• The Arvida name is slowly disappearing. The name, which branded done of the state’s largest development companies, is being taken off the references St. Joe/Arvida Company is now St. Joe Towns & Resorts, St. Joe-Arvida Homebuilding is now St. Joe Home Building, Arvida Resorts & Clubs is St. Joe Resorts & Clubs and Arvida Community Sales is now St. Joe Community Sales. The name is a compilation of the first two letters of the name of its founder, Arthur Vining Davis, the president of the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) who moved to the Palm Beach area and got into development.The Arvida name was on several area developments including Jacksonville Golf & Country Club, St. Johns Golf & Country Club and Sawgrass Country Club.
• Aage Schroeder, the Florida Department of Transportation’s district secretary, told State Rep. Audrey Gibson that construction on Riverside Avenue is 60 percent complete and should be finished next year.
• There was plenty of preseason interest in the Jaguars due to a comment by a Sports Illustrated writer that the team could make the Super Bowl. When the magazine’s annual pro football issue came out last week, the tune had changed — the Jags were rated as the 15th (of 32) teams in the National Football League and only third-best in their four-team division.
• The Hart Bridge will not be closed for Labor Day weekend. Periodic lane closures will resume Tuesday as part the bridge lighting project.
• Reminder: the Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association hosts its Opening Reception Thursday from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Simon’s Wine Bar on the Southbank.
• Jacksonville Area Legal Aid hosts its Links to Justice charity golf tournament Sept. 22 at the World Golf Village, beginning at 1:30 p.m. Call Kim Ruotolo at 356-8371, Ext. 316 to reserve a spot.
• The Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art is going Polynesian Friday for the Luau on Laura Street. It’s the kickoff of JMOMA’s Contemporaries season. Tickets are $15 for members, $25 for non-members.
• The Museum of Science & History starts its fall planetarium series Saturday with two programs, a tour of the current evening sky and a journey across the universe as seen through the Hubble space telescope.