Jaguars, Jacksonville city announce $450 million mixed-use development at Lot J
The Jacksonville Jaguars and Mayor Lenny Curry’s administration released details Oct. 5 and announced a deal to finance team owner Shad Khan’s $450 million proposed development at Lot J near TIAA Bank Field. Mayor Curry proposes the city pay for its portion during construction with revenue bonds. The city would spend no more than $50 million for the Live! district...
St. Augustine’s Nights of Lights will begin earlier this year in 2020
City commissioners have passed Resolution 2020-26, which will allow for the annual Nights of Lights event to kick off on Saturday, Nov. 14. The city will be draped in white lights each evening through Jan. 31, 2021. Nights of Lights has been listed among the top ten holiday light displays globally by National Geographic. During Nights of Lights, St. Augustine...
Florida’s eviction and foreclosure moratorium will expire – DeSantis
Desantis allows Florida’s eviction moratorium to expire. DeSantis announced Wednesday evening that he would be allowing the state moratorium to expire at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday (Oct. 1st). This means some single-family homeowners may be left without protection against foreclosure proceedings. In the release, DeSantis spokesman Fred Piccolo said the governor was allowing the moratorium to expire “to avoid any...
The 65th anniversary of the Jacksonville fair has been cancelled
The Greater Jacksonville Agricultural Fair, which was to run Nov. 5 through Nov. 15, usually attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors, is now canceled. The fair usually helps small businesses in various arts and craft displays, livestock shows, rides, and other live concert events. "The safety of the Jacksonville Fair’s visitors, participants and community is the highest priority in producing...
YouTube Shorts – Google’s attempt to TikTok?
Like Instagram did with Reels, YouTube is rolling out a new short-form video creator called YouTube Shorts that the company hopes will take some attention away from TikTok. A unique feature being tested in limited markets, and India is the first beta testers. YouTube Shorts offers the following features to video creators: Create and upload videos of 15-seconds or less.Edit videos with...
2020 and 2021 will be the year of the Hispanic consumer
September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic American Heritage Month https://youtu.be/5LSeXl2sB7A 2020 - 2021 will be the year of the Hispanic consumer. Marketers who invest in the Hispanic opportunity for the long run, secure upper management buy-in, partner with multicultural marketing experts (like Tridence), and leverage cultural intelligence to develop and execute a strategy to connect and reach U.S. Hispanic...
Halloween Horror Nights LIVES ON! 2020
Just officially announced, two haunted houses will be offered this year at Universal Studios Florida as part of modified Halloween offerings at the resort. Months after Universal Orlando announced the cancellation of Halloween Horror Nights, the theme park said on its website Monday that it will allow a limited number of people into two of its haunted houses for two days only. Revenge of the Tooth Fairy and Universal Monsters:...
RESTAURANTS ARE ON PACE TO LOSE $240B IN SALES THIS YEAR 2020
Restaurant sales fell 34% below normal levels in August after dropping $165 billion during the first five months of the pandemic, keeping the industry on pace to forgo $240 billion in sales during 2020 because of COVID-19, according to a just-released business update from the National Restaurant Association (NRA). Even with dining rooms partially reopened in most areas of the...
Zillow Group launched its direct homebuying platform in Jacksonville
Zillow Offers allows homeowners to receive a near-instant cash offer for their homes, directly from Zillow. Seattle-based Zillow group has launched Zillow Offers in Jacksonville, its first expansion of the product footprint since Covid-19. Homeowners can directly sell their homes to Seattle-based Zillow through the platform, which aid Jacksonville sellers to avoid the common hassles of selling traditionally. Zillow Offers™ is...
Red Alert Restart campaign. What is it?
SEEING RED Chicago & Jacksonville? Hundreds of buildings across the country will be lit up for "Red Alert" tonight. Tridence is Supporting. 🚨 What is it? The Red Alert Restart campaign focuses on urging Congress to pass an economic relief package for the struggling, theatres, live events, and entertainment industry. Nationwide, more than 1,500 venues in 35 cities will be...
