Mayor John Peyton was able to get the weather to cooperate Thursday afternoon and officially opened Main Street Park across from the Library. City Council member Don Redman, Carol Worsham of HDR (the designers of the park), Peyton, Jacksonville Economic Development Commission Executive Director Ron Barton, Roslyn Mixon-Phillips, director of the City's Recreation and Community Services Department and JEDC Deputy Executive Director Paul Crawford, of JEDC cut the ribbon the park. The project included converting a parking lot and features a series of grass terraces lined with oak trees and date palms.