The Jacksonville Jaguars so-called “Stadium of the Future” should have a huge impact on the city and it’s expected it could change nearby neighborhoods.
Part of the $1.4 billion plan calls for $300 million to go to the community. The community benefits agreement was introduced to Jacksonville City Council on Tuesday night and could go into improving Eastside neighborhoods and city parks over 30 years.
Suzanne Pickett, who is part of Historic Eastside Jacksonville, has been instrumental in landing the community benefits agreement for her area and other parts of the city. “There has been plan, over plan, over plan. There’s been a Super Bowl plan. There’s been a stadium plan. There has been an Out East or Eastside Revitalization plan. We want to stop being a city of just plans...we really want to put our money where our mouth is,” Pickett said.
“It could be a good thing and I don’t see any funding for the community as a bad thing. If it’s done appropriately and through the right channels and for the people who are most in need of it,” Lee said.Councilman Rory Diamond has said on social media that the community benefits agreement is a nonstarter, and he believes the council will remove it.
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