This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition - Downtown Jacksonville is ‘under construction’

WATCH LIVE: Team Biden-Harris, DNC hold news conference in Milwaukee to highlight ‘radical’ Project 2025 agenda– Bottom line: Downtown Jacksonville is “under construction.” That’s the word from Lori Boyer, CEO of the Downtown Investment Authority. She says that’s also vital to the health and vibrancy of the city as a whole.

“We have a really excellent suburban lifestyle that we can sell to a new college graduate or to someone relocating from some other state,” Boyer says. “We have a great beach environment and lifestyle.“What we don’t have where we’re really competitive is that urban downtown lifestyle that you see in some other cities. And there are individuals who that’s what they’re seeking when they’re looking to relocate.

Kent Justice co-anchors News4Jax's 5 p.m., 6 p.m., 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts weeknights and reports on government and politics. He also hosts "This Week in Jacksonville," Channel 4's hot topics and politics public affairs show each Sunday morning at 9 a.m.

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