Posted on 20 January 2012
JACKSONVILLE — Herb Peyton announced his retirement as president of Jacksonville-based Gate Petroleum Corp. on Jan. 3rd, and will remain with the company as chairman. His son, former Mayor John Peyton, has taken over as president. During his eight-year tenure as mayor (2003 – 2011), Peyton was strong on economic development - 81 companies relocated to Jacksonville or [...] Continue Reading...
Jan. 3, 2012 Update — The U.S. Dept. of Defense announced on Friday afternoon, Dec. 30th, that it had awarded a $355 million contract to Sierra Nevada Corp. As part of the contract, Embraer will assemble its Super Tucano plane at Jacksonville International Airport. JACKSONVILLE (UPDATE) – The U.S. Air Force contract to be awarded to Embraer Corp. at the beginning [...]
JACKSONVILLE – The U.S. Air Force contract has yet to be awarded to Embraer Corp. for its A-29 Super Tucano. São José dos Campos (São Paulo) -based Embraer named Jacksonville as its location to build a facility (on JAA property) to construct its Super Tucano plane, according to a City of Jacksonville press release. The USAF expects to [...]
JACKSONVILLE – Curitiba, Brazil is known as Capital do Natal, or the Christmas Capital, for good reason – the metropolis celebrates the season with parades, festivals and fairs of music and light from the end of November through the start of the New Year. The highlight of Encantada do Natal is the Children’s Choir of HSBC’s [...]
JACKSONVILLE — The Sun Times (Owen, Ontario) reported from Toronto on Wednesday that the sale of the Jacksonville Jaguars to Shahid Khan on Tuesday “resurrected rumblings” of a potential move by the franchise to Toronto. “But both Wayne Weaver and Kahn released statements Tuesday saying the club would stay in Jacksonville”. I had not heard [...]
JACKSONVILLE — Time flies. All of a sudden it’s Thanksgiving this Thursday. I’d forgotten to mention the 2011 Jacksonville Light Parade on the St. Johns was cancelled on Oct. 19th due to city budget cuts. Fortunately, the parade was back on by Nov. 7th because of a public-private partnership with Jacksonville Marine Association and local supporters. [...]
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