft term sheet from the Downtown Investment Authority, Jaguars owner Shad Khan likely will ask the city for $93.58 million in tax incentives for a Four Season Hotel and Residences, an office building and marina facilities on the former Kids Kampus and Shipyards properties along the St. Johns River near TIAA Bank Field.

Khan and Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer also want the city to enter a 50-50 public-private partnership for the estimated $120 million performance center, a football practice and training facility that Jaguars President Mark Lamping says is the first step toward a full stadium renovation.

The Jaguars’ lease on the city-owned stadium ends 2030.

The Jaguars are partnering with Baptist Health for an orthopedic sports medicine campus for phase two of its Shipyards proposal to the west of the proposed Four Seasons.

A final proposal will need approvals from the DIA board and Council before the Jaguars can begin construction.

Here is the town hall schedule:

• June 15:

Arlington: Regency Square Branch Library, 9900 Regency Square Blvd.

• June 16: 

Nassau County: Fernandina Beach Branch Library, 25 N. Fourth St. 

San Marco: Lakewood United Methodist Church, 6133 San Jose Blvd.

• June 17: 

Town Center: Southeast Regional Library, 10599 Deerwood Park Blvd.

Southside: Pablo Creek Regional Library, 13295 Beach Blvd.

Clay County: Lake Asbury Community Association Building, 282 Branscomb Road, Lake Asbury.

• June 21: 

Jax Beaches: Beaches Branch Library, 600 Third St., Neptune Beach.

Whitehouse: West Branch Library, 1425 Chaffee Rd. S.

Riverside: Willow Branch Public Library, 2875 Park St.

• June 22: 

Mandarin: South Mandarin Library, 12125 San Jose Blvd.

St. Johns County: Bartram Trail Branch Library, 60 Davis Pond Blvd., Fruit Cove.

Northside: Bradham and Brooks Branch Library, 1755 Edgewood Ave. W.

• June 23:

Westside: Charles Webb Wesconnett Library, 6887 103rd St. 

Downtown: TIAA Bank Field Upper East Club, 1 TIAA Bank Field Drive. 

 

 

 

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