• Next Wednesday is moving day for the non-profit Community Connections. Work on a new office building on Duval Street is nearly finished and Executive Director Pat Hannan said about 30 employees are expected to occupy the building.
• According to a recent City Council parking enforcement study, during a routine walk through sections of Bay, Forsyth, Adams and Monroe streets, 38 percent of vehicles in violation had a history of multiple citations.
• The lottery machine at Sundrez at the Landing is up and running again.
• Expect some traffic delays for Friday night’s Jaguars game at the stadium. The sidewalk renovation in front of Maxwell House won’t be ready and a lane of Bay Street may be closed, and the footprint of the old Coliseum is still being converted to a parking lot.
• Among the spectators at Monday’s Jaguar practice: a vanload from the Pine Castle School.
• Our Friday story on the JEDC’s new strategic plan incorrectly stated that the plan was criticized for not adequately addressing objectives set by the mayor. The objectives were the JEDC’s own, established during the commission’s two-month self review. The only specific charge from Mayor John Peyton was that the JEDC configure itself to bring more jobs, wages and tax revenue to Northeast Florida.
• Bolles School President John Trainer wrote Mayor John Peyton to thank City workers for help in keeping the recent citywide junior swim meet on schedule. Trainer said school officials realized the morning of the Aug. 1 meet that about 18 inches of water had been accidentally drained from the school’s Olympic-size pool. A couple of phone calls brought out Jacksonville Fire and Rescue, which worked with JEA to quickly fill the pool. Trainer said the meet started with only a slight delay.
• Rep. Ander Crenshaw speaks to the local Navy League on Wednesday night at the Omni.
• Worksource, the consulting firm hired by the City to evaluate resumes for 31 job openings at the JEDC, received more than 100 applications for the positions over the weekend. Worksource considers that a pretty large response considering that the openings were just announced last Friday and that the City was bracing for a hurricane. Worksource marketing and communications vice president Candace Moody said government jobs are always attractive, particularly the well-paid positions that offer policy influence like at the JEDC. She said most of the applications so far are from the Jacksonville area.
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