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The Jacksonville Public Library is the public library system of Jacksonville, Florida, United States. It primarily serves Jacksonville and Duval County merged areas, and is also used by the neighboring Baker, Nassau, Clay, and St. Johns counties. It is one of the largest library systems in Florida, with a collection of over three million items.
An African-American had never served as mayor in Jacksonville, until Alvin Brown's election on May 19, 2011. Glover's campaign focused on education, economic development, and managing the city's growth. "Jacksonville is poised for greatness. I want to be the mayor that allows us to show the state how great we are," Nat Glover said. [13]
George Burwell Utley (December 3, 1876 – October 4, 1946) [1] was an American librarian. Utley was a published author, first director of the Jacksonville Public Library (Florida), librarian of the Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois, and served terms as secretary and later as president of the American Library Association.
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John Stephens Peyton (born July 28, 1964) is an American businessman and politician who is currently president of Gate Petroleum.He served as Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida from 2003 to 2011, when he was succeeded by Alvin Brown.
The city of Jacksonville is home to the Duval County Courthouse. The previous courthouse was constructed in 1958, and the county's population has grown by more than 50% in the past forty years. A new $190 million Duval County Courthouse was a key component of the Better Jacksonville Plan, approved by voters in 2000.
In June 1941, land in the westernmost side of Duval County was earmarked for a second naval air facility. This became NAS Cecil Field, which during the Cold War was designated a Master Jet Base, the only one in the South. RF-8 Crusaders out of Cecil Field detected missiles in Cuba, precipitating the Cuban Missile Crisis. In 1993, the Navy ...
Davis ran for Jacksonville mayor in the March 21, 2023 election. Davis lost the runoff election on May 16 to Democrat Donna Deegan , with Deegan taking office July 1, 2023. [ 5 ] On April 3, 2023, Davis ran an attack ad against Deegan, claiming that she attended "all the Black Lives Matter demonstrations in Jacksonville after the 2020 death of ...