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As a large crowd at The Jacksonville Landing sipped on some cool Slurpees, the signature frozen drink from 7-Eleven, Mayor Alvin Brown welcomed news that 80 convenience stores will open over the next few years in the First Coast.

Mayor Alvin Brown appeared with leading members of the Jacksonville business community to unveil legislation aimed at reforming the city's economic development structure and policy to help create jobs and revitalize Downtown.

Mayor Alvin Brown's $11 million reinvestment fund to promote Downtown revitalization and citywide job growth is now official. Learn more at www.coj.net/Reinvestment

Joining the mayor were City Council members Don Redman and Lori Boyer; Downtown Investment Authority (DIA) Chairman Donald Harris and Vice Chair Oliver Barakat; Tony Allegretti, a DIA board member and the Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce's director of downtown engagement; Preston Haskell, founder and chairman of The Haskell Co.; Dr. Chester Aikens, a Downtown-based practitioner who also served on the mayor's Downtown transition committee; Terry Lorince, executive director of Downtown Vision Inc.; and Traci Jenks, president of NAIOP of Northeast Florida.

Mayor Brown has made revitalizing Downtown a strategic priority. His initiatives to improve the city's economic development activities and create the Downtown Investment Authority won strong approval from Council, the Legislature and Gov. Rick Scott. A recent survey of residents by the JAX2025 initiative to create a community vision for Jacksonville's future found that their top issue is improving Downtown Jacksonville.

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