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You can now listen right now, click the play button above. Thanks to Byron King from Globatron, our special guest co-host.

Topics

• Mickey King Park in San Marco
• Jacksonville Jazz Festival Recap
• Transit talk in light of Peyton’s park announcement

Recommendations

• Joey: e:2 Portland, A Sense of Place (buy it on iTunes)
• Jonathan: Find the Jade Monkey: Before the Next Full Moon
• Tony: Sail Jacksonville (last weekend)
• Byron: Vice TV

Show Links

The Legacy of Mickey King
Mickey King Park

The Urban Core hand selected 10 Jacksonville Jazz Festival acts not to be missed. YouTube videos of each to boot!

Jazz Fest is rain or shine! Don’t wimp out. Dave Bruebeck can do it and so can you. Plus just think of it as crowd control and easier parking. Wear a poncho. Its free. The line up is AMAZING.

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You can now listen right on the blog, click the play button above. This has been one of my favorite shows. Rapid fire topics with lot’s of great information and insight. We’re redefining content in the city!

Topics

• Jacksonville Jazz Festival – Rain or Shine
• Downtown Demolition – 118 Main Street
• Convert the Shipyards to a mixed income Transit Oriented Development
• World Cup in Jacksonville
• Free Burritos at Hightide Burrito
• Sanctuary Community Garden at 8th and Pearl in Springfield
• Wine Cellar at Three Layers in Springfield
• Times-Union Addresses Morris Publishing Woes via @editormarilyn on Twitter
• Johnny Rotten becomes Jonathan Rotten
• Jacksonville Observer and Hyperlocal Journalism
• Kids Fest at The Riverside Arts Market with Justin Roberts
• Yo Gabba Gabba

Recommendations

• Joey: Infrastructurist.com
• Jonathan: Smashing Magazine
• Tony: Streetsblog.org and My Commute Sucks

I’m anticipating a big week at Urban Jacksonville next week so I’m getting these links out early. Look for a 2010 Mayoral Preview Monday from UJ and JaxPolitics. JaxPolitics is getting in on the Mayoral candidate forecasting act too and so is the Times Union.

Landfill operator sues Jacksonville over contract We all knew this was coming.

JEDC gets clear view of Shipyards “It takes no great talent to terminate an agreement,” said Barton. “It takes talent to come up with a solution.”

JTA officials agreed to waive the 50-cent fare on the Skyway Memorial Day Weekend

Clue Two from Find The Jade Monkey Before The Next Full Moon
Clue One from Find The Jade Monkey Before The Next Full Moon

Interview with Mark George via Globatron

Call For Bike Valet Volunteers!
We are in need of few bike loving community service orientated souls to help us valet bikes for the Jacksonville Jazz Festival (May 22- 24) and the Riverside Arts Market (May 23rd).

Listen to episode 15 now or subscribe with iTunes.

Thanks again to Tiffany Valla from the City of Jacksonville Office of Special Events for being a great co-host/guest.

Topics

• Jacksonville Jazz Festival

Recommendations

Jonathan and Tony both punked out on recommendations.

• Joey: Three Layers Deep Art Show this weekend at Three Layers in Springfield. In addition, The Cellar, Three Layers’ new wine bar will be opening it’s doors to the public for the first time.

Show Links

• Official Jazz Festival Website
• Participating Downtown Vendors and Local Specials
• Jazz Talks

Google Reader helped me get a grasp on all my news sources. I’ve found a great new workflow with Google Reader that allows me to fly through 60-70 Jacksonville related posts per day. I enjoy using the share functionality for items I don’t have time to post on Urban Jacksonville. You can view my shared items page or subscribe to the RSS feed.

Jazz Festival to Offer Two Bike Valets Stations
Bike valet is growing in popularity, it seems the city really sees the value. Listen to Matt Uhrig talk about bike valet on Urban Jacksonville Weekly #14. This week’s show features guest co-host Tiffany Valla from the Office of Special Events. We’ll be talking about the Jazz Festival.

The The Jacksonville Observer launched this weekend. It’s a cool idea but there’s is too much syndicated content for me. I’d love to see more Jacksonville related stories. Tom Patton, who writes for The Jacksonville Observer, talks about the new site.

a business model is emerging up that has local people covering local stories and leaving the big national stories alone. With so many outlets devoted to the big national stories, local coverage sometimes seems to get short shrift. In hyper-local journalism, the marketplace may again be giving us insight as to what people want to read and understand. One might think that’s counter-intuitive on the “worldwide web”, and yet it speaks to a readership that is interested in their communities, and have found the web to be a perfect delivery vehicle for that content.

It’s revolutionary for Jacksonville and I commend Austin Cassidy for pulling it together. I have a plan like this too, but I’m laying back for a second to work on some other projects.

JaxScene posts some traffic numbers and reminds everyone they forgot to tell JaxScene happy birthday. Happy birthday on 1-year JaxScene. It’s a feat of dedication and love for the community, we’re lucky to have you.

Tough Junkie album out soon. Help Junkie reach 300 presales, via JaxScene

Shantytown Robbed via The Out Box.

Riverside Arts Market from Michael Walter on Vimeo.

Listen to episode 14 now or subscribe with iTunes.

Thanks again to Matt From BikeJax for being a great co-host/guest.

Topics

• Ghost Bikes and Bike Valet
• Jacksonville Jazz Festival
• Jacksonville Developer Threatens Demolition of a Building in Riverside
• Discussion of Bike Safety Laws

Recommendations

• Joey: Urban Facelift Project
• Jonathan: Before the Next Full Moon Scavenger Hunt
• Tony: ArtWalk, Sons of the South at ArtWalk, dwarfs and GIANTS: New Work by Jenny Henley and Madeleine Peck and Saturday Mother’s Day Specials at the Riverside Arts Market
• Matt Uhrig from BikeJax: Jacksonville Jazz Festival

Show Links

• BikeJax.org
• Follow BikeJax on Twitter
• Volunteer for to help with bike valet during the Jazz Festival
• Current Ghost Bike locations
• Ghost Bikes Info
• Bike Valet
• Jacksonville Jazz Festival
• Jacksonville Developer Threatens Demolition of a Building in Riverside
• Zombie Bikes