Urban Jacksonville Weekly This Friday
This Friday Urban Jacksonville Weekly is returning for a lunchtime show. We’ll be broadcasting from the Times Union on our Ustream channel so you can watch it live. We are searching for a new time to do the show, Thursdays don’t work for the team anymore, so stay tuned.
You can always subscribe with iTunes to get new shows when they are released.
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I’ve been working on a new project with friends called Jagsonville. It’s all about the Jaguars, our cities team! Support the movement and subscribe to the blog or get down with our Jagsonville Facebook page.
We’re bringing you Jaguars lifestyle content that’s not too heavy on the X’s and O’s. Photos, editorial, comics and more.
New Sponsor: Transformations
We have a new sponsor for the show this month: 12th Annual Transformations – The Way Home. Stories of lives transformed through the Sulzbacher Center’s comprehensive programs and community partnerships.
Enjoy live music, great food and drink, and bid on amazing silent auction packages. For ticket or sponsorship information call 398.8084 or visit the website www.transformations2010.org.
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New Urban Jacksonville Mixtape Coming Soon
Download and listen to the last one: Urban Jacksonville Mixtape #15
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Notes from Alan on the show
I totally gaffed and said AmSouth Bank (which is really Marty’s Regions Bank) was not in the Historic District. It so is, but Al’s strip is not.
I grabbed a few pics of the new JTA bus shelter being unveiled today. What are your thoughts? I’m reserving judgment for a bit. If you want to see them, get down to Bay and Main in Downtown Jacksonville. There’s also a media event this morning at 10am.
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- Unveiling of JTA’s first new downtown bus shelters
- Wednesday, July 28 at 10 a.m. JTA representatives will be onsite until 11
a.m. to answer questions.
- Northeast corner of Bay and Main streets
In partnership with the Downtown Development Review Board, the new shelters were designed to reflect the character of the Downtown area and to support JTA’s green initiatives. Special features of the shelters include solar lighting, mesh walls for better air circulation, new trash receptacles, bike racks and maps of the entire JTA system.
The paint used on the shelters consists of low volatile organic compounds (VOCs) which minimizes the negative effects paint can have on air quality. Some of the shelters also incorporate panels that can accommodate advertising.
This is the first of 24 new shelters to be installed downtown with 50 additional shelters coming online throughout the JTA service area.
Another phase of the Downtown shelter project will be the placement of 30 shelters for bus rapid transit along the BRT alignment in Downtown scheduled for completion in late 2012.
In this year’s election, three of the seven seats on the Duval County School Board will be up for election. None of the current board members are running for re-election, so the election can be a sea change for public education in Jacksonville.
The Jacksonville Public Education Fund is hosting three public forums for school board candidates to help the community learn more about the candidates. WJXT Channel 4 Reporter Ayesha Faines will moderate the event, asking a handful of questions selected by JPEF and then opening the floor to questions from those attending the event.
The forums will all be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m. on the following dates:
- District 2 — July 27 — Twin Lakes Academy, 8050 Point Meadows Dr, Jacksonville 32256
- District 4 — August 9 — Ribault High School, 3701 Winton Dr., Jacksonville 32208
- District 6 — July 29 — Ed White High School, 1700 Old Middleburg Rd. Jacksonville 32210
Patrick Carter from Patrick Carter Design hooked up the cover art for this edition of the mixtape. He is available for work if you need design help.
Patrick Carter Design is a graphic design studio in Jacksonville, FL specializing in brand development and web design with an emphasis on typography and illustration. With a background of advertising agency art direction and years of experience in the Jacksonville marketplace, an attention to detail and a fanatical passion for design are always maintained.
- All Summer – Kid Cudi, Best Coast and Rostam Batmanglij of Vampire Weekend
- Dancing On My Own (Fred Falke Edit) – Robyn
- Dirty Little Girl (Lakeshore Driving Remix) – Shwayze
- Feels Like Forever – Holy Hail
- GET U HOME – (Bloody Beetroots Italo Disco Rmx) - Shwayze
- Heart To Tell – The Love Language
- Hold Yuh (Major Lazer Remix) – Gyptian
- Right On (feat. Joanna Newsom & STS) – The Roots
- Rubadub Shakedown (Feat. Rod Azlan) – Rusko
- Shutterbug – Big Boi
- Trizzy Turnt Up – A-Trak
- Two Doors Down (Pilooski Remix) – Mystery Jets
- Two Weeks Of Hip Hop (The Hood Internet) – Dead Prez vs Grizzly Bear
- We Are The People (Shazam Remix) – Empire Of The Sun
- XXXO (Remix) (Feat. Jay-Z) – M.I.A.
I didn’t mix or create any of these tracks myself, they haveall been downloaded from various MP3 blogs. Thanks to all the MP3 blogs and artists who mixed these tracks*.
MP3 Blogs
The Hood Internet
Hype Machine
Palms Out Sounds
Fluo Kids
Discobelle
IHEARTCOMIX
Gorilla vs. Bear
Mad Decent blog
Ruckus Roboticus
White Folks Get Crunk
versus-3.blogspot.com and more….
*If you want me to take down a track, just let me know. In case you missed it: Download Urban Jacksonville Mixtape #15
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Pajama Monsters
We were able to keep these handmade cuties from destroying the podcast studio, but I think one of them did poop under Jonathan’s chair. Enjoy the show!
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Revised RIverside trolley route pushes into Avondale, extends hours to weekends.
In the middle of yesterday’s push to build support for the Riverside Trolley once funding ends in September, I began hearing the trolley will be extended and not sent to the corner with our other tried transit ideas.
Metro Jacksonville is saying the trolley will now push into Avondale and service will be extended to weekends, they have an article scheduled to run tomorrow with all the updated information.
We still need to push for support so I encourage everyone to come out to the public meetings this Friday at JTA offices downtown to show love for our little fixed rail gateway drug, the Riverside Trolley.
I’ve set up a Facebook event to Get Jacksonville Back on Tracks which has all the details of Friday’s public meeting. If you can’t make it you can always show your love for the trolley online with a few choice comments.
Friday · 11:00am – 1:00pm
JTA Offices Downtown
100 N Myrtle Avenue
Jacksonville, FL
Friday July 23rd from 11am to 1pm the Jacksonville Transit Authority will host a public hearing to present proposed changes to the transit system (including Riverside Trolley) that go into effect September 6, 2010. Support for the proposed Riverside Trolley service is critical to its continued success.
