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› Firm selected for Jacksonville convention center project at courthouse site
The Downtown Investment Authority voted Wednesday to move forward with two costly redevelopment projects that would turn dead zones along Bay Street into a convention center and hotel on the site of the old county courthouse and a hotel and family amusement center on land occupied by the partly-built Berkman II tower.
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› Oyster farmer sees business as 'the key' to saving Florida's environment
Donnie McMahon, of Pensacola Bay Oyster Co., says his top issues this election year include the deteriorating environment, lack of workforce training, responsible business growth and planning for the overgrowth of Florida's population.
› Pérez Art Museum Miami may create Caribbean art center
Pérez Art Museum Miami – along with its predecessor institutions – is coming up on its 35th anniversary of bringing modern and contemporary art to South Florida and is now looking at the potential to create a center to study Caribbean art within the building, according to CEO Franklin Sirmans.
› New Florida prison policy to stop contraband: ‘Inmates will not be placed in’ their home county
A new policy to stop contraband from getting into Florida prisons has inmates and their families upset. And some experts even question whether it will do more harm than good.
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