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Post-COVID Hybrid Workplace Affecting JEA Facility Planning

An artist's rendering of the JEA headquarters under construction at 225 N. Pearl St. in Downtown Jacksonville.
VIA THE JACKSONVILLE DAILY RECORD
An artist's rendering of the JEA headquarters under construction at 225 N. Pearl St. in Downtown Jacksonville.

JEA employees will return to the utility’s administrative offices in July as the COVID-19 pandemic eases, but will have opportunities to work remotely, CEO Jay Stowe said.

WJCT News partner the Jacksonville Daily Record reported that after the March 23 JEA board meeting, Stowe said the utility plans to implement a long-term hybrid work format “probably forever.”

“This will, I think, provide a better quality of life for our employees, which is one of our primary missions,” he said.

The decision is affecting JEA’s headquarters plans.

Now based at 21 W. Church St., JEA will move to a high-rise under construction.

However, it is reconsidering a smaller secondary headquarters it initially planned, although it bought land for it.

Read the rest of this story at JaxDailyRecord.com.