San Jose neighbors push for a voice in Kings Trail Elementary redevelopment

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Neighbors near the former Kings Trail Elementary School want a say in what gets built on the property, but they say the planning commission isn’t listening.

The San Jose Neighborhood Association brought five specific conditions to a recent planning commission meeting tied to a proposed rezoning of the shuttered school’s site. The commission moved forward with the rezoning without adding any of the conditions neighbors requested.

“Those five items were met with resistance that was not favorable to the respect of our neighborhood and our community,” said Chrissy Kinne, government affairs officer for the San Jose Neighborhood Association…

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