• For downtown developers who want to chop down trees on their property, the City charges $109 per inch in diameter. So a live oak that’s 10 inches across would cost a little more than $1,000. Developers can save the money by planting a replacement tree.
• New attorneys will get a crash course in the operations at the Duval County Courthouse this afternoon. Lawyers new to Jacksonville will get a guided tour of the Courthouse and sit through a series of workshops introducing them to the way things work at the Bay Street building. “We all know what it’s like to be the new person,” said Linda Stone, a judicial assistant to County Judge Frederick Tygart who helped organize the event. “It’s nice to give them a hand and show them how things work.”
• The Chamber has chosen Boston for this year’s Leadership Trip and anyone wanting to go will quickly find that it’s an expensive city. The cost will be a record $2,290 ($100 less for government types and $95 less for non-profits.)
• The World Golf Village promoters are finding plenty of interest from people who like fast vehicles. They have a Jaguar show this weekend and coming months will see shows of Ford Mustangs, Chevrolet Corvettes and motorcycles.
• City officials have invited First Lady Laura Bush to the grand opening of the new downtown library. There are no dates etched in stone, but the library should be “significantly complete” in mid-July and the grand opening is scheduled for early fall.
• Speaking of the library, it will host a big exhibit next summer. The American Library Association/National Institutes of Health traveling exhibit, “Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians” will be in town June 23-Aug. 11. It’s the first time the Library Association has chosen Jacksonville for the exhibit.
• Clarification to an earlier City Note about elected officials and their Treasurer’s Reports. The memo pertained to current elected officials and their office accounts, not the recently elected Council members and Supervisor of Elections.
• Today’s the day that the State Supreme Court honors local attorney Chad Roberts for his pro bono work. The ceremony is scheduled for 3:30 at the Supreme Court building in Tallahassee. Roberts won the 2005 Florida Bar President’s Pro Bono Service Award after contributing about 2,000 hours of his time to pro bono work over the last two years.
• A pair of Daily Record reporters thought they spotted former JEDC head Kirk Wendland downtown Tuesday, but Wendland said it was a case of mistaken identity. “Maybe it was John Travolta,” he suggested.
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