• St. Johns River Navigator Anne Keller wants to remind St. Johns River Alliance board members to cast their vote for the John A. Delaney environmental award. So far only eight of the 28 have voted. The winner will be announced May 10.
• New Duval County Courthouse project manager Chris Boruch told mayor’s office spokesperson Susie Wiles the project’s cost swelled to $287 million primarily due to increased material and contingency costs. Boruch said costs could be trimmed through refining the procurement process and said Cannon is obligated to design a building within the available budget.
• Just a reminder: Downtown Vision, Inc.’s farmers market will be moving to Hemming Plaza Friday. There will be over 20 vendors, plus live entertainment.
• Wolfson High School took all the honors at the mock trials held April 19-21 at the Duval County Courthouse. The school won the award for the Better Mock Trial Performance, Seth Mollitt was judged most effective attorney and Tristan Hodgins was named most effective witness. Also competing were teams from Andrew Jackson and Fletcher high schools. The winners and Pam Basney, their teacher-coordinator, are being invited to the May 10 Law Day Luncheon. Also invited are teacher-coordinators Ed Lange (Fletcher) and Mary Jo Antone (Andrew Jackson) and two students from each of their schools. The scores, submitted by local attorneys who doubled as jurors all three nights, were totaled by Lois Ragsdale, an attorney with the Public Defender’s Office who organized the competition.
• Mayor’s office spokesperson Heather Murphy is profiled in the May issue of Jacksonville magazine.
• We misnamed a building in a City Note Tuesday. We called it the “Burbridge Building” and, though it was once home to Burbridge Realty, it never held that moniker. Today the building is known as The Urban Core and the mural on its western wall is not quite finished.