• Leadership Jacksonville named new officers to its board of directors for the coming fiscal year. Justin Terry, executive vice president at Harden, was elected president of the Leadership Jacksonville board. Stephen Goldman, senior vice president at Bank of America, was named president-elect and Gregory Kleffner, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Stein Mart Inc., was elected as secretary/treasurer.
• The City issued a bid invitation for the Lonnie Miller Water Park on about 2 acres at 5080 Soutel Drive. The scope of work is to construct a “fully functioning water park” and specific elements include a lazy river, kiddie pool, elevated water slides and tower, pool decking and other features. A nonmandatory pre-bid meeting is scheduled at 3 p.m. July 30 at the Ed Ball Building in Conference Room 5 on the 10th floor.
• The Jacksonville Bar Real Estate Section will offer a no-cost real estate lunch-and-learn event hosted by Ansbacher & Associates from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday at Deerwood Country Club. Lunch will be provided by sponsors Hancock Bank and Old Republic National Title Insurance Co. Speakers are Dana Clark, chief of the customer service/exemptions division, and Loree French, senior assistant general counsel, with the City General Counsel’s Office. RSVP by Thursday to [email protected].
• The Jacksonville Jaguars and Ashley Furniture HomeStore announced a multiyear partnership to make Ashley Furniture HomeStore the “official furniture and mattress store” of the Jaguars. The team intends to support Ashley Furniture HomeStore’s “A Hope to Dream” program, which began in Jacksonville in January 2011. The program donates mattresses to children in need and the goal is to deliver more than 300 free beds this year. A portion of proceeds from every mattress purchased at the Jacksonville HomeStores is donated toward the effort.