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First Coast Connect

Media roundtable; Streams of Sound

Today’s Media Roundtable discussed some of the top stories in the First Coast, including:

  • The Jacksonville City Council gave $4.6 million of the American Rescue Plan, used for COVID-19 relief, to dozens of nonprofit organizations. Many of the organizations have connections to city leaders who chose them.
  • A unanimous votegranted $114 million in public monies to fund Jaguar’s owner Shad Khan’s Four Seasons Hotel and Residences.
  • Jacksonville’s chief administrative officer told the City Council that curbside recycling will be suspended for six months or longer.
  • The Duval County Public School boardvoted to keep their mask mandate in place as they joined with six other districts to sue the state over Gov. DeSantis’ ban on student mask mandates.

Guests:

Streams of Sound

Musician John Guinta is healing the First Coast through an innovative instrument called the handpan. His company, Streams of Sound, plays this unique music across the community. He'll be playing at tomorrow's Jax by Jax Literary Arts Festival.

First Coast Connect with Melissa Ross Associate Producer Katherine Hobbs can be reached at khobbs@wjct.org or on Twitter at @KatherineGHobbs.

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Katherine Hobbs was Associate Producer of talk shows at WJCT until 2022.