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JSEB administrator requests $250,000 to sustain four entrepreneurship centers; council members urge phased rollout and extended hours
Summary
Administrator Gregory Grant asked the committee to increase minimum program funding by $250,000 to support four planned JSEB entrepreneurship and workforce centers in Jacksonville; council members recommended piloting centers, extending hours and clarifying staffing and ongoing operating funds.
JSEB Administrator Gregory Grant told the J Sub 2 Special Committee on March 24 that the city needs a $250,000 increase to the program's minimum funding to sustain four planned entrepreneurship and workforce development centers across Jacksonville.
Grant said the centers will be sited at 865 Gulf Fair Boulevard on the North Side; the Phoenix Arts District on the East Side; a space inside the downtown library; and a location at Cecil Field on the West Side, with a possible South Side site later. "We are adding four entrepreneurship centers between April and November of this year. I am requesting,…
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