This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition

MOCA Jacksonville exclaims, “Bringing education, creativity, and community to the heart of downtown Jacksonville.” The Museum of Contemporary Art is also bringing a birthday party to the River City, celebrating 100 years.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the middle of National Women’s History month, Jacksonville showed its acumen on the topic by hosting a group of female Asian leaders. Two members of the delegation from Armenia join me for this week’s episode of This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our episode of This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition, we’re diving into a new effort by Scenic Jacksonville to showcase the potential and opportunity in Arlington. Our guests are Michael Kirwan, board president of Scenic Jacksonville, an advocacy organization dedicated to the improvement of scenic beauty and character of Jacksonville, and Steve Matchett, director of Old Arlington Inc. a n...

It’s a Ponte Vedra specialty that impacts so much of Northeast Florida. Golf’s “Fifth Major” is celebrating it’s 50th edition as The Players Championship tees off on Thursday morning. Executive director Lee Smith joins This Week in Jacksonville Business Edition to talk about the tournament. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Downtown development in the sports district doesn’t just mean the football team. Jacksonville’s longest tenured professional sports franchise is the Jumbo Shrimp. Triple-A baseball leads the way this month with the announcement of stadium upgrades at 121 Financial Ballpark. Ken Babby invited us to sit on the third base side of the ballpark for an interview about stadium improvements. We also discu...

The Port of Jacksonville is our focus on This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition. JAXPORT delivers more jobs than many of us probably imagine. And for the sake of Northeast Florida, the port is growing. Joining me for our conversation are Peek, John Freeman from JAXUSA, and Paul Crawford from the City of Jacksonville. The port is a huge driver of employment, even beyond JAXPORT.   Learn more a...

Fintech refers to any company offering financial services or service products that rely heavily on technology. Jacksonville could become the fintech hub of the region, if not the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The timing couldn’t be better for a new Black History Tour app in St. Augustine. Visit St. Augustine joins This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition to talk about the launch of the new innovative tool during Black History Month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most of us know Florida’s population is expanding. According to the US Census Bureau, Florida is the fastest growing state in the nation. Between 2021 and 2022, Florida's population increased by 1.9%, and its population in 2022 is over nine times the size of its population from 1946. That growth has an impact on services like healthcare, but there’s something that may affect the population growth...

The largest bank in America announced an investment in Northeast Florida. JPMorgan Chase plans to open 10 new branches in the region, which would increase branch presence by about 50%. Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon spent the day in Jacksonville Wednesday for the announcement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As part of the collaboration announced this month, UNF will hire a new full-time, tenure track professor in engineering to perform manufacturing research and development in a lab outfitted with Johnson & Johnson MedTech-sponsored research activities and equipment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition, we’re looking at what two Jacksonville natives call evidence of the struggle to change things. We’re discussing the latest setback for work on the Laura Street Trio.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition, Matthew Chang and Timothy Gibbons talk about what to expect at the early-stage funding competition, focused on connecting entrepreneurs with investors in River City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does college football bowl season make a difference in Jacksonville? If it does, what does the future look like for the Gator Bowl and other events? This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition explores sports tourism in the River City and how it drives income and growth in the region. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Taxes may not be fun for most of us — but that’s a different story when it comes to government and the economy. On this episode of This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition, we spoke with Florida's agriculture commissioner about the state's economy as 2023 comes to a close. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s more important than most of us realize, and it’s growing in the Jacksonville region. Warehousing. Warehousing touches so much of what each of us needs or uses every day. In this episode, we look at the growth happening and some of the reasons for the expansion of warehousing in Northeast Florida. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If Northeast Florida is going to grow economically, it will ride the coattails of small businesses. Two Jacksonville leaders sit down to talk about the impact of small businesses and what entrepreneurs need to succeed in the city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition, we’re specifically talking about the University of North Florida’s economic impact on Northeast Florida as President Moez Limayen unveiled the FY 2022 Economic Impact Study results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Affordable housing in Northeast Florida – it’s a topic that pushes for compassion and construction. It’s also a topic that takes hold of stereotypes and some misconceptions. Our guests from Ability Housing, Dominium, and Jacksonville City Council describe the challenges and the effort to create solutions. Cody Spencer of Ability Housing, Katessa Archer of Dominium, Joe Carlucci, City Council Distr...

Artificial Intelligence has grabbed attention and fired both imagination and fear. What’s the current state of AI? How does bringing the World of AI to your business happen? And if AI is so great, do humans still matter? A panel of experts and members of Jacksonville Business Professionals joins host Kent Justice for an episode called, “A.I., The Promise and the Peril.” Learn more about your ad ch...

Operation New Uniform gets support from business like Swisher to put former military members into the civilian workforce. We’re looking at why that’s a win-win as an opportunity for veterans, and the chance for local businesses to access a well-trained workforce. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What’s the latest happening in downtown Jacksonville NOT connected to the sports district? The five-block Gateway transformation Downtown at Union and Pearl is an almost $500 million project to build apartments, retail, restaurants, etc., by the group that redeveloped Downtown Tampa. Two of the key players in the project join host Kent Justice, along with the leader of Jacksonville’s Downtown Inve...

We are talking real estate on This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition. We sit down with Diana Galavis, President of Northeast Florida Association of Realtors, about the recent shift in real estate. Mortgages rates are high, home prices are stabilizing, so what does this mean for someone who wants to buy a home, or what about sellers? What’s affordable and where? We’ll break it down for you so...

Welcome to This Week in Jacksonville – Business Edition. This podcast focuses on economic development in the River City and our region. The topic for this episode: workforce development. We'll hear from members of the team at Miller Electric Company and Christina Thomas, Director of Workforce Development for Northeast Florida Builders Association. We discuss apprenticeships and what's being done t...