• The Urban Land Institute of North Florida will be hosting part one of a “Going Regional Series” featuring regional transportation discussion. The discussion, “Mobility Check: The Realty of Regional Transportation,” is Nov. 21 at the World Golf Village. Panelists include: Charles Baldwin, District 2 Secretary for the Florida Department of Transportation; Michael Blaylock, executive director of Jacksonville Transportation Authority; Denise Bunnewith, executive director of North Florida Transportation Planning Organization; and Brian Teeple, CEO of the Northeast Florida Regional Council. The event will be moderated by Mayor John Peyton. For more information, call 486-8256.
• Attention Westsiders: A public workshop to discuss transportation improvements to the new I-295 interchange at Commonwealth Avenue has been scheduled for 6:00 p.m. Dec 4 at the Florida Department of Transportation Urban Office Training Facility at 2198 Edison Ave. The Department is conducting a study for the interchange that will improve safety, capacity and operations.
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida is launching its new three-year initiative, “Leaders Now,” Nov. 19. Teenagers in the initiative will develop leadership capacities while avoiding risk behaviors by participating in a community-wide volunteer project.
• Even art is going green: R. Roberts Gallery on St. Johns Avenue will host receptions next Friday at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 11 a.m. to introduce a new exhibit featuring works by two artists who work in recycled and renewable materials. Included in the exhibit is a 12-foot-tall sculpture made of reclaimed steel and silver and “organic encaustic” paintings done with beeswax and pigment. For more information, call 388-1188 or visit www.rrobertsgallery.com.
• The Jacksonville Waterways Commission will meet Thursday at 9 a.m. in City Council Chambers.
• The Duval County Public School System would like to help the City solve its stormwater management issue and has proposed the development of a Joint Stormwater Capital Improvement Plan. According to Superintendent Ed Pratt-Dannals, Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary and Forest Park Elementary have both been closed due to ash contamination in the soil. Pratt-Dannals thinks both sites would be suitable for stormwater management facilities.