For years, the old Jewish center and Jacksonville Job Corps Center in Jacksonville’s Springfield area has sat vacant and boarded up. Nearby residents and visitors across Duval County tell Action News Jax it’s not just been an eyesore, but also a public safety risk.
“You kind of look over there and that’s the area you kind want to avoid,” Adrian Valcarce, who visits the nearby park often from Jacksonville Beach, said Monday. “It’s a little uneasy, especially if I want to bring out my son or both sons.”
Now, there’s a new and improved vision for the old, abandoned building and the surrounding abandoned properties along West Third Street, right across from Henry J. Klutho Park…