The next step on the riverfront: Shipyards West Park

The voyage to develop more of Downtown Jacksonville’s riverfront is steaming ahead now.

Residents gathered Thursday at the Main Library to see plans that are 90% complete for Shipyards West Park on East Bay Street. The crowd had mixed opinions about what they saw.

The 10-acre park will be built between the USS Orleck and Hogan’s Creek. The latest plans show an events center, a rustic wooden Playscape with curved climbing walls, a Riverwalk next to a multipurpose flex lawn and other amenities…

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