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Type of site | News website, blog, and forum |
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| Area served | Jacksonville, Florida, United States |
| URL | www |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | March 13, 2006 |
| Current status | Defunct |
Metro Jacksonville was an American news website, blog, and forum focusing on Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. The site offered news, blogs, forums and original content covering urban issues, politics, and culture in the city.
Metro Jacksonville was founded by Steve Congro, Dan Herbin, Ennis Davis, Kevin Connor, and Stephen Dare. [1] The site launched on March 13, 2006 as a weblog with the intention to educate the public on issues that matter to cities. The site provides members a platform for discussion on topics concerning urban core, transit-oriented development, municipal policy, and politics in Jacksonville and the Northeast Florida region. [2]
First Coast American Planning Association gave Metro Jacksonville its Excellence in Media Award in 2008. [3] The Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association recognized the publication with its 2009 Outstanding Public Interest Group Award. [2] In 2010, local alternative weekly Folio Weekly named Metro Jacksonville "Best Political Blog". [4]
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Florida's First Coast, or simply the First Coast, is a region of the U.S. state of Florida, located on the Atlantic coast of North Florida. The First Coast refers to the same general area as the directional region of Northeast Florida. It roughly comprises the five counties surrounding Jacksonville: Duval, Baker, Clay, Nassau, and St. Johns, largely corresponding to the Jacksonville metropolitan area, and may include other nearby areas such as Putnam and Flagler counties in Florida and Camden County, Georgia. The name originated in a marketing campaign in the 1980s, and has since emerged as one of Florida's best known vernacular regions.
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