As a kid, one of the things my Pop Warner football team would do when we got close to the opponents’ field would be to break out into this wild chant, asking ourselves, “Who are we?” We evidently knew, but the goal was to be so loud and boisterous that it intimidated the other team. …

Last month, LISC Jacksonville honored multiple community visionaries during its biennial Community Development Awards celebration at the Ritz Theatre & Museum. The award winners represent four highly successful community development initiatives that are creating economic and social advancement opportunities in Jacksonville’s historically under-resourced neighborhoods.

2024 has been a phenomenal year of growth for LISC Jacksonville’s Project Boots program that is guiding local residents on their path toward homeownership in Jacksonville’s legacy neighborhoods.