JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Action News Jax is getting a closer look at the latest progress and vision behind the transformation of Riverfront Plaza.<\/p>\n
Construction on phase 1 of the project at the former site of the Jacksonville landing is expected to be finished by the end of the year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe building is pretty much completed,\u201d Jill Enz said, the city\u2019s parks project manager. \u201cThe playground is underway.\u201d<\/p>\n
Between a playground, a splash pad, and shade structures, this waterfront space was designed to welcome visitors of all ages.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a large lawn area that will get programmed, then people can hang out there every day or when events are happening,\u201d Enz said.<\/p>\n
The project\u2019s lead designer shared a drone video with Action News Jax showing the progress that\u2019s been made as construction crews work on an elevated destination playground on top of a park pavilion building.<\/p>\n
The park pavilion building will house a small caf\u00e9 space, restrooms, mechanical rooms, and storage space to support the park.<\/p>\n
That is all part of phase 1 of the project, which should be completed by the end of the year.<\/p>\n
Phase 2 will include a beer garden, rain garden, and a bike and pedestrian connection to the main street bridge. Crews will start working on it in early 2026.<\/p>\n
The full park is expected to be done by 2027, with the goal of bringing more families and visitors to the heart of Downtown.<\/p>\n
\u201cOpening up the waterfront again to views coming down Laura Street and making it really a premier location and park space downtown is going to be really great for the citizens,\u201d Enz said.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Action News Jax is getting a closer look at the latest progress and vision behind…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5226,982,5228,1131,5230,116,118,117,5229,634,5231,5227],"class_list":["post-4743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-5226","tag-action_news","tag-action_news_jacks","tag-alexis_clevinger","tag-half","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-laura_street","tag-local","tag-main","tag-riverfront_plaza"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4743","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=4743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}