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Council splits $45 million downtown package into riverfront, housing and workforce buckets
Summary
Rules committee approved a neighborhoods amendment dividing a $45 million appropriation into $30 million for downtown riverfront residential incentives, $5 million for countywide affordable housing, and $10 million in a council contingency for workforce and related projects.
The rules committee voted on June 16 to advance a $45 million appropriation intended to spur downtown residential development and related priorities, approving a neighborhoods amendment that divides the money into three contingencies.
Under the approved amendment, $30 million was set aside for a downtown riverfront residential incentives contingency, $5 million for a countywide affordable housing contingency, and $10 million was placed into a council contingency to support activities such as workforce development, improvements at Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ), a Jacksonville University youth sports project and a downtown preservation and…
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