About Jacksonville
If you’re not from the First Coast, and need more information on the Jacksonville market, check out the tidbits of information below:
Florida Ranks 4th in High-Tech Industry Employment — Jacksonville Business Journal, 4/2/2008
#3 on Forbes list of “Cleanest Cities” and was the only major city with a top 10 ranking in all of the clean ranking categories. — 3/2008
#8 on Forbes list of “Best Cities for House Hunters” — 2/2008
#10 on Forbes list of “Best Cities For Couples” — 2/2008
“Real estate mogul and ABC News contributor Barbara Corcoran recently told a Good Morning America audience that Jacksonville, and Springfield in particular, is among her top five hot real estate markets in the country.” — Florida Times-Union, January 2006
#3 of “The 5 Best U.S. Cities to Find Work” — Forbes, May 2007
#12 of “The Top 20 Large City Boomtowns” — Inc., May 2007
“Best Downtown Development Opportunity” — Retail Traffic, May 2007
“Jacksonville experienced the largest increase in investment activity in the Southeast in 2006, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers Florida Retail Report.” — Jacksonville Business Journal, May 2007
One of the Top 10 “Hottest Cities that Will Lead Job Growth Through 2015″ — Business 2.0, 2006
“Leading Market for Business Growth in the South” — Southern Business & Development, 2006
One of the Top 10 “Hottest Cities in America for Business Expansions and Relocations” for eight consecutive years — Expansion Management, 2006
#3 “Large City for Doing Business” in the United States — Inc., 2005
“Third Lowest Tax Burden of Major U.S. Cities” — Money, 2005
Jacksonville has over 50 nonprofit art and cultural organizations providing theater, music, dance and film including the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, MOCA Jacksonville, the Museum of Science & History and The Florida Theatre. — Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville
MOCA Jacksonville has over 900 pieces in their permanent contemporary art collection and is the largest contemporary art museum in the southeast. — Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville
One of the oldest works of public art in Jacksonville is the Mary Dillon Fountain in Klutho Park located in Springfield, completed in 1907, and restored by the Springfield Improvement Association and Women’s Club in 2006. — Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville
And for more information than you could ever want from a variety of resources…
Downtown/Springfield Video
MetroJacksonville.com
ExperienceJax.com
UrbanJacksonville.info
DowntownJacksonville.org
Jacksonville Wikipedia
VisitJacksonville.com
MyJaxChamber.com
City of Jacksonville
Jacksonville.com (Online edition of The Florida Times-Union)