JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Neighbors in one Southside community said their battle against a proposed slaughterhouse finally paid off.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt like I was the one that needed to speak out first, and I did,\u201d said neighbor Kim Robinson. \u201cAnd luckily it worked.\u201d<\/p>\n
The owners of Apna Bazar decided to withdraw their request for an animal processing facility on Beach Boulevard because so many neighbors opposed the plan.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWe are all very happy about it,\u201d said Robinson. \u201cCould not be happier.\u201d<\/p>\n The supermarket\u2019s owners wanted to add this facility to meet what they said is a growing need for fresh, affordable halal meat.<\/p>\n The project was going to be designed so that neighbors in the area would not be able to hear, see, or smell any of the processing going on inside.<\/p>\n But for months, neighbors protested and complained to city leaders. They said it didn\u2019t belong in an area so close to homes, shops, and a school.<\/p>\n Jacksonville City Council President Kevin Carrico said his office received hundreds of complaints.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n \u201cWe got letters from State Representatives,\u201d said Carrico. \u201cI got calls from Senators. I got a lot of people reaching out in the community that were very, very concerned.\u201d<\/p>\n He said he reached out to the owners directly.<\/p>\n \u201cI worked hard to speak to the owners and speak to their representation in conveying that message to them,\u201d said Carrico. \u201cIt was loud and clear. \u201d<\/p>\n The owners of Apna said they will continue searching for a location that works for everyone.<\/p>\n Action News Jax spoke with their attorney on Thursday. She told us they are looking for farm space, but no specific location has been selected at this time.<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Neighbors in one Southside community said their battle against a proposed slaughterhouse finally paid off.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[30049,982,15057,1131,30051,25203,25199,7477,25198,969,116,118,117,13652,30050,634,15054,30048],"class_list":{"0":"post-45767","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-abdel_bazar","9":"tag-action_news","10":"tag-alexis","11":"tag-alexis_clevinger","12":"tag-ana_bazaar","13":"tag-apa","14":"tag-apna_bazaar","15":"tag-beach_boulevard","16":"tag-cortez_road","17":"tag-jack","18":"tag-jacksonville","19":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","20":"tag-jacksonville-news","21":"tag-kevin_krio","22":"tag-kim_robinson","23":"tag-local","24":"tag-south_side","25":"tag-todeka"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45767","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=45767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}