Jacksonville, Fl — Today, city officials are set to cut the ribbon on the all-new Riversedge Park on the Southbank.
It is the first of many projects set to come to the riverfront in the coming months and years ahead.
The park includes a waterfront walking path, trails, and playgrounds.
It’s part of the city’s larger, $693 million Riversedge project that incudes more than 1,000 residential units, 200 hotel rooms, and park space.
“So we are making real progress toward a vibrant and thriving downtown, and its evidence, its evident in these and many other projects that are underway or ones that are going to be starting very soon.”, said Mayor Donna Deegan.
On the Northbank, Riverfront Plaza has a soft opening this Saturday, when the city hosts post-Thanksgiving events including the lighting of the Christmas tree and Light Boat Parade.
The $38 million first phase of the park includes a playground on top of a pavilion building, an event lawn, new bulkhead, improved riverwalk and plaza space connecting to the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts.
Meantime, Jacksonville city leaders are set to meet this morning and talk about the future of Downtown.
It comes days after Downtown Vision’s State of Downtown report was released.
It found Downtown added residents and drew an increased number of visitors last year, while the office vacancy rate decreased.
Rachael Wyant, Director of Research for Downtown Vision, Inc. provides more takeaways from the report.
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