The popular Budweiser Clydesdales will be in Jacksonville this week at the Anheuser-Busch Brewery.
Guests can interact with them and take photos with the hitch team and red wagon, which will parade around the North Jacksonville facility at 111 Busch Drive.
Stable viewing will be available all weekend, while the full-hitch will be noon-2 p.m. each day.
In addition, there will be a host of food trucks on-site.
Molly Curry takes part in Jax Kids Book Club reading
The Jax Kids Book Club recently hosted a celebrity book reading with Molly Curry at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens’ Zoo Tots class.
Curry, wife of Mayor Lenny Curry, read “We’re Going to the Jacksonville Zoo!” to 20 students and their parents.
She was joined by Jacksonville Children’s Commission CEO Jon Heymann, attorney and sponsor Howard Coker, commission board member Cathie Shimp and zoo board member Kelly Coker-Daniel.
It’s Curry’s third time volunteering for the program, according to a news release.
The book club is a free early literacy program with a goal to improve school readiness skills of children entering kindergarten. It’s available for all 4-year-olds in Jacksonville.
It relies on public-private partnerships to get high-quality books into the children's homes.
After last week’s reading, each student received a bag filled with books, pens, paper and other early-reading related promotional items.
For more info, visit jaxkids.org.
Reminder: Date change for annual light boat parade
If you’re used to coming Downtown the Saturday after Thanksgiving to catch the annual light boat parade, you might be lonely if you make the trip this year.
Back in September, the JAX Sports Council changed the tradition to Dec. 30 to lead up to the 72nd annual TaxSlayer Bowl on New Year’s Eve.
Registration is open until Dec. 16 for those interested in participating. It’s open for boats, kayaks, canoes, sailboats and houseboats.
For information, visit lightboatparade.com.
Holiday parking opens at Jacksonville airport
The Jacksonville Aviation Authority for the holiday season has opened its Economy Lot 3 at Jacksonville International Airport.
For a flat fee of $20, customers could begin parking at 6 a.m. this morning through Nov. 30, or until the lot fills up. The fee is payable upon entry with cash or credit card.
The special event lot will operate on a first-come, first-served basis. Cars left after Nov. 30 may be towed.
Other options include Economy Lots 1 and 2, both $5 per day; the daily surface lot, $8 per day; daily garage, $14 per day; or the hourly garage, $18 per day.
For more information, visit flyjacksonville.com.
Free 'Black Friday' pet adoptions this weekend
The Jacksonville Humane Society is partnering with Best Friends Animal Society and Zappos for free pet adoptions as part of a “Black Friday Adoption Special.”
The event is Friday-Monday at the humane society’s facility at 8464 Beach Blvd.
Hours are 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, noon-4 p.m. Sunday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday.
It will feature a variety of adoptable dogs, cats and kittens.
There are no adoption fees and all pets are spayed/neutered, microchipped and vaccinated. A $20 city license fee may apply.
For information, call (904) 725-8766 or visit jaxhumane.org/blackfriday.
Whataburger Northeast Florida portfolio goes for $7.3M
Colliers International Northeast Florida recently brokered a Whataburger portfolio sale worth $7.3 million.
Jason Ryals and Scott Rogers saw through the sale that included Whataburger locations on Normandy, University and Beach boulevards in Jacksonville, along with Florida 200 in Yulee.
Ryals represented the seller, JWB Owner LLC from Austin, Texas, while Rogers represented the buyer, LRIC Properties of Dallas.
All locations will continue to operate as usual.
Two Crowley employees honored
Jacksonville-based Crowley Maritime Corp. gave two of its employees the 2015 Thomas Crowley Awards, the company's highest honor.
Jeannie Eisenhart, director of talent acquisition and employee services, spearheaded technological advances that improve travel efficiency and event planning. The changes are estimated to save Crowley $500,000 a year.
Bleu Hilburn, the company’s transportation and logistics officer, led logistics support last year that was critical to the company’s aid relief efforts that were part of Operation United Assistance in West Africa during the Ebola virus crisis.
The award serves as a tribute to Crowley’s founder and honors those who have aligned themselves with the company’s values displaying outstanding performance, dedication, leadership and initiative, according to a news release.
Of the company’s 5,000 employees, 64 have received the award since its inception in 1985.
Both Eisenhart and Hilburn are based in the Jacksonville office.