Jacksonville PorchFest Presented by Corner on Main is a free, family-friendly event held in Historic Springfield, a community just north of Downtown Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday, November 9, 2024.

A new project slated for completion within the next two years in downtown Jacksonville took a major step on Tuesday, providing further evidence of the city’s priority to develop the area.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is searching for a fatal hit-and-run suspect for a crash that happened earlier in the year in Downtown Jacksonville.

Companies will be looking to fill hundreds of jobs at a job fair in Downtown Jacksonville on Thursday, Oct. 17.

The Jacksonville Jaguars will soon have a new headquarters.

A special committee that’s focused on the future of Downtown Jacksonville is set to meet Monday to discuss the future of three historic high rises.

Rain is in the forecast for days to come, make plans inside

Riders in Jacksonville’s Brooklyn area have a new travel option when making a lunch stop.

The City of Jacksonville is looking to foreclose on the historic Laura Street Trio according to our news partners at the Jacksonville Daily Record.

Jacksonville’s transformation looks to advance with the investment of $40 million toward four key projects.

Discussions on how to move forward with redeveloping the iconic Laura Street Trio buildings have started once again.

This episode focuses on downtown, with Lori Boyer, CEO of the Downtown Investment Authority.

The letters on the Wells Fargo building in downtown Jacksonville are set to be removed this weekend.

Downtown Jacksonville is a key element of growth in the city. Jake Gordon is one of the leaders in the effort to improve and promote downtown for living, working, and playing, and he is our guest on This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition.

The DoubleTre by Hilton will look different by 2027.

A city ordinance now allows people ages 21 and older to drink alcoholic beverages on the Jacksonville Riverwalk in the designated container areas.

We’d love to see how every community in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia is showing out for America’s birthday.

The City of Jacksonville will have five locations again this year where spectators can watch a fireworks show on the 4th of July this year.

The special committee examining the future of downtown Jacksonville is scheduled to meet Monday morning, and Jax Chamber officials are expected to share some of the lessons learned from a recent trip to Downtown Phoenix.

The City of Jacksonville is looking into giving developers of the RISE Doro an incentive package that would help them rebuild after a devastating fire that destroyed portions of the building in January.

The Jacksonville Farmers Market, located just one mile from downtown Jacksonville, is over 85 years old.

A new committee looking at the city agency that’s supposed to bring in development to downtown met for the first time Monday. The question many have now is why downtown development is taking so long and what about the future of the Downtown Investment Authority and its leader, Lori Boyer.

Former Jacksonville Jaguars defensive lineman Marcus Stroud is moving from football to business. Stroud is becoming an entrepreneur and opening a restaurant downtown, according to News4JAX news partner the Jacksonville Daily Record.

Downtown Investment Authority CEO Lori Boyer could soon have her contract extended.

Downtown Investment Authority CEO, Lori Boyer, is welcoming the city council committee's look at her agency and the pace of downtown development.

Jacksonville City Council President Ron Salem announced a Special Committee that will look into the efficacy of the Downtown Investment Authority.

Jacksonville’s downtown revitalization project is one step closer to completion.

When you look up and down the St Johns River in Downtown Jacksonville, you’ll notice cranes lining the riverfront.

The Trio is a group of historic buildings in downtown Jacksonville that a developer wants to turn into a hotel, restaurant and apartments.

The future of the Laura Street Trio project in downtown Jacksonville might be in jeopardy, according to a new letter from the developer that was shared by The Jaxson Mag on social media.

Every person, regardless of intellectual disabilities, should have the opportunity to enjoy everything Jacksonville offers.

Chalk drawing competition took place in James Weldon Johnson Park.

Jax River Jams is returning to Downtown Jacksonville for its fourth-consecutive festival.

Jacksonville’s downtown revitalization project, the Emerald Trail is getting more than $147 million in federal funds from the Department of Transportation.

The Jacksonville Children’s Chorus (JCC) will be included in the Art Walk event in Downtown Jacksonville on March 6.

The city of Jacksonville is trying to find more housing and local groups are trying to help and state lawmakers are trying to find solutions too.

Emotions ran high at a pro-Palestinian rally held in Downtown Jacksonville as organizers and protestors said they want people to see the death toll in Gaza as more than just a statistic.

The completion date for the proposed stadium for the Jacksonville Armada has been pushed back.

The Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) will be debuting its very first autonomous shuttle at FSCJ’s downtown campus on Tuesday.

The Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) will be debuting its very first autonomous shuttle at FSCJ’s downtown campus on Tuesday.

Greg Blais, president of the company that built RISE Doro, said in his 29 years of development, he’s never had a situation like what unfolded last month when his $60 million apartment complex caught fire and was destroyed just days before it was set to open in downtown Jacksonville.

A local restaurant that’s been a favorite to many Jacksonville residents for almost two decades has closed its doors for good.

If you are not careful, you could end up paying over $100 for just a few minutes of parking in downtown Jacksonville.

After temporarily closing earlier this week, Intuition Ale Works in Downtown Jacksonville is set to reopen Sunday.

Heavy equipment moved into place Friday morning and crews began what will likely be a weekslong process to tear down the RISE Doro apartment building. A crane began tearing off parts of the top corner of the building before 6:30 a.m. Friday but then work abruptly stopped.

Crews are setting up equipment and preparing to tear down the Rise Doro apartment building following a massive fire that sparked Sunday night and was still smoldering Wednesday.

As the city of Jacksonville reviews a permit to tear down the RISE Doro apartment building, a structural engineer said the emergency demolition could mean a lot of investigative work now won’t happen.

It will cost an estimated $1 million to demolish the 80-foot-tall RISE Doro apartment building after a devastating fire left it unsafe and at risk of collapse.

Downtown Investment Authority CEO Lori Boyer said she’s encouraged that the RISE CEO has committed to rebuilding in Downtown Jacksonville after the RISE Doro apartments went up in flames.

Permits for the RISE Doro show it hired a private company to do some of its building inspections, while the structure was being built.

As fire crews battle hot spots that keep popping up at the RISE Doro apartments, officials have brought up the possibility of demolition due to collapse concerns at the Downtown apartment complex.

Until the fire-gutted RISE Doro apartment building can be torn down, the surrounding streets, a nearby parking garage and several businesses will remain closed.

The fire that destroyed the RISE Doro apartments in Downtown Jacksonville sparked just days before the final inspection that would have allowed the building’s sprinkler system to be activated.

After a devastating fire left a brand-new luxury apartment building unsafe and likely to be demolished, tenants who expected to move in this weekend will have to live elsewhere.

A brand-new luxury apartment building that was set to begin housing tenants by this weekend is now a water-soaked wood frame shell filled with soot and ash.

What are the next steps for the future of the downtown apartment complex that went up in flames just days before it was scheduled to welcome residents?

Since late Sunday night, Jacksonville Fire and Rescue has been trying to extinguish a fire at the new RISE Doro Apartments on East Adams Street. JFRD Chief Keith Powers said the fire has been difficult to put out because of void spaces in the building during construction.

Before a brand new luxury apartment complex set to open near the downtown sports complex in March caught fire Sunday night, there was a controversy over a historic building demolition and major cost overruns.

Jacksonville Fire and Rescue crews battled through the night as a brand-new luxury apartment building Downtown went up in flames.

A brand-new apartment building that was still under construction in downtown Jacksonville appears to be a complete loss after a massive blaze that kept more than 100 firefighters working through the night.

The break-in happened while she was attending a concert at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena on Friday night.

Mayor Donna Deegan kicked off the first “River City Readers” in Downtown Jacksonville on Saturday. It’s a part of a year-long citywide challenge to improve literacy rates among school-aged children.

The 37th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Breakfast will be held Friday at the Prime Osborn Convention Center as city and local organizations unite their events for the first time since 2019.

Jax is ready: that’s the word from local officials as they gear up for an incredibly busy next couple of days.

If you’re hoping to ring in 2024 with a fireworks display — News4JAX has compiled a list of the places planning to light up the sky on Sunday night.

The status of a possible multimillion-dollar city investment into three downtown buildings is still up in the air.

If you’ve ever just wanted to take a look inside some of Jacksonville’s most historic homes, now is your chance!

The city of Jacksonville is kicking off the holiday season with the annual lighting of the Christmas tree.

Does your family need some extra help this year? 🎁

There have been more concerns and questions about downtown parking recently including the cost of private parking lots and the lack of parking in general.

Many of the private lots are run by Elite Parking and there are no attendants. Customers either pay at a kiosk or by text and that’s been part of the problem.

Temps will reach the lower 30s to the upper 20s across inland SE GA and the Suwannee Valley.

The parking lot is run by Elite Parking. There are signs all over saying you must follow the rules and there is no free parking.

For years we have heard the promises of new development along the river and renderings showing changes to our skyline downtown. Now, some of those projects are taking shape.

As talks continue about building a new jail and sheriff’s office in Jacksonville, it’s also becoming a political issue. On Friday, the city council learned it would cost millions to fix up the current jail before a new one is ever built somewhere else.

Channel 4 is looking for a few good elves to help make a child’s Christmas merry and bright.

Manifest Distilling has has been operating in Downtown Jacksonville since 2016 with a full fledged production facility and Cocktail Room.

Florida and Georgia are planning on showing honor and gratitude with multiple events around the area.

Downtown Jacksonville, with a flurry of riverfront construction, is finally starting to grow again after years of stagnation, according to a new report from Downtown Vision which tracks and analyzes downtown’s performance in key indicators of urban revitalization, such as development and investment, residential demand and tourism health.

Presented by Springfield Preservation and Revitalization (SPAR), Jacksonville PorchFest is a FREE, family- and dog-friendly music festival held on the beautiful front porches of the Historic Springfield community, just north of Downtown Jacksonville, Florida.

After three years, Mag’s Café in downtown Jacksonville is officially closing its doors.

Gateway Jax, a commercial real estate company, announced plans Wednesday for a mixed-use development in the North Core area of Downtown Jacksonville that will cost $500 million.

Jacksonville City Council members will meet Thursday to discuss the possibility of relocating the Duval County jail.

The Jacksonville City Council is still working on plans to move the jail from its current location downtown to another area of town but it could take years before that happens.

Ten individuals — most between the ages of 15 and 17 — were arrested after an investigation into a shooting at James Weldon Johnson Park in Downtown Jacksonville, Sheriff T.K. Waters announced Tuesday.

Gusti is a bubbly rosé from Provence, France displayed in a 250 ml beer bottle. This company was created in 2020 by three young entrepreneurs in the south of France.

How bad do things have to be for you to get out of a lease? When is it legal to withhold your rent payments? James Tyer, an attorney with Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, said you CAN stop paying rent, but you do have to give your landlord a written notice.

The 170-room property will feature waterfront views alongside renowned Four Seasons service, setting a new standard for luxury hospitality in Downtown Jacksonville.

21-year-old Holden Dodson’s lawyer asked for a bond reduction so he can be released from jail pending sentencing. That was taken under advisement.

A man has been arrested and accused in a deadly stabbing that happened right outside the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office pre-trial detention facility.

After years of promises and debate, residents could finally start seeing work begin on the old Jacksonville Landing site. A new park will eventually be built on what is now called Riverfront Plaza.

Share your July 4 celebration photos and videos, see the best places for fireworks around our area and see what stores are open on Independence Day.

The July 4th holiday weekend is nearly upon us, and eyes begin to turn to the weather for a very specific timeframe. Rain and storms are a near-daily occurrence in early July, and they can severely impact the July 4th fireworks displays across the area.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday set aside $75 million for a new satellite campus in Jacksonville when he signed the state’s record $117 billion budget.

Jacksonville’s Fourth of July Fireworks Celebration will return this year at multiple locations around the city to celebrate our nation’s independence.

The Jaguars will kick off a series of community “huddles” next week to rally support for renovations that would create the “stadium of the future,” which the team unveiled in an online presentation earlier this week.

The local nonprofit found that 71% of the people surveyed became homeless because they could not afford to make ends meet.

The team unveiled plans for its vision for TIAA Bank Field in an online video presentation on Wednesday morning, a fully reimagined venue that will serve as the centerpiece of Jacksonville’s downtown area and keep the team in town after its lease expires in 2030.

Three young men who were arrested in connection with a deadly shooting in downtown Jacksonville earlier this month entered not guilty pleas Tuesday.

Friends of James Weldon Johnson Park is a placemaking organization dedicated to creating a sense of community and belonging in Downtown Jacksonville, specifically in James Weldon Johnson Park.