Tuesday evening WJCT hosted a live event for readers of The Jaxson, which is a web and radio partnership between WJCT and Modern Cities.
The Jaxson's first live event was called Forgotten Spaces: Places Reimagined, which included a wide-ranging conversation at WJCT Studios that touched on:
- How to avoid gentrification when redeveloping low-income neighborhoods
- The future of LaVilla and Brooklyn
- Mid-century architecture
- Whether it's better to leave buildings vacant when there's no immediately identified reuse for them
- Strategies other cities have used to honor neighborhoods' historic character
- Which places deserve preservation and which don't
- Whether current development is creating tomorrow's forgotten spaces
- The past, present and future of the Jacksonville Landing
Watch the entire program that was streamed live on WJCT's Facebook page:
Moderator: Jessica Palombo, WJCT news director
Panelists:
- Alan Bliss, Jacksonville Historical Society executive director
- Mike Field, The Jaxson co-founder; founder of The Jaxson Night Market and The Court Urban Food Park
- Cantrece Jones, Acuity Design Group president
- Tia Keitt, Eastside Community Coalition board member
- Rafael Caldera, Arkest CEO; Downtown Development Review Board member
- Adrienne Burke, Nassau County Assistant Planning Director; Florida Trust for Historic Preservation trustee
Jaxson events are free to attend. Stay tuned for the next discussion, coming this winter.