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on Thursday, October 01, 2009 | No Comments
Those of us who live in Jacksonville and its Jacksonville Beaches areas already know this is a great place to live. U.S. News & World Report recently published an article confirming that Jacksonville is a great place to retire too. America’s Best Affordable Places to Retire cites the fact that Jacksonville is more down to earth and real estate is more reasonably priced than in South Florida and that you’re only about 20 minutes from the beach no matter where you live. Retirement doesn’t get any better than that!
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Posted in New to Jacksonville
on Sunday, July 19, 2009 | No Comments
Recently I attended an informational meeting for St. Johns County real estate agents. The featured speaker was Ed Wuellner, the Executive Director of the St. Augustine-St. Johns County Airport Authority. I learned that the airport was established in 1963. There have been many changes in the last 46 years and in 2008 the airport had a budget of over $11 million. Mr. Wuellner explained that capital projects make up 80% of the airport’s budget and his goal is to have the airport be self-sustaining (and off the county tax rolls) by September of 2010.
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