I received an email from Rick Sawyer, Park Maintenance Superintendent, City of Jacksonville, this morning with just an update on the scheduling for the Fountain, which remains basically the same for the foreseeable future. The basic Friendship Fountain hours of … Continue reading
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I have received many inquiries over the last month or so regarding the Hours of Operation for Friendship Fountain and today I received an email from Rick Sawyer who is now supervising Operations of Friendship Fountain. Some background first… Apparently … Continue reading
I had originally posted that the Friendship Fountain Holiday program would be playing starting on Nov 7, 2011 however I miss understood the schedule sent to me and today I received clarification with the corrected information. The Holiday Music program … Continue reading
(Corrected) I received an email from Lloyd Fountain, Chief of Public Buildings, this morning indicating that the Friendship Fountain Holiday Program would start running on Nov 23, 2011. Patriotic program Schedule:November 7, 2011 – November 14, 2011 Holiday program Schedule:November … Continue reading
I often get asked why do I spend my time and money running the JaxFountain web site, what do I get out of it, well here is one reason… I got a tweet from a Mom asking what address she … Continue reading
Jacksonville will be celebrating the 12th Annual Lights On Afterschool celebration with a walk along the Southbank and ending with a rally at Friendship Fountain. Courtesy of The Examiner The event will take place on Thursday, October 20 from 4:30-6 … Continue reading
The former Modis building (formerly AccuStaff and Independent Life Building), directly across the St. John’s River from Friendship Fountain, has been renamed and the new signage was lifted into place on Sunday Oct 25, 2011. Welcome the “Wells Fargo” Building. … Continue reading
Last night the Christmas Program was run through (so if you were downtown and swore you heard White Christmas or Blue Christmas, you did)… Some videos of the program can be seen in my YouTube Channel and below is one … Continue reading
Phil, a Friend of #FriendshipFountain, let us know that on Tuesday night, (Jun 21) there was no Sound and Light show, at least between 8:45 PM and 9:30 PM and he obviously was disappointed, especially since he had some out … Continue reading
Wow what a busy day Saturday turned out to be… Arrived at the Fountain around 8:15 AM and a number of people were already there and more kept coming. First thing noticed was the new roundabout as you approached the … Continue reading