• Thanks to some creative thinkers at the Twisted Martini, parking woes at The Jacksonville Landing are being addressed. Starting Thursday, a valet service will be in effect every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night.
• Mayor John Peyton made a speedy exit after the City Council installation ceremony Thursday evening. Word is he wanted to get home to be with his expectant wife.
• The Jacksonville Airport Authority is looking into realigning a portion of Pecan Park Road in order to build the north end of International Airport Boulevard. The project is part of the Authority’s Master Plan for airport expansion. A public hearing on the matter is set for July 14 in the training room at the JAA admin building.
• Downtown Vision Inc. needs your help. Thursday, they are collecting retired cell phones and ink cartridges as part of the American Legion’s Soldiers 4 Soldiers donation program. The items will be collected from 5-8 p.m. at the first Wednesday Art Walk headquarters in the Jacksonville Bank Building.
• The year end report of the MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation is out. During fiscal year 2004-05 (which ended for them on June 30), 2,505 kids from all over Jacksonville participated in the Foundation’s various programs.
• Big international gathering here in October. The International Alliance for Women is holding its 25th annual conference in Jacksonville at the Omni Oct. 19-22. They have asked City Council member Elaine Brown to facilitate one of the panel discussions.
• Speaking of Council, it was moving day last Friday for a few. New Council President Kevin Hyde, VP Michael Corrigan and Brown all relocated. Hyde’s and Corrigan’s offices got a new coat of paint, too. Brown’s husband, Dick (a former Council member himself), was helping out.
• One more from Council. It may be a two-week hiatus for all Council functions, the 19 Council aides will still be working — mostly catching up and taking calls from constituents.
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