{"id":292141,"date":"2026-06-01T19:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/292141\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T19:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:47:08","slug":"a-golden-celebration-of-preservation-resident-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/292141\/","title":{"rendered":"A Golden Celebration of Preservation \u2013 Resident News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At its annual meeting in Preservation Hall, San Marco Preservation Society celebrated board members who\u2019ve made lasting impacts and people and projects shaping San Marco.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rain held off this year as San Marco neighbors, business owners and community leaders gathered at Preservation Hall for San Marco Preservation Society\u2019s Annual Member Meeting and Beautification Awards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, May 28, the evening was especially festive as the organization marked its 50th anniversary, following San Marco\u2019s centennial last year.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_7856-KO-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"The 2026 Beautification Awards recipients gather on the steps of Preservation Hall after the SMPS Annual Meeting on May 28.\" class=\"wp-image-61441\"  \/>The 2026 Beautification Awards recipients gather on the steps of Preservation Hall after the SMPS Annual Meeting on May 28.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program highlighted preservation, community, and progress, with speakers George Foote, Leah Roesler, David Paulk, and Robin Robinson sharing updates on the Centennial celebrations, partnerships, event programming, and SMPS history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Special recognition was given to Pat Andrews, Desiree Bailey and David Paulk for their years of distinguished service, and a unanimous vote installed a new slate of officers for 2026-27, including Matt Little (president), Anita Vining (president-elect), and Raghu Krishnamachari (treasurer).<\/p>\n<p>Commercial, Public-Private\/Non-Residential Awards:<\/p>\n<p>LaSalle Street San Marco Drainage and Flood Mitigation<\/p>\n<p>The Centennial Oak at 1620 Marco Place<\/p>\n<p>JTA San Marco Shelter<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Gym\u2019 at RiversEdge, Riverwalk Expansion<\/p>\n<p>Electric Dough Pizza, Co.<\/p>\n<p>Rue Saint-Marc<\/p>\n<p>Residential Awards:<\/p>\n<p>1118 Landon Avenue (The Claxtons)<\/p>\n<p>1999 River Road (The Kobrins)<\/p>\n<p>1014 Elder Lane (Shane and Christine Silver)<\/p>\n<p>1205 Mapleton Road (The Sanicolas)<\/p>\n<p>2565 Pineridge Road (Katherine \u201cKitty\u201d Gundlefinger)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At its annual meeting in Preservation Hall, San Marco Preservation Society celebrated board members who\u2019ve made lasting impacts&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-292141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}