In Jacksonville and beyond, public space is becoming the engine for civic connection. In the discourse of modern cities, we often talk about “energy” as a metaphor for economic momentum, cultural assets, or nightlife options. But there’s another kind of energy — harder to quantify, easier to feel — that pulses at the heart of a healthy city: civic energy . Food Truck Rally at Liberty Point led by Berkman Residents to address being in a food desert Civic energy is not the product of neon...

Thrilled to share  that I’ve been accepted into the Spring 2025 cohort of the Lincoln Vibrant Communities Fellows Program , a...

I have mostly ignored you since our break up in 2015. I am ready to write; left you with little to no warning and after almost ten years...