Free local news and info, in your inbox at 6 a.m. M-F. Affordable housing — including homes for public school employees — and an early childhood learning center will soon be built at the site of a former school on the Northside.
Located at the site of the former Lake Forest Elementary School, at 901 Kennard St., which closed in 2019 and was demolished earlier this year, the Villages at Lake Forest will bring 180 units of affordable housing between 40% and 80% of the area median income.
A quarter of Village at Lake Forest’s one-, two- and three-bedroom units will be set aside for Duval County Public School staff. In addition, the community will have a computer lab, library, community space, an area for workshops and trainings and a walking trail. The property also will have a pre-kindergarten school and a playground. The school district will operate the on-site early-learning center…