• A Super NFL Kickoff is being held at the Landing Sept. 4 from 4:30-9 p.m. to celebrate the start of the regular season. The Super Bowl Host Committee is also working to arrange a live simulcast of the NFL Kickoff in Washington, D.C., where Britney Spears and Aerosmith are scheduled to perform.
• Susan L. Haag of Spohrer Wilner Maxwell & Matthews has been appointed an at-large director on the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Young Lawyers Section, board of directors.
• Super Bowl Host Committee president Michael Kelly is taking some time off to celebrate his 10-year wedding anniversary. He’s on a cruise with his wife.
• Walt Bussells said he has asked 150 private citizens to sit on various subcommittees and commissions. So far, he said, only three have turned him down. “The spirit of volunteerism is alive and well in Jacksonville,” said Bussells.
• The Jacksonville Economic Development Commission unanimously approved a resolution that would provide $365,950 to help restore the Hutchinson-Suddath Building at 315-319 E. Bay St. Total cost of the project is nearly $1.3 million. The application for Historic Preservation Trust Fund money needs final approval from City Council.
• JEDC executive director Kirk Wendland said the new committee structure envisioned by the mayor’s JEDC subcommittee could result in the addition of two new commissioners. The subcommittee recommended that JEDC commissioners chair the new committees, which will replace the JEDC’s subsidiary boards. Wendland said nine commissioners, up from the current seven, would likely be necessary to fulfill that requirement.
• The interns working for the Super Bowl Host Committee were expected to leave by the end of this month, but Roderick Crabbe and Amanda Holt have been hired as full-time employees. Crabbe is the new operations coordinator and Holt will serve as communications coordinator. Former receptionist Jessica Strauss has been promoted to special events/volunteer services coordinator.