• The mayor’s Parks Task Force is expected to recommend in its upcoming report that the Preservation Project become part of the City’s Park and Recreation Department.
• The Rotary Club of Jacksonville is considering featuring the mayor’s literacy initiative on its Gator Bowl parade float. Just one catch. They have to figure out how to make it work with the Rotary’s 100 year anniversary, which has already been chosen as the float’s theme.
• The City is offering free flu shots to employees identified as high-risk individuals.
• Work on the Bay Street Town Center project is ahead of schedule and the new palm trees are scheduled to be planted Monday.
• Downtown car aficionados might remember Gregory Clark from his days detailing cars at the Hilton. He’s opened his own business, The Detail Shop, at the corner of Liberty and East Monroe streets.
• The gift shop at the Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art will have its annual open house Nov. 20 and Nov. 21. Door prizes will be given away and various items will be discounted.
• New face at the Jacksonville & the Beaches Convention and Visitors Bureau. Theda (T.J.) Jackson has been named convention sales manager. She was most recently the publisher of Styles Magazine.
• According to figures released by the Jacksonville Port Authority, during the 2004 fiscal year over 7.6 million tons of cargo were handled at the port. That’s a new tonnage record.
The River Club is scheduled to open Monday after being closed for several months for renovations. For a sneak peek at the refurbished club, check out Downtown This Week, available today at various locations.