A chance meeting at One Spark has spawned a new Downtown tour venture.
Sherry JHill was promoting her project, the Jacksonville Museum and Cultural Center, in the crowdfunding festival when she met Bill Guerrant, owner of EZeventride.
He was shuttling festival attendees throughout Downtown aboard one of his street-legal golf carts.
Guerrant also uses them during events at the Sports Complex, where he offers complimentary parking lot shuttle service.
“As soon as I saw the cart, I knew it would be perfect for Downtown tours,” said JHill.
Still in the development stage, Zip Tours is a 15-minute excursion through the urban core past some of Downtown’s historic buildings and notable landmarks like the former Carnegie Library, now a law office, and the Laura Street Trio.
The pace for the cart is slower than other vehicles, so it’s easier to see public art.
That includes the murals on the Yates Building parking garage and urban muralist Shaun Thurston’s original art along Adams and Laura streets.
The cart can accommodate four guests, a driver and a tour guide.
The ride is free, but tax-deductible donations to benefit the museum project are welcome.
“We’re still working on the route and the tour,” said JHill.
Passengers are picked up and dropped off along Monroe Street near Snyder Memorial and Hemming Park.
Tours are available 1 p.m.-dusk each Friday.
For more information about Zip Tours and the museum, visit jaxmuseum.org.
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