Update to St. John's Parishioners from CD-J
What’s coming soon to your church neighborhood and why!
Starting very soon you will see small signs placed in St. John’s parking lot on the corner of E. Church and Market St. On behalf of St. John’s, CDJ negotiated an 18 month lease with the company that is building new apartments coming to the District. You can see their construction activity on Ashley St. The 25 parking places are for temporary parking, Monday-Friday, 6AM-5PM, for sub-contractors building Ashley Square. St. John’s will benefit from this with monthly payments from the contractors.
There are 15 spaces being held out along the perimeter of the lot facing Church and Market St. for church employees and parishioners. The unleased spaces as always, are open to St. John’s for services and formal events, (see the map above).
Cathedral District-Jax, Inc., is an independent 501c3, with a Board of 15 members representing all 5-churches, businesses, community leaders and resident stakeholders. As CDJ facilitates more residential apartments and homes to be built in the District one of the signs of success will be reuse of surface parking lots. Parking lots are 50% of the 36 blocks of the Cathedral District. This may sound like a big challenge but actually it is a big opportunity! Assembling these underused lots can be a wonderful gift for all the churches towards attracting residents to the District and creating a healthy neighborhood.
The negotiations for this lease fulfill a goal of the Vestry and Dean Kate to creatively use our assets for church revenue. There is much more in the planning stages. I promise to keep you all apprised of them as they materialize.
Ginny Myrick
CEO/President
Cathedral District-Jax, Inc.
CEO/President
Cathedral District-Jax, Inc.
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