St. Johns County to hold open house for future public library
St. Johns County is hosting an open house from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 7, regarding the planned public library in World Golf Village. Staff from St. Johns County Public Works and the St. Johns County Public Library System will be available to answer questions and share details.
The open house will be held at Pacetti Bay Middle School, 245 Meadowlark Lane, St. Augustine.
One or more county commissioners may be present. Note no action will be taken during the open house.
Cecil Airport Hosting Job Fair on Saturday, March 19
More than a dozen aviation-related businesses operating at Cecil Airport will participate in a job fair on Saturday, March 19. Participating businesses are hiring for a variety of positions, including aircraft mechanics, electricians, engineers, machinists, welders, painters and pilots.
The job fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Jacksonville Jetport, Hangar 925, 13363 Simpson Way, Jacksonville.
Some employers expected to participate include Boeing, Customs and Border Protection, Fleet Readiness Center Southeast, Flightstar, LSI, Tactical Air Support, Army National Guard, Jacksonville Jetport and Florida State College of Jacksonville.
Local EXIT Realty affiliated offices welcome new team members
Local EXIT Realty affiliated offices have announced the addition of the following individuals to their teams of real estate professionals.
Students recognized for academic success
Realtors, builders to construct ramp for amputee and disabled wife
Real estate professionals from the Northeast Florida Association of Realtors will partner with Builders Care, the charitable arm of the Northeast Florida Builders Association, to construct a wheelchair ramp for a southside family that is in desperate need of help accessing their home.
The construction project will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, at 2341 Goldenrod Circle West, Jacksonville.
The beneficiaries of the wheelchair ramp are an amputee, who has recently suffered from a heart attack, and his wheelchair-bound wife. The results of the all-day event will allow the disabled homeowners an easier way to enter and leave their home.
About 80 association members will provide the labor to build the wheelchair ramp as part of the Realtor association’s Community Affairs Task Force. Builders Care, a nonprofit with the mission to assist low-income homeowners by making critical home repairs, will provide all the construction materials necessary to complete the ramp project.
FEMA dune enhancement project extended to October
The recently completed areas under the FEMA Dune Enhancement project are Crescent Beach and South Ponte Vedra Beach. The newly placed sea oats and sand held up against the early November nor'easter.
The contractor, Continental Heavy Civil, has reduced the volume of large construction equipment on Ponte Vedra Boulevard over the past few weeks by rerouting the truck access point to Mickler's Landing Beachfront Park. Residents will notice the contractor’s expanded footprint in Mickler's Landing as they increase the pace of sand placement between Mickler's Landing and Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve.
The contractor formally notified the county of its inability to complete the project for Ponte Vedra Beach by the contracted date of March 31, citing several reasons for the delay, including a nationwide trucker shortage.
The project is now anticipated to be completed in October 2022.
