Citing confirmations from Jacksonville City Council members, Daily Record news partner News4Jax reported June 14 that the Culinary Institute of America has selected Jacksonville as the site of its Southeast campus.
The New York-based institute voted on a site in June but has not announced the results of that vote. News4Jax said Council members confirmed to reporter Briana Brownlee and photojournalist Jesse Hanson that the institute had chosen Jacksonville.
News4Jax quotes Council member Jimmy Peluso, whose District 7 includes Downtown, as saying, “We are going to be this massive hub for the Culinary Institute of America, and since we got selected, it’s kind of putting the ball back in our court, or at least the Downtown Investment Authority’s court, to negotiate a deal with CIA.”…