A taskforce created by Mayor Alvin Brown late February to develop port strategies and export opportunities has raised local unprecedented awareness about the need of investment on Jaxport, main artery of our regional economy. Over 70 mayors, port directors, transportation specialists, and international trade experts attended the meeting in Jacksonville and are now working jointly to develop our ports and compete for business. Commerce, like water, takes the path of least resistance.

This year, there are more options than ever to get your taxes done for free. Though there are income guidelines, the service is not just for the poor. Most taxpayers with an adjusted gross income of $57,000 or less are illegible for free tax preparation.

Hopeful contestants gathered at the Times Union building on January 20th, to head into the first session of Jax Talent 2012. Reputed names in Jacksonville’s performing arts scene sat as judges of the much anticipated competition run by Eco Latino Media Group in partnership with WJXT Channel 4 and The Florida Times Union.

The writing on the black shirts worn by Gerardo Sanchez Ortega’s family and friends as they marched in Havana on Dec. 4, 2007, made their position clear: “I do not cooperate with the dictatorship,” they read. Sanchez had been put in prison for pushing for the re-opening of Cuban universities, and his family and friends were marching to demand his freedom. The authorities did not react well to the activists. Police entered a church sheltering them, beat the marchers and sprayed them with pepper spray.

On December 17th, the Florida League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) celebrates its state meeting at the Jacksonville University Auditorium from 1pm to 5pm.

Comenzando Bien, a Healthy Start free prenatal program is now delivered in Spanish to benefit all pregnant women in Clay County including those who are uninsured or undocumented.

One in Three features the struggles and accomplishments of 20 Duval County public-scholars while engaging the community in a campaign to transform education and fight the dropout crisis. Dramatic black and white portraits by photographer Ingrid Damiani make this multimedia exhibit at the Cummer Museum a uniquely engaging experience.

Florida Times Union Seminar Overview If your business has not explored Puerto Rico as a market to sell or source your goods and services, then please attend this event.

Accompanying the community’s growing interest on breast cancer, Pink Ribbon will bring up-to-date information about prevention, early detection, treatment options, survivorship, as well as overall wellness topics.