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  • Riverfront project key in $2.5B downtown developments

    Riverfront project key in $2.5B downtown developments
    2026/04/30
    In this episode, Colin Tarbert, the new CEO of Jacksonville’s Downtown Investment Authority (DIA), outlines the agency’s dual role as both a community redevelopment agency and the city’s economic development arm for downtown, using tax increment financing to drive growth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    23 分
  • What’s there to know about B2B tech companies, AI advancements

    What’s there to know about B2B tech companies, AI advancements
    2026/04/23
    Clayton Pritchard, a Jacksonville-based product marketer with experience at Meta, LinkedIn and Twitter, joins This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition to explain his acquisition of a B2B product marketing agency (Olivine) and why he’s choosing to run it remote-first from Jacksonville Beach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    19 分
  • How social media and email drive small business success in 2026

    How social media and email drive small business success in 2026
    2026/04/16
    Small businesses are spending more on marketing in 2026, even with inflation worries—but many owners still aren’t confident they’re putting those dollars in the right places. In this episode, Constant Contact’s Dave Charest explains why the most effective “one-two punch” remains social media plus email, and why email delivers more control and more reliable engagement than algorithm-driven social feeds. We talk about the trap of chasing every new platform, how focusing on one channel and building an opt-in audience can drive real revenue, and why retaining existing customers may outperform constantly chasing new ones. Charest also shares practical ways small businesses can use AI to save time without losing authenticity, plus simple automation ideas that keep marketing working even when you’re busy running the business. Finally, he offers clear, actionable priorities for the rest of 2026—and what trends may surprise business owners in the months ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    21 分
  • Jacksonville Children’s Chorus leader marks 20 years, sets sights on the world

    Jacksonville Children’s Chorus leader marks 20 years, sets sights on the world
    2026/04/09
    Kent Justice visits the Jacksonville Children’s Chorus in downtown Jacksonville and talks with Artistic Director Darren Dailey about how a youth arts nonprofit became a world-class cultural institution - and why that matters to the region’s growth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 分
  • How a new platform aims to cut weeks off Jacksonville's permitting process

    How a new platform aims to cut weeks off Jacksonville's permitting process
    2026/04/02
    Kent Justice talks with Jacksonville contractor Fabian Videla about the least glamorous construction bottleneck: permitting. Videla says projects can stall for weeks or months at multiple points - figuring out the right forms for each city/county, collecting signatures and notarizations, waiting through plan review, and then stopping work for inspections. Those delays, he argues, ripple through Northeast Florida’s economy by raising costs for contractors, slowing business openings, and frustrating homeowners. Videla’s company, Permit Rockstar, aims to streamline the process end-to-end using AI-assisted form completion, remote online notarization, private plan review to speed approvals, and same-day virtual inspections. He says Florida law already allows private providers to help, and the next big improvement would be a uniform permit application across the state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    19 分
  • Bank of America leader shares 3 priorities for business owners

    Bank of America leader shares 3 priorities for business owners
    2026/03/26
    As Northeast Florida heads into Q2 2026, Bank of America Jacksonville President & Southeast Regional Executive Mark Bennett says local business confidence has shifted toward growth - if owners have the right capital in place to seize opportunities. Bennett shares three priorities he’s hearing most from Jacksonville leaders and also points to continued strength in sectors like advanced manufacturing, fintech/financial services, healthcare, and technology as companies adopt more AI solutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    16 分
  • AI-powered permitting aims to speed up city development

    AI-powered permitting aims to speed up city development
    2026/03/19
    Jacksonville’s rapid growth is putting new pressure on an old bottleneck: permitting. On this episode of This Week in Jacksonville Business Edition, Kent Justice talks with Sabrina Dugan, managing partner of SwiftBuild.ai, about how artificial intelligence is being used to speed up plan review—without removing human oversight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    23 分
  • VyStar pitches solutions to combat financial stress

    VyStar pitches solutions to combat financial stress
    2026/03/12
    VyStar Credit Union says its new study pairing regional survey results with TransUnion data shows Jacksonville residents are under significant financial stress and carry more debt than the national average. The credit union is pitching community-wide solutions that go beyond traditional banking. “So we had really four big takeaways from this. The first thing is that finances is a top stressor for people in Jacksonville,” Dana Karzan, chief marketing officer of VyStar Credit Union, said during an interview on This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    19 分