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Special Guest – Al Letson (SOTRU)
Producer’s note: Al is “responsible” for every flight that has ever been cancelled on me

Show Sponsor:
Walk A Mile In Their Shoes March 27 benefitting the Sulzbacher Center
walk, run or sleep in
Coffee Sponsor:
Bold Bean Coffee

State of the Re:Union

• Applied for PRX Public Radio Talent contest 3 years ago
• idea: losing local flavor, homogenization
• Clear Channel owns EVERYTHING!
• lo-fi garage band submission made Top 10
• 3 out of 6 shows made the cut
• NPR picked up the show
• PRX (Public Radio eXchange) = distributor
• CPB = $$$
• NPR = distributor + network
• PRX and NPR had never worked together before
• SOTRU only crossover show between PRX/NPR
• Black History Month program
• public radio needs a dose of fresh air
• not a news show
• rich media
• inspired by Ira Glass (This American Life) *spot-on impression*
• stateofthereunion.com
• Twitter – @alletson
• video content as well
• audio content allows you to do other things while you participate
• this (ujw) is “serious business” – T
• carried by WJCT (yay!)
• 150 stations

Sounds of the Re:Union

• local music of the locations featured
• video podcast
• separate but affiliated

UJW jocked SOTRU intro music (at first) ;)

$$$
funded by huge grant from CPB
responsible for raising own money as well
hitting up locals
donate on the website
Can’t spell LOCAL without “AL” – T

Upcoming
shows on Brooklyn, Greensburg, KS, New Orleans, Oregon, Milwaukee (May 1)
writing a book on grassroots solutions to American problems

Lyricist Hour tonight at nerdysouth.com

Next Week: Citrus Cel

Recommendations

Jack – Speed Mechanics
Tony – Saturday = River Day at RAM also March is River Month
Jonathan – beta.jacksonville.com
Al – Citrus Cel Animation Festival also, Nerdy South
Joey – Justified on FX

Other Events

Bike Porn
Warehouse Show
Art Friends Electric
Sulzbacher Benefit at Underbelly
TSI B&W Ball

Urban Jacksonville Weekly: Tony Allegretti, Joey Marchy, Jonathan Bennett, Tough Junkie and Jack Diablo (not pictured)

First Coast Connect, Friday at 9:00

I’ll be on WJCT’s First Coast Connect this morning talking about Mayor Peyton lobbying members of the City Council for about $23 million in downtown improvements to increase public access and spruce up amenities on the St. Johns River. Listen here »

Live Urban Jacksonville Weekly, Saturday January 23rd at the Burrito Gallery

To celebrate our 50th Episode of Urban Jacksonville Weekly we’ll be doing a live show at the Burrito Gallery on Saturday January 23rd at 1:30pm. There will be lunch specials, giveaways and live performances by Tough Junkie.

Our special 50th Episode guest is Ian Ranne. Shantytown owner and one of the hardest working entrepreneurs in the Urban Core. We will be taking questions from the audience and there may be a few more surprises in store so don’t miss it. More information to come.

Want to Sponsor the Show or Get Involved?

We are looking for a show sponsor and additional giveaway items. If you want to get involved contact me at joeymarchy@gmail.com

Tune in to Urban Jacksonville Weekly on Monday for Content Design Group

Photo courtesy of Metro Jacksonville and Content Design Group

Greg and Jason from Content Design Group will be in studio on Monday January 11th to talk about the Metro Jacksonville article Is Springfield Ready for a Car Wash? and the role they played in the architecture of the revised plans:

Can a car wash be a part of an urban revitalization plan? After heated opposition and misinformation dominating discussion about the 4th & Main project, owner Silas Jones has modified development plans to better integrate the project within the community. Can common ground be found that will finally lead to project approval and new life along the Main Street corridor?

I produced this video for a client of ours at Wingard Creative. It’s so awesome we have companies like Solar Energy Initiatives headquartered here in NE Florida.

I used iMovie 09 to put everything together. There was a bit of an issue getting .AVI files from my Flip Mino impoted into iMovie 09. To do this I used a little software called iSquint to convert the .AVI to an iMovie friendly format. Boo ya.

Solar Energy Initiatives was formed to execute on a grass roots campaign, “RENEW THE NATION”, to help redeploy a portion of the U.S. work force and focus on reducing the world’s dependence on fossil fuels by selling solar thermal and photovoltaic (PV) technologies, while building a profitable company.

Renew the Nation Press Conference » Solar Energy Initiatives, Inc. from Joey Marchy on Vimeo.

This is a quick post to let you know Springfield is dedicating the new Confederate Dog Park tonight at 5:30.

Update: the dog park ribbon ceremony has been moved to Friday, June 12 5:30 p.m. There are lots of other things to do on this First Friday of June.

Today would also be a good day to follow me on Twitter and/or the Urban Jacksonville Facebook page. I have really been enjoying Facebook lately. It’s like Twitter with photos and discussion. Come hang out.

NOTE: At 9am I’ll be live Tweeting the Mayors appearance on WJCT’s In Context: Week In Review

Council member Johnny Gaffney along with the Springfield Improvement Association and Women’s Club, Springfield Animal Care and Rescue Club, and the City of Jacksonville’s Department of Recreation and Community Services (JaxParks) for a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the opening of the new Confederate Park Dog Park. All dogs and their owners are invited to attend.

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Friday, June 5 at 5:30 PM
Confederate Park,
956 Hubbard Street
Info: Mercedes Parker at 630-3541 or Mercedes@coj.net.