Jacksonville council approves later downtown alcohol service hours, 17-1 The City Council approved ordinance 2026-0063 to allow later alcohol service hours downtown after amendments; proponents said later closings will boost downtown momentum and staggered exits will improve safety.

Jacksonville's City Council just greenlit extended alcohol service hours downtown, igniting discussions about economic growth and neighborhood impacts!

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Council committee extends downtown alcohol sales hours after debate on boundaries and safety The neighborhoods committee approved ordinance 20260063, extending downtown alcohol sales hours with a technical map amendment after debate about district boundaries, neighborhood impacts and security. The measure passed 6–1; sponsor and business groups said it will spur downtown investment.

Jacksonville's City Council is shaking things up by extending downtown alcohol sales hours, promising to boost business and create jobs, but safety concerns loom large.

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EverBank seeks help to stay downtown as DIA flags large pipeline of completion-grant requests DIA told the committee EverBank is asking for assistance to remain downtown and that EverBank estimates a cost differential of roughly $1.4M (earlier) and a request figure of about $980,000 (Tarbert cited), with potential payments starting in 2027; Tarbert also presented a downtown development pipeline totaling ~ $1.14 billion and said active completion-grant requests currently total about $66M, with possible additional requests up to $225M depending on projects.

EverBank is seeking nearly $1 million in incentives to keep its 800 employees downtown, raising questions about the future of Jacksonville's urban momentum as a massive $1.14 billion development pipeline looms.

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