There is $4 million reserved for development within the Eastside, but no current consensus on how to spend it.
On Oct. 22, the city of Jacksonville’s Special Committee on the Community Benefits Agreement 2.0 is expected to determine the administrative model for how it will allocate the city’s financial commitment to the Eastside. Regardless of the model, the city’s Eastside investment will focus on affordable housing answers, workforce housing solutions, economic development and homelessness.
The six-person subcommittee will decide between a model that emulates either the Jacksonville Cultural Council’s structure or the Opioid Settlement Proceeds grant program…